The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17
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\\I'NRY white sales nave Deen
pYftirg temptation to extrava- |
o.r.. before the feminine shop J
par Linens ~ nil sorts have ,
offered d ru1rng prices and every |
woman with money to spend has been
.,..,.pr nuusr linens and rcpIenishing
49,. .f,.. ~ lingerie undergarments;
sr, oddly enough. the carmen offered
=, inc lingerie sales. 50 called, have
t.sr fashioned from many materials
o.f,r ,l3u the linens.
Vic, q woman says to-day that sho
r.r.s 3, see something charming In
,..,..r.," salrswoman promptly
t..,,.. ,.t things charming enough. but
or.c likely 10 bear not the slightest
relation .o lingerie shimmering gar
n,en,s or pussy willow taffeta. clinging
l.s,-,us garments Of crepe de chine
a,rs,nnns garments Of chiffon cloth.
II one insists upon bat.ste or main
s,,.. we'll. there are delightful models
&, these materials, but The sales
v,man.s interest hags perceptibiy. Ba-
LIST, and uainsook are not new.
However. II these materials are NOT
nov they. as well as the underwear
material. that are new are made no
,,.o garments distinctly new in line
AMI detail Some Of them are absurd
s,p,, ~ ,hem IA a scandalized woman
c.,, Stood Mortified but fascinated by a
= .r,ay IF underwear in a Fifth avenue
Anon. remarked to all within hearing
mr. enough to make one believe New
N,-s is due To fan like Rome; but even
,ns absurd and the last days OF Rome
,e.,.is have their loneliness. There s
n denying 'hlt
one Improvement runs throughout the
Nr.tr province OF what for the sake
:, enalrnienCe we will like all the shop
fox call lingerie. The era OF overelab-
grafton. Of fussy trimmings, has APP
r4rcnuy passed. The smarter and
more expensive the garment the sim
Der ITS ornamentation.
To he sure the type OF simplicity
r.pr,srntcd by narrow. real laces and
hand work comes high; but at least II
&, In GOOD taste. and, where the eNpen-
~, garments lead. the cheaper ones
49, fairly sure TO follow, are. in TINS
case. already following. Finer mate
r,l more originality of cut and finish
greater daintiness in trimming are TN
n,tIcpable features Of the smartest new
underwear.
petticlats are perhaps exceptions u
this ruling: yet they, too, are daintier
more original than they have been evel
II not always Of the simplest. Ont
really could not expect Spartan self
repression In garment just beGinnin
IL enjoy its innings after a long sea
son Of eclipse. The eclipse has no
been total. but. so far az fashion
concerned. the pettcoat has for som
seasons past been practically a negil
rible quantity. When il dit not max
way altogether for slken Knockers
vas. perforCe. a meek ana chastene
garment warranted not to make lump
or wrinkles in a clinging, narrow skirt
but We are changing all that.
Dress skirts are growing wider da
BY day and petticoats. finding that the
have room to disport themselves. ar
breaking out into frills and fiounces-
fr,lls and hounces Of very soft materis
sin hut vastly different from the pei
tcoats OF yesterday.
Whatever one may think OF III
change in frock skirt lines, the fem
nine heart that will not warm to I'll
new petticoats is a hard one. They al
- delectabiy coquettish, fIdvo!ou
femiu.ne.
For street wear one may stick
the conventional petticoat of dark
medium dark silk. closely fitted arour
the hips. scantily fiounced or plated
r tom. but for evening wear. and pa
tcuarly for dance wear, the late
models in net, lace. crepe, soft tanet
chiffon. &c. are surely as bewitchir
a. pcttlcoats could well be, and the II
petticoats in soft lingerie materials ar
lace are delightful too.
The foundation of the petticoat.
upper part, is usually OF crepe de chill
or other soft silken stuff, but belo
the knees the garment abandons
idea of clinging severity and breal
out into innumeIable little overlappii
trills, or deeper fiounces dainti