Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-31
COMBINATION SUITS FOR ALL
Two and Three-Pieee Styles Are Now
Being Superseded.
PETTIC0ATS DO NOT Rustic
Soft, Clinsing Material is Used and
MiIady VIII Wear as Few as
Possible During Warm
Months.

However elaborate the undergarments
may be. they are all made on straight
ana narrow lines In order that nc extra
fuIlness be added TO milady's costume.
according to the styles shown In the
Omaha stores.
The woman in charge of the petticoat
section In one of the stores said that
there Is just half as much goods being
used In the pctticoats this season as
there was two or three years ago. The
double ruffle and scuff ruffles have been
entirely done away with. plated flounce
being the only fullness at the border.
Some OF the petticoats have a border Of
silk fringe the color OF the silk.
Most of the petticoats are made with
the Jersey tops. with an elastic around
the waist. The soft. clinging messaline
is being used more than any other silk.
The day of the stiff, rustling taffeta
petticoat has gone along with hips and
full skirts. The underskirts are in plain
and changeable silks and should match
the suit.
The idea of soft. clinging materials, and
as few as possible of them is carried out
IN all lingerie more than ever this sea-
son. There Is a new wash petticoat
called the skeleton petticoat. II is cut
on straight lines with hardly any flare to-
ward the edge. 1t has no flounce what
ever, being finished with rows Of inser-
ton and lace, put on without q bit Of
fullness.
The petticoats, princess slips. combina-
ton suits and night gowns are made Of
the hlmiest kind Of materials-sheer MAIN
socks and India linens, crepe and wolfe.
The newest and daintiest OF underwear Is
made Of crepe de chine. Lace has entirely
superseded embroidery as trimming for
underwear. because II is so much softer,
although on the French hand embroidered
pieces, Of course. lace and embroidery
are. combined. Even the medallions
which used to be used in embroidery are
being used in lace instead. Cluny lace
remains the favorite on lingerie, with
valenciennes.-Frenc and German-a
close second. Feather stitching Is used
a great deal.
The combination suits-corset cover and
petticoats and corset cover and drawers
have entirely done away with separate
articles OF underwear and with the
chemise. chiefly because they do away
with unnecessary fullness.
The young woman at the lingerie coun-
ter In one OF the stores who is just back
from buying tour In the east says that
American women refuse to wear the
chemise. and that the French makers
OF hand embroidered underwear are now
making the combination suits especially
to please the women in this country.
Some OF these combination suits are
being shown in Omaha stores for the first
time this spring. The combination with
night gown to match in material and
ornamentation. form a set. and bid fair
to supersede the French hand embroid-
cred sets OF chemise, drawers and night
gown.
An entirely new article OF underwear
is the Kniekerbocker drawers. which are
straight ana scant. They either tie al
waist and knee or are fastened with
elastic.
Night gowns are made OF the same soft
materials as the other lingerie and are
made on kimono and slip-over lines. They
are trimmed with lace and hand en-
hroidery. Sleeves are very short and
fluffy.
colored ribbons are still used In lin
gerie. But although black and dark col
ors are used by eastern women. only pink
and blue ribbons are In the lingerie shown
here. Blue is the favorite color. I'VE
buy twice as many sets with blue ribbons
as with pink" said the head one Of one
of the lingerie departments. The rib
bons are made into soft. dainty bows and
flowers the large, heavy bows being seen
no more.