The Washington times., 1906-03-11
Floral Designs
Prominent in the
New Stockings

n
M ings and shoes attained such
prominence in the planning OF
the spring and summer outfits
as they have these last two summers
| This year they promise to be Of even
| greater Importance-promlse too. TO be
a fair share Of new fancy work. for
there are plenty Of kinds In which
skill with tbe needle can be made to
A., make great difference ia the cost
! Upon inteTesi ing black stockings are
embroidered howers-dud floral de-
signs, by the way, threaten TO become
wonderfully popular-in the natural
coIors- The tiniest Of flowers most of
them are. wee buds and blossoms set
| primly here and. there, or. perhaps,
srouped-JuSt al the iDstep-intO 4
cluster, the separate flowers dropped
all around il clear To the tip. so that
even a low-cut slipper is looked out
Carnations ard rosebuds-the tight.
pointed little buds. never the half
opene1 ones, nor fuII-blown roses
daisies and fOTget-me-nots and arbUtus
are the favorite OF the many floral
designs.
The new stitch. in which the flowers
are embroidered. is called tapestry
stitch, and makes the flowers look Just
like Though IN miniature) the closely
woven figures in tapestry. But its
chief beauty lies in the fact that it
wears so much better than the more
usual stitch, which, being long. Toughs
up and trays every time the hem OF
your skirt touches it Tapestry work
is virtually nothing more than doing
the embroidery in tiny stitches, crowd
ing them together TO make up q design
instead of spreading them out in moro
effective. If less durable. fashion.
The fad for eyelet work has reached
stockings, absurd as it sounds. Of
course, IL is applied very sparingly, ana
in wreaths or rings Of tiny eyelets, let
ting solid embroidery be the greater
part of the work.
It is very pretty. and -ery expensive,
for unlike all tie other styles Of stock
ing embroidery, it has TO be done be-
fore the stocking is scanned together.
and that means extra trouble all
round. Unlike the other kinds too It
end that makes still more for trouble
and consequent expense.
Clocks are as popular as flowers.
either embroidered in the same tone or
in a shade that is n sharp. contrast,
with some interesting exceptions to
both rules in the shape of clocks en-
stocking. with I dash Of red or one
Of the other bright shades of color
worked into the figure at the top.
Openwork stockings are back in IA
vor. but it's no longer the stockings
with designs running all over them
that are worn. The straight-frOnt cor
set, with it's attendant garters, sue
cessfully did away with all-over open
work stockings. Those with the lace
boot" as the ones with the openwork
not reaching higher than the ankle are
called, have almost entirely superseded
them. For, no matter how well they
are made no upenwOrk top is strong
enough to stand the strain put upon
it by the garters-
What bids fair to be mora popular
than either the embroidered or open
work kinds are the thinuest. finest
of Isle, as delicate as anything can
be They've been the occasion of all
sorts of trouble for stocking manu-
fscturers all over the world. for the
machines which make almost every
other sort cannot be used for these,
and instead spec'afy constructed ma
chimes had TO r, made to make the
Kind demanded by fashion.
But machines are far cry from
fashions!
While black and white stockings are
the most popular of all-and it's hard to
realize how much variety OF style has
heen got into black and white-plenty
of ~oIors are worn. a favorfte one be
ing the paiest tiiit of gray. really Just
a softening Of white
Bronze an tan stockings are both
eood-tan shoes TO he worn this sum
mer' and bronze staying stoutly in fash
ion.