Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-18
FLUFFY SUMNER GOWNS.

summer styles, the importance OF
trimmings. of all sorts and combina
tlons, increasing all the while. Even
the gowns made of allover materials
sufficiently trimmed in themselves.
you'd think at a glance-are trimmed
almost as lavishly as are those OF
plain but no less exquisite materials.
And yet, with everything that is piled
on. there's definite purpose evident
iii the way of everything is applied
tnat robs II of any suspicion of over
loading.
The fashion OF combining lace and
embroidery, often two or three kinds
OF each, 10 trim single gown, holds
its own even upon the light, airy sum
mer fabrics. Or rufiles of the mater
ial set on in odd. unusual fashion
take the place of another sort OF
trimming.
One OF the newest ways of applying
rufies or the tucks--so deep as to be
almost folds-which play so Import
is sort of paneling above the rui-
fes which run all the way round the
skirt.
The plain panels are outlined with
insertion OF lace or embroidery. the
lace often made to describe small ar
ticles around bit of delicate EN-.
broidery.
About the medallions-and, by the
way. medalions are freely used
which trim many a skirt, are set frills
of the narrowest of edgings, made
very full SO as to stand out in saucy
fashion
/ Deep rufiles of lace and tucked ruf
aes of the maicrinl, edged with lace
are popular. as are tucked rufiies
which spread out into other fuller
runles-a series of them reaching
from the knees 10 the hem OF the
skirt
Plenty OF double and triple skirts
are used, the flounces deep, beautiful
embroidery. or lace-incrusted, lace in
set and lace. .edged--all three perhaps
on The very same flounce.
| Upon shirtwaist suits, skirts are
either circular. left severely plain. ex
cept for the necessary stitched sean
directly down front and back, or are
trimmed vita stitched bands or with
the wash braids. which have carried
| the craze for braiding over into tho
realm of summer things. Wide and
narrow hraids are used together, oft
en- with buttons.
! Nets and batiste or mulls elaborate
| ly embroidered in cut-work. satir
stitch and open designs. are made III
in princess styles, or at least with the
waist and skirt Joined, the joining
concealed by a sash. These form q
welcome addition to Il summer trous
seau, both for their beauty and suit
ability TO many occasions, but espec
| tally because they do away with the
eternal struggle to keep gowns from
! sagging apart ut the waist line.
/ Yet the coloring of the latest pom
padour gown is daring. even vivid
though so cunni=sIy blended fhar~tnt
most soberly minded individual woult
/ fail to call il loud. This in the face
of the fact that one of the most ar
tistic of these summer dresses hat
scattered on II saarlG--ss~sies tnt
size of dinner plate.
| A touch of black-often many
/ touches-is woven into almost every
design to at once heighten and sub
due the colors and the white back
ground. One charming gown hat
broken three-inch stripes. OF black
with sprays of deep coppery pinR
| primroses scattered between. Others
have large and irregular dashes oi
| black, alternating with really enor
nous single flowers in soft green fol
| iage
materials requires almost an artist
so dashing are the designs. As
F, rule. they are in princess styles ST
cunningly intermingled with broad in
sertions OF lace tgenerally set il
iengthwise to heighten the much tc
be desired willowy effect that the
danger of garishness from the prev
alence OF huge flowers and figures Is
overcome.
| The amateur dressmaker should b,
, all means stick to the less conspicu
GUS designs in selecting ner pompa
dour gown. This advice also holds
good for the stout woman.
Most OF these materials have al
intermingling of white chiffon between
| the taffeta slip and the gauze.
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