The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-12
POINT De vEN|SE.
IS RIVAL OF IRISH
LACE As NECkWEAR
But Many Women Will Refuse tt
Give Up the Long Popular
Crochet.

| In neckwear Irish crochet has had
an extremely long run of favor, and
many women will refuse to give it up,
hut point de Neaise is a serious rival
to the lighter lace this season. II win
! never become as popular as the Irish
/ laces. the chief reason being that to
the ordinary person the imitation does
not difer from the real, while il would
be impossible not 10 distinguish between
the machine made Irish and the genu-
| Inc hand made. Point de Nenise, be-
| ing rather heavy. lacks the daintness
one wishes to combine in neck dress
ing.
In styles there seem to be just twd
extremes--the low turned down Dutch
collar and the very high stock.
In the case of the neck being only of
/ medium length, the turned down COL
lar had better I've selected il IL is de Fl
sired To appear up to-date and at the
same time feel comfortable.
The newest in neckwear to he worn
with the tailored suit is double tab.
the upper one only an inch or so
shorter than the under one The
lower edge il square cut and all edges
are finished with narrow lace, either
crochet or point de Nenise. The ma
terial is handkerchief linen, and some
tlIllSS lIHeIi iAWi. These tdDS are WoTU
with an embroidered turnover collar
or the high stock. For street wear as
q finish to the neck of dress the
Dutch collar Is preferred. These
larger collars are made entirely of
Irish lace. Of lace and lawn combined
and of lingerie. The last are very
pretty. and will be worn a good deal
this season on house frocks.
A lovely collar which could be made
by any girl possessing deft fingers Is
cut In deep Vandyke points edged with
a narrow Nalenciennes following the
line of the lace frill Above Is a row
OF insertion points, and then tiny sim
gle blossoms are embroidered little
apart on all the plain surface OF the
collar The tab or small jabot liz made
from two points, one everything the
other and decorated TO match the col
lar. The points are folded in fan
fashion A very dainty handkerchief.
folded corner to corner and then cut
through diaRoually, IL a suggestion for
the jabot should one wish 10 save
work,
Another fashionable collar that could
be made in less time and require less
skill than the lingerie is the plain
turned down Dutch collar OF lawn.
pique or Persian cut on the bias. AS
this can be bought by the yard ready
for use there need be no waste, and
one can also buy different color or
design for each collar. without extra
expense.
Sets Of turned down collars and cuffs
are very attractive and will do much
toward Frightening up duh colored
house dress or freshening the tailored
suit. The newest cut II almost
straight and bandlike and Is not quite
SO deep as the cuffs worn last year.
Another new feature is the trimming
on both edges. Sometimes three edges
are trimmed, as Is the case of those
buttoninE about the arm. The shape
resembles the cuffs worn by a widow.
but are trimmed. Lawn edged with
point de Venise and showing a group
OF tiny tucks above are very pretty
and durable.
Very few ife-pleated fittings are
seen this seaEon. and the same may
be said OF the long jabots. An exam
pie OF the latter which was new was
made from four pointed tabs Of lawn
edged with lace overlapping each other.
caught down to strip OF lace (band-
ing) about an inch and half wide.
Val. lace IL always In good taste ss
"A trimming for neckwear. and will
never 80 out Of fashion. When real
lace 10 beyond ones purse. there II no
better substitute than . nice valsu-
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