Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-28
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thinks that a comparatively small sum to
pay for the lace alone upon her gown. ana
q dozen gowns at several hundred dollars
apiece appear but small item In her ward
robe They are, too, as wardrobes go now
a-days.
Art has entered into dress hand-in-hand
with caprice and extravaganza. Happily
SO, for the result Is nearly always charm
Ing. Instead OF building gown so that II
will be deliberately trimmed with lace. the
clever modfste creates garment into
which the lace is deity introduced as an
integral part of the gown For a slender
figure she will form lingerie gown that
will represent rose, and for weil-de-
veloped but moderately slender form she
will design a lily. How will she do this?
By the arrangement of lace in the MULE or
batiste.
Suppose the gown to be of fine linen lawn.
of that soft. sheer and yet strong quality
which Is so fashionable for lingerie gowns.
The lace win be introduced In irregular
lines that will begin in a slender effect
below the bust. narrowing at the waist and
spreading toward the hips and knees. Some
inches below the hips. the lace entire deux
are disposed in the shape of rose or lily
petals-on large scale, of course, In the
front and toward the side of the gown,
with slender lines of material between the
curving petals like the stems of flowers.
Some of the petals are further embellished
in the widest part with insets of batiste
embroidery or heavier lace than that used
to outline the flower scheme in the gown.
AROUND the lower part Oh tue ptSlh-
ming on the sides, an irregular band or
lace heads a founce, decorated here and
there and finished with lace The hounce
effects may be made of lace, or OF embroid-
cry. or of any decorated material suitable
to the gown. The under fiounce, an edge
of which shows with every movement OF
the wearer of such gown, should have
an edge of lace very different from the
kind of lace used upon the dress, although
this is not obligatory.
Not So Difficult.
The flower gown is not so difficult as 1t
sounds. A plain front and it's side cores
have an outline traced upon them where
the lace inserting is to go. This is sewed
down and the material cut away from un-
der 1t. The dress is then ready for such
applications of contrasting lace as are to
be added where artistic effects may be pro-
duced, and putting on the founces is an
easy matter.
For the benefit of the woman who hasn't
the patience and time to achieve an elab-
rately simple dress of lace and embroidery
and MULE with its flower significance, 1t
will be joyful news to learn that really
smart lingerie gowns are made OF alter
nate rows of batiste, MULE and lawn, from
one to three inches in width, and lace or
the same width or wider. 1t is smart to
shirr or cord these plain bands. and~to
leave one here and there quite plain. Also
the lace should be of different widths.
While Valenciennes is the most service
able of washable Iaces other sorts are
employed, as well as footing" and FISH
net. This is very effective, made of plain
crochet chains looped together In order
TO make train on such dresses the bands
of material are cut quite wide In the back
for the last two or three rows.
Simple, but Expensive.
valenciennes lace costs from 10 cents for
lex;v, 10 araI doll arg
a yard. and as gowns like the one described
are not trimmed with narrow edging, the
expense is appalling for SO much simple
elegance Other laces are proportionately
expensive with far greater costliness to
the credit of point, Honiton, Flemish and
Chantilly.
Most of us must be satisfied with imita-
tions Of fashionable laces. and good imi-
tations are so expensive that trimmed with
these dainty lingerie gown becomes
decided extravaganza.
The extravagant lingerie gown is dis
tinctiy a product of Palm Beach, where wo-
men dress more deliberately than, In any
other part of the occidental WORLD. Palm
Beach strove three years ago to eclipse the
Riviera. and Immediately succeeded. In
deed 1t more than succeeded. The Riviera
has long been noted as representing the
"glass of fashion" but that notable resort
has now become merely a hand-glass as
compared to Palm Beach, where smart
dressing Is concerned. On the Rivera
woman rarely changes her gown more than
three times a day, and not always that
often In Monte Carlo-that other resort of
fashionable women In the late winter
months-a woman may wear a well-made
tailor gown all day long and be Well gowned
But at Palm Beach she dons a fresh gown
no less than five times day She has a
new gown for every possible occasion. and
every one Is as bewitching as the other.
Beats Newport
Newport does not for a moment enter the
lists with Palm Beach In the way of dress.
Newport women do not care a sou what
their gowns cost. but they get along there