Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-05-15
FASHIONS IN GOTHAM.
The LONELINESS of Summer Designs
Chick Frocks- Sleeve for Diapha-
nous Gowns

Chick Frocks- Sleeve for Diapha-
nous Gowns.
New York May S.-"Delightful." which
Is used nowadays to describe almost every
thng.is inadequate to express the lovelicot
of summer fashions. Indeed no one word
is sufficiently forceful to emphasize the
grace beauty and luxury of the newest
OF the season gowns.
AS far as materials are concerned there
Is no limit mark, for everything that is
soft and flexible Is fashionable, and manu-
facturers are careful to place nothing on
the market which does not meet these re-
quirements. For mid-season wear linens
lawns, crashes, mulls, piques and batstes,
followed by shcerer and more expensive
fabrics for formal functions are some Of
the materials which will be made up most
effectively
Among the NEST cherished types arc
white dresses, developed in cloth aud sike
crepe de chine These are made upon
clnging lines with little or no fulncss
about the hips, the fare obtaining below
the knees, wher it is decided and SWEEP
ing.
The popularity of white dresses is en-
phasized this year because their favor is
considered in the light OF triumph for
thu modistes who have been trying for the
past few years to revive the fashion. After
all there is nothing daintier or more etfec
tive, even for the corpulent ssterhood.for
white gowns may be developed upon lines
suited to all figures, conCedling any physi-
cal imperfection that one may have.
Then there is the question Of renovation
to be considered. Never is it more easily
accomplished than in white dresses. y
little benzne applied with "A sponge will
remove finger marks and the lighter stains
and one finds this 50 much better than the
tinted gown no matter how pale the color.
after it has been returned by the cleaner.
For summer evenings the thin gown,
which suggests moonlight and fragrant
IconSerVatOrics, even faryland itself, is n
disponsibla and no more effectively can 1T
he carried out than in Orglndie. The new
organdicS are so crisp and fresh that one
can NOT help admiring them. Sometimes
there are traceries Of trailing vines bearing
delicately colored flowers. but even in these
there is more of the spotless white back
ground visible than the pattern which de-
CoratCS it,
some are so expensive. yet exceedingly
chic is AN orsandie frock over a founda-
ton of orGandie or. if one wishes to eco
nomze more yet coarse lawn. The OrnI-
mentation is gained through the use of
Ivalenoinnes lace insertion, which is set on
in parallel bands on the waist sleeves and
skirt. The skirt is gorcd very high at the
TOP and fun at the bottom and there is u
high girdle of white pannc ribbon.
Separate biouses of white organdie for
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