The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-21
HANDSOME SUMMER PARASOLS
FEVER ALL WHITE SUNSHADES
NOW THAN FORMERLY.
Those OF Linen and Lingerie Are Exceptions
white Covers N with Powered
stuns Are Popular -Ponsee I'm Natural
: Color and Embroidered Handles

color and Embroidered Handles.
The parasol is a very important detail
Of a summer costume. Many fashionable
women have an impressive array Of them,
hut the average woman INDUCES in but two
or three-or perhaps only one each season,
and must choose with discretion.
Among the light lined sunshades the all
white is, Of course, the most adaptable; but
save in linen or lingerie, the all white parasol
ia carried less than IL once was. Superb
plain parasols OF white lace are popular, but
the fluffy white parasols OF chiffon or net
once so ubiquitous are now rather the ex-
~Ception, though nothing in the parasol line
was ever more coquettish and becoming.
Here and there, however, one finds a charm
ing model of this type. A full shirred cover
If chiffon or a graceful frame bordered by a
loft double frill OF the chiffon il one OF
the simplest and most effective of the class,
and our artist has sketched a parasol OF
clever design. which had panels OF hand
some lace running from ferrule TO cover
edge. while the triangular spaces between
these panels was filed by fluffy, jaboting
frills Of chiffon.
An all white parasol OF net, with the net
shirred full and soft and a large ring OF
exquisitely embroidered batiste "a~ncienne"
applique in the centre Of each division, was
extremely pretty, as was another whose all
white cover was of net plainly stretched and
almost entirely covered with bold hand
embroidery in white silk. The foundation
under this plain net was of full shirred net
and the effect was excellent. for the whole
cover looked as though shirred, yet the beau.
tiful embroidery would have been impos-
sible upon shirred net.
An occasional plain white taffeta or pref
erably white MORE parasol is offered. but
a touch of color enters into almost all Of
these more severe models. and. as has been
said before. the majority of the smart white
~parasols are of linen or lingerie stuff more
or less deliberately hand embroidered or
lace trimmed. Some Of these parasols are
marvels of exquisite handwork and COM
mand prices 10 high as to be prohibitive
save to the reck lessly extravagant. but there
arc simpler models that are attractive.
One pretty lingerie T-rasol of reasonable
price in the finest and sheerest Of lawn vas
tucked from centre to edge in two inch
tucks running around the parasol and be-
tween these tucks were lines Of embroidered
wafer dots. 0penwork embroidery of the
English kind is much liked for the heavier
linen parasols, plain save for embroidered
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A novelty in the lingerie parasol is the
lining of the white cover with lowered
cotton stuff, dotted swiss. null, DC. In
one of our cuts is pictured a sheer lingerie
parssol with finely tucked cover bordered
by an arrangement Of heavy lace medallions
and valenciennes frills. but one of the most
charming features OF this sunshade does not
show in the sketch. The lining was a deli
cately rose lowered dotted swiss and the
effect was charming. There are plainly
covered p~arasols Of linen, pongee, &c.
which have the Powered lining stretched as
smoothly as the cover, the lining being
in silk when the cover is Of silk.
Apropos Of ponge psEasols, they are
enjoying a decided vogue and appear in
every guise from the absolutely plain
parasol of pongee. lined OF unlined, 10 the
parasol whose cover, though plainly applied,
il beautifully embroide cred in self-tone.
Thes pongee parasols are offered in various
modish colors and are made to order 10
match frocks, but particular stress is laid
upon the natural tones. which harmonic
we'll with a toilet of almost any color.
often a parasol of natural hued pongee will
be lined with silk of some soft color, and
perhaps a very little embroidery on tho hem
or above il will match the color of the lining.
Brown Innings and embroidery are popular,
rs are the Danish and Japanese blues.
Japanese embroidery in the blues. with
perhaps touches Of black and of yellow, is
applet to some smart parasols of natural
tone pongoe, echoing the idea exploited
by many of the fashionable frock designers
who have turned out particularly modish
frocks in this combination of natural pongee
and japanese embroidery.
Natural tone pongce figured all over in
embroidered dots of color and lined with
silk matching the color of the dots are
good, and plain parasols Of natural tone
pongee with hems of red. Danish blue,
lettuce green or other color are inexpensive
and effective.
In ore Broadway house is shown a line OF
delightful and novel parnsols made after
the fashion of the Japanese paper umbrellas
with many ribs, very slightly curved. The
tiattenc1 out effect Of this parasol is d and
attractive and tho plain covering Of striped
shantung in white and color. with the
stripes running around the parasol, is very
charming. They cone in lavender and
white, natter blue and white. leather brown
and white sni other colorings.
Stripes of all kinds. usually running
horizontally. are liked by the parasol
ald lto Va
black and white stripes are shown in pro-
fusion. There are fewer checked ma
terials than there were last season. the
smartest of the checked effects being in
large black check design Of black. white
and blue or black. white and rose.
Tucked p~arasols Of plain silk in dark
blue. emerald green and other serviceable
shades are much in evidence. and one Of
the loyelieaf narasOls we have seen wna
one covered In white silk. which was laid
In three inch tucks running around the
framework. On the upper half OF each tuck
was painted a delicate trailing floral de-
sign in pale pinks and yellows and greens
Of soft. blurred effect.
The hand painted parasol appears IN
some lovely designs, but is hardly 30 pop
ular as in earlier seasons, the preference
being for hand embroidered. self trimmed
and printed covers. Beautiful parasols
Of light hued MORE with wide printed floral