Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
SOCIETY FADs

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gracefully as it reached the floor, finish
ing in a considerable train. A heavy
guipure lace motif most beautifully de-
signed, outlined a front gore and was
carried out with some elaboration around
the bottom above a full f1ounce of the
faille. The waist had the deep armhole
effect bordered with the lace motifs, ano
the front and back were trimmed elabo-
rately with the lace, touches of gold SOU
tache, and large buttons covered with
the faille
The hat matched the gown in color, a
paste buckle nesting amid a bunch OF
! ostrich plumes. There were hat strings
of raspberry colored muslin tied on the
opposite side to the plumes, the ends
hanging quite to the knee.
Another gown was of black silk lace of
a fine quality, with spray of lilies OF
the valley embroidered on the corsage
and a bertha made of the palest rose
chiffon edged with a heavy silk cord, and
held in place by small jeweled pins.
| In lieu of a regular hat was worn one
| of those wreath effects, with bunch OF
tips on one side matching the chiffon in
| shade.
Several gowns seen were similar in gem
| eral style of trimming, that of Egyptian
| embroidery so closely put on that the
skirts hung heavily about the feet, the
shades of the best looking of these gowns
being a creamy white cloth and the color
scheme of the embroidery gold thread.
Another gown had novel trimming IN
| the form of lattice with a silk braid about
the hem of the skirt, the same motif
being repeated in the waist, this belng
further treated to a cleverly throught out
detail in the shape of a net vest and
sleeves, the former deliberately trimmed
with lace and gold buttons. The color
scheme of this gown was an exquisite
green. delicate in shade. and the nat
matched the costume. 1t had a rolled
back brim in front, which afforded a
particularly becoming result.
One of the most graceful costumes seen
was of a white cloth, so fine and clinging
that one has to feel it to be sure 1t Is not
mousseline taffeta, or even crepe de
chine. The skirt was severely plain, but
graceful in the manner of hanging. The
heavy Irish lace on the waist was of
course white and was outlined by hens
of the cloth; in fact, the only touch of
contrast was a folded belt of gold tissue
and the clusters of cords and buttons
uniting the draped waist and lace XII
mono. The hat however, was in glory
of color, with shaded pansies and roses
on a natural straw, supplemented by
bows and ends of the softest, tenderest
changeable pink ribbon.
Aslovely frock worn by debutante was
of pastel blue peau du crepe, trimmed
in radium lace and insertions. The Dutch
neck was cut square and outlined in lace
insertions banded by pearl gray satin
The sleeves were accordion plated into
puffs, finished by bands of gray ribbon,
and a beautiful frill of lace was pulled
in underneath the outside band of satin
on the waist, falling gracefully over the
shoulders down to the waist line in front
and not quite so low in the back. There
also was a fall of the lace just above the
girdle across the front. The skirt was
gathered slightly around the waist, with
several tucks just above the knees. BE-
low this there were four full rufties nm
ished with tucks and headed by inser-
tons.
Three white dresses attracted attention,
so light. dainty and exquisite were they. |
One was of the sheerest white nainsook,
beautifully embroidered, the waist and
skirt being fastened together by tucked
belt The lower part of the waist hao
fine tucks running up and down all
around The yoke was of embroidery, |
with a good deal of the English eyelet
work about it. The skirt was tucked
around the upper part to correspond TO
the waist and below these tucks the ma
terial was heavily embroidered. The lin |
gerie hat was of the finest embroidered
batiste, with a lace frill edging the under
part of the brim. The trimming was IN
pale blue ribbon. While the dress IN one |
way was so simple it was exquisite in its
freshness and daintiness, and then, too, |
the materials used were beautiful.
The second one of these three white
dresses was of the sheerest French ba-
tiste. with a good deal of embroidery |
done on batiste, combined with the ma
terial The insertions were of valen- |
ciennes lace; also the edges of the ruff |
hes. The skirt and waist were Joined at
the sides and the back by a tucked girdle, |
which had the lace insertion used on the |
edges as well as through the middle.
There was a front panel of lace and
embroidery which extended down the |
middle of the skirt and on up into the |
waist. Beyond this panel on the skirt |
there was a deep yoke effect of en-
broidered batiste. The sleeves were |
pretty and a novel method of decoration
used by introducing two dainty ruffles |
across the top part, these ruff1es disap- |
pearing under medallions of lace com
bined with embroidery. The band at the
bottom of the sleeevs was tucked one,
edged on both sides with a ruffe of the
lace The hat was of sheer batiste, en-
broidered, and the edge of the brim had
a binding of white satin on the bias. A
bunch of creamy roses was on one side,
with sprays of green leaves showing, and
on the other a rosette of white tulle
The third dress also was a princess eff
feet of another kind, there being no gir-
die, but the tucks from the skirt running
up into the waist so as to fit into the fig
ure perfectly. The materials employed
were about the same as in the dress just
described. Where the tucks stopped
above the waist there was a fold of soft
white satin ribbon, and the most graceful
bow imaginable was on the front jus. over
the ribbon band. This bow was caught
in the middle by an embroidered medal
lion and ON the lower edge of the medal
lion was a little frill of lace. Little frills
of lace were on both edges of the cuffs
and on the bottom of the skirt. And the
top of the flounce on the skirt was out
lined in points by lace insertion. There
was a sort of dome shaped hat of shirred
silk point d'esprit. The hat was trimmed
with loops and ends of most delicate pink
ribbon and sprays of lavender lilacs with
a pinlsish tinge to them. The hat was
unlined.
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