Spring Fashions a la Bungalow!

With winter hopefully behind us we can now think about our spring/summer wardrobe. When your morning house work is completed, why not sit on your porch in a Bungalow House Dresss?  When working in the house, always keep one handy  so that "you can slip into one in an instant and if the door-bell rings you are perfectly presentable." The advertisement shown below was published in the Illinois State Journal Register on Sunday, July 27, 1913. (Click on ad to enlarge)

Here is a photograph of a similar dress from the period:

If you're thinking of an Easter Dress, here's a fine choice for a bungalow homeowner:

 If you need an Easter to bonnet, here are some hat styles that were popular in this period:

The next hat was covered in silk that had a high lead content.  This leads to a condition known as "shattering".  The lead is stronger than the silk and causes it to deteriorate after a time.