Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-10
UNIQUE DESIGNS MAKE UP THE
SUMMER PARASOL DISPLAY
Black and White Enjoys Decided Vogue
The Lace and Embroidered ParasoL.

taste for vivid but beautiful color notice.
able throughout fashions province finds
expression also in parasols.
There are number Of shades OF green,
the. modish reds and cerise shades, the
deep rich violets and puppies. king and
French blues among the parasol covers.
The handle is usually a single affair Of
natural wood, topped by a carved and
painted semblance of flower or bird or
animal head.
Many beaded handles are used on para
sol sticks, the jet beads being especially
liked, though in the case of colored
parasol the jet handle is often studded
with colored stones matching the covers.
Coiored covers yelled in black net chif-
fon or lace or parasols of chiffon and
lace often have black jet bead handles.
One parasol is Of emerald green silk
yelled in black chiffon 1t is bordered
at the edge with a three-inch band OF
black velvet. The handle is of jet
studded with imitation emerald stones
Attractive parasols of white silk are
white striped silk at the ribs and at the
| bottom the ribs of these parasols are
black and the handle of the parasol is
also paint ed black.
| Black and white enjoys a decided vogue
this season, and striped, dotted and
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freely used by the designers. Every
possible grouping Of graduated black
| stripes on white grounds is shown, the
stripes forming the border of the para
sol, while the upper portion is either Of
| plain black or white Some pretty French
parasols in white and black are covered
| in heavy white silk and have an edge
deeply scalloped and buttonholed in
black. Inside this edge is wide border
! framed by large embroidered dots.
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has cover Of white silk Of a good
quality, and over the surface in the CEN
ter of the panels appears a flight of but
| terf1ies embroidered In black. Around
the edge is a narrow band of black silk.
| The lace parasol, which has always been
more or less used. but has not been con-
| sidered modish for a few seasons, has
been revived. in keeping with the vogue
for lace throughout fashions domain
| Good parasol models are made up in vari-
Gus laces. Chantilly is among the most
desirable of the moderate priced laces
used for the purpose, and some good
| effects are obtained by q combination OF
| two or more kinds OF lace in one cover,
| fine lace forming the foundation while
the insets and border are Of heavier lace.
| Lace and embroidered linen or muslin
| are combined for parasol covers, and the
eyelet embroidery. which is SO much in
vogue this season. Is used with lace or
with lingerie materials.
| Lingerie and linen parasols are made
up 10 all degrees OF elaboration The
sheer lingerie models. II they are to be
| q success. demand q certain amount of
trimming, though some pretty sunshades
! OF sheer lawn are merely tucked above
and hemstitched around the edge. One
of the more elaborate Of the lingerie
| models has a band of the material beau
tifully embroidered by hand, neatly de-
| signed, and insertion of vaienciennes
| lace There is a border OF fine tucking
; around the edge of the parasol
| Linen parasols may be severely plain
| and yet smart. and the linen colorings
| this year offer a wide range of choice.
Many of the linen models have a hand
embroidered scallop outlining the edge
of the parasol, while the cover is dotted
over with small embroidered dots. White
parasols of this type are embroidered in
| pink or blue or brown, and pink or blue
sunshades are embroidered in white.
A cover finished around the edge with
buttonhole scallop or with a hem and
| with design in hand embroidery re-
peated on each panel or an alternate
panels may be elaborate or simple. cost
| ly or comparatively inexpensive accord
ing to the pretentiousness of the en-
broidery design. But majority Of the
more elaborate parasols have a panel
design which, near the outer edge Of the
parasol at least. Is complicated. One
| model recently seen which was decided
ly effective. though not extremely high
priced, had rising sun motif at the
outer edge OF each panel. the pointed
rays being formed by inset points of
heavy lace. while the half disk Of the sun
was Of linen embroidery in closely set
| wafer dots.
Other linen models have bold. effective
motifs of filet or other fashionable heavy
lace let into their panels or are bordered
by eyeletwork embroidery.