The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-18
EADS AND FASHIONS

| EADC AMI FASHlONO |
New York, Feb. IS One-piece
frocks are undoubtedly popular. but
that does not mean that blouses will
be out of the running during the com
ing season. A glance at the advance
displays in the fashionable shops will
dispell any erroneous notions in that
direction. There have been pretty
blouSes in other seasons. but never
were they more charming than at this
time. The most adorable models may
be found in the big shops and their
prices vary great deal according to
the materials and trimmings used.
Last year a touch of color crept into
many of the blouses and this year the
color note is even more pronounced
the result being extremely attractive
Last summer the color element crept
into white blouses through the me-
dunn of embroidery or in the fine i'm
colored design appeared on a white
ground. These effects are again
shown this season. but something new
er is the little yoke or hem or inserts
of finest cotton marquisette or wolfe
in color, French blue and a soft pink
being the cOloring most often repeat
ed
One sees such models everywhere
and with innumerable variations. One
pretty white blouse is of sheer import
ed French lawn, material which in
the desirable qualities is preferred by
many blouse makers to handkerchief
linen. because it is softer and sheerer,
while wearing admirably. The design
was simple. The cuffs of the three
quarter sleeves showed a band of
French blue cotton wolfe between mar
row bands of real Irish insertion. A
shallow round yoke running down a
little way in the middle front in a
narrow tab was set into the blouse by
line of the Irish insertion, and
around the top of the close standing
blue collar was a line of the insertion
Tiny white buttons embroidered with
fleck of blue in the center were set
its tablike continuation
There are also white blouses whose
shoulder and upper sleeve sections
are in colOred vote or maruuisette.
while little hens or touches of EN-
broidery in the same color appear else
where. Many pretty little Dutch neck
blouses are made with the peasant
! sleeve ell
| ish of rather wide lace bands bordered
by hens Of pink or blue. One of
these. seen in a shop, had the pink
hens and Irish lace bands and had al
so band of the pink running from
waist-line to bust-line up the front set
into the white blouse with narrow lace
and adorned with white flat crochet
buttons having pink in their centers.
Wolfe and marquisette are the favo-
rite materials for lingerie blouses
this season. First of all, they are
durable. The meshes are woven in
loose, strong patterns. and the fabrics
can be washed over and over again
without the slightest evidence of wear
and tear. Then again, they are wool,
which is one of the requisites for
settle are inexpensive and come in
double width. The square mesh of
either cotton wolfe or marauisette
forms an xcellent background for
embroidery. a quickly sketched in de-
sign in conventional squares or circles
will form an effective yoke. Heavy
mercerized cotton in colors will work
wonders; silk of the coarse strands
used in all branches of decorative
work, gives a delightful touch.
The elaborate lingerie, net frocks
which are figuring among the advance
models displayed by the fashionable
shops give one the idea that the next
summer seasons STYLES will not be
famous for their simplicity. although
occasionally one may find some
charming model of demure simplicity.
In the fine lingerie models open work
embroidery plays an important role.
being used freely with lace and with
other hand embroidery. and one often
finds bold open work designs on COM
paratively heavy linen entering into
combination with the sheerest and
finest of handkerchief linen. French
lawn or batiste.
The lower part of the skirt. for ex-
ample, may be entirely of the heavier
linen. weighted with heavy embroid-
cry. while the rest of the frock save
Tor trimming motifs, may be fairly
cobwebby in its fineness. Another
idea frequently developed shows very
sheer lingerie material yelling bold
embroidery in open work and raised
embroidery. the latter showing frankly
also in trimming bands or motifs.
Heavy Iaces too are used for coz
trast with the sheer soft lingerie ma
terials and like the heavy embroidery
will drag a soft fulled skirt down into
the approved straight and narrow
lines. Irish lace is lavishly used. hay
ing apparently quite ressined the pop
uiarity which seemed for a time to be
waning.