The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14
The PETTICOATS! THE PRICES!
LINGERIE MODELS OF FRESH
BEAUTY AND FINENESS.
All Former Efforts surpassed by the de-
signers This season " Flounccs
or Lace and Embroidery Unusual
Vogue OF wash skirts i'm COlOred Goods.

or Lace and Embroidery Unusual
Vogue OF wash skirts I'm COlOred Goods.
Such petticoats! And such prices for
them'
To he sure there are cheaper Ietticoats
galore and the cheap petticoats are far
~Irpttier than cheap pettiooats were wont
70 Ire, but it is hard TO turn from the ravish-
ing II lels displayed in the petticoat de-
rartmentst to the something se~rviceable and
not too expensive" which is the lot Of the
average woman.
Naturally at this season IL Ia the lingerie
T~etticoat which is most attractive and the
designers seem to have surpassed all former
Efforts in providing the lingerie models for
this season. Description seems useless, for
no words can give an idea Of the chagp
a the embroideries and laces used and Of
the skill with W ich they are introduced.
The simplest form Of the han some
lingerie petticoat is a fitted top OF soft,
sheer, lingerie stuff finished at bottom by
a deep founoe of handsome embroidery set
on by a wide band Of beading. Wide liberty
satin ribbon is run through the beading
and tied in long loops and ends at the left
side or on both sides. The body OF the
skirt usually extends beneath the founce
and is finished with a narrow lace trimmed
ruffe.
But while the beauty and fineness of the
embroidery fiouncings make many OF these
more simple models beautiful and costly,
they seem severe and unpretentious COM
pared with the more elaborate models whose
deep fiounoes are wonderfully oontrived Of
inset laoes and tucking and hand embroid-
cred motifs and lace frills.
A majority Of these models have the
founce joined to the skirt top with wide
leading and the broad ribbon run through.
but some of the newest models have iounce
and top united simply by a line of ~veining.
while the indispensably ornamental wide
ribbon is run through embroidered eyelet
Sits further dow upon the bounce. In
some models, as in one sket ched here, this
ribbon mingles with the trimming scheme
Of the founoe. passing under inset lace
medallions, through which its color glows,
and then running through embroidered
eyelets introduced between the medallions.
Or perhaps the fiounoe fulness is set into the
v~eining in groups of tiny tucks and just
about two inches below the veining the
ribbon runs under the tucks and through
embroidered eyelets set between the clusters
OF tucks.
Whole hounces are made Of alternating
bands of valenciennes lace and embroidery,
the embroidery being Of the kind that is
done upon strips Of fine lingerie stun with
out the usual embroidery insertion finish,
and which, when joined with rolled edges to
other trimming bears a decided resem-
blance to hand embroidery. Lace frills
edge such a f%ounce, a three inch width Of
lace edging being the ordinary choice.
Another attractive type Of founce has
its upper part of lingerie material cut In
deep points at the lower edge and having
a hand embroidered design in each point.
The spaces between the points are filed
in by lines of valenciennes insertion and
narrow lingerie bands set together, and
this same band trimming continues to
form all the lower part Of the founce, which
has the usual lace frills at bottom.
Flounces Of dotted Swiss, lace trimmed.
are put upon tops Of plain lingerie material,
and similar hounces are made separately
TO be buttoned upon skirt foundations Of
chiffon tafreta. These adjustable LOUNGES
are used even upon lingerie foundations.
though they are particularly practical in
connection with silk.
Some of them are exquisitely wrought
with tucking and lace and hand embroidery,
while others, though fine and dainty, are
far less elaborate, the dotted Swiss iounce,
for example. requiring less trimming than
a plain material in order to he affective.
Wide beading and ribbon may head the
founce, which buttons to the foundation
under this beading; or, as in many models,
the foundation skirt may have a broad
band Of embroidery or beading, which
will button down snugly over the iounce
toy; erv. very deep aounoes ar. upon some
of the fine lingerie petticoats. but in such a
case the hounce Is 80 carefully shaped and
set on so smoothly with little tucks that
there is no awkward fulness at the point
OF union and the hounce seems merely
a continuation OF the top, farng to great
width at the bottom. Even in the case
az narrower founcing the 1ounce is usually
set on smoothly with tiny tucks instead
Of being shirred.
Wash skirts in color are enjoying an I'M
usual vogue, and while some OF the cheaper
specimens have little to recommend them
save their cleanliness. others. particularly
in the imported French p~etticoats, are ex-
tremely smart. The oolored pongees with
deep scalloped iounoes embroidered in self
color are serviceable and popular and there
are attractive linen and chambray skirts
embroidered in contrasting color soft blue
or rose embroidered in white. ecru embroid-
cred in blue or red or brown. &c.
Skirts of lawn, too. ara shown with colored
embroidery, the white or ecru fiounoe having
huttonholed scallop edges and embroidery
design above in blue. rose, red or other
color. These L~ettiooats are exceedingly
chic when worn with a frock OF the color
represented in the embroidery. Pekin
striped oottons are made into wash petit
coats. some Of which are attractive, and
the striped and line check mohairs are
also used for wash p~etticoats.
Among the cheaper silk petticoat' or
skirts for street wear changeable tafetas
hold a prominent place and striped, check
end plaid tafetas Of all descriptions are
made up. though the checked silk petticoat
is not 50 we'll considered as it was last sea-
con. There are pretty effects in soft lined
Roman stripes made up on the bias.
When one turns aside into the realm