The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-30
FASHIONS FOR THE GIRL c
The c Commencement Maids Fortunate
This Year, for the Styles Seem
Devised Especially for Them

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full, long net sleeve emerging from
under 1t and being shaped to the arm
by four narrow silk folds matching
the silk Of the girdle.
Almost all OF these dainty white
frocks are Rirdled more snugiy than
those of last years graduation time.
or II not Eirdied at all and held at the
waist by shirred cords are still trim
mer in or*iine than the graduation
trock of yesteryear. Sometimes the
bodice is drawn In snugiy at the waist
line by a very narrow ribbon girdle.
beneath which a narrow peplum frlll
stands out perkily. while on the skirt
other frills run hither and yon, as
they will
They are allowed great liberty, these
skirt frills Some Of them run up and
down, others round and round, still
others diaRonally. They may be ap-
Dlied singly, collectively or in family
groups. They may run, all the way
around the skirt or he used in sections
between straight. untrimmed panels
They may be set on in deep scallops
" In points or upside down. There's
literally no end to the things the de-
dgners do with them; yet there's
many a modish sheer frock that hasn't
single frill about 1t, and some figures
even among youthful graduates-are
he better for frill suppression.
A pretty frock for the figure not
Sylphlfke Is the embroidered net of our
illustration. whose surplice bodice
fronts cross and are drawn around to
the hack, where they disappear under
fiat sash bow, from which fall long
ends.
The skirt Is modishly full, but not
90 fiaring and net always falls in
flnging. graceful lines where not for
Sioly extended There is no bulki-
TESS about shoulders and throat
-houEh there is a little high rolling
collar across the back and the sleeves
are long and fitted closely into an en-
oroidered cuff from the elbow To the
hand
The question of the collar ia mora
vita than the average girl realizes
and the unhecoming collar IL a thing
10 be avoided. no matter how new or
modish ii may be. Many of the new
collars thtcken the neck line or con-
ceal the shoulder line in a fashion ex-
remeIy trying 10 the e. ri of short neck
or high shoulders or too full figure.
The extremely short skirt, too. is
very trying to many figures, and few
II the frocks made for American wear
ers are as short as the average French
froek of the same type one sees here.
also. rather more than among French
models the undersklrt effect with the
much wider and more faring over
skirt. and some of the very prettiest
graduation frocks are Of this order.
The underskirt may show ali around
or only on the sides, hut it's sugges-
ton of narrowness about the ankles
Is sometimes vastly more becoming
than the unmitlgated flare of the ultra
wide skirt.
The irregular bottom line does give
first aid in some gases of wide skirt
injury. and great ingenuity Is shown
in the handling Of this line. scallops,
points, wall of Troy battlements all
have their innings and the very full
ruff1e at the skirt bottom gives. of
course. an effect of irregular edge.
Some very new imported muslin
frocks. for which one must once more
call the word quaint into service, are
made of dotted swiss in the smallest
and most thickly crowded Of dot de-
signs-a sort Of swiss quite out OF
use during recent years, though TO
our mothers and grandmothers 1t will
look very familiar.
IIIxn oskara already
described are untrimmed save for
self folds, and perhaps little narrow
lace TO soften the neck and sleeve
finish With their corded shirrines.
their narrow frills. their scalloped
edges bound narrowly with the swiss,
they are the most old fashioned look
ing Of all the old fashioned looking
new things and it must be admitted.
rather more quaint than lovely.
AS has been noted above, white
taffeta trims some of the most sue
cessful sheer white frocks and this
silk is often used very literally in
such combinations. without detracting
from the youthfulness and simplicity
of the frock Little pinked frills or
white taffeta are used in profusion on
one model OF finest white wolfe
Another sheer frock of net is trimmed
in graduated bands of taffeta from
hem to hip and has an odd sleeveless
little overbasque of taffeta with a
full narrow peplum below the cord
that marks the waist line.
There are very delightful frocks
almost entirely of white taffeta that
would answer for graduation use,
though hardly so ideal for the purpose
as the sheer frocks One model par
ticulary youthful and simple in air
has fiaring skirt ruffied to the
waist in narrow shaped ruffies of
.he taffeta. with an inch of picot edge
white net frlll showing below the
edge of each silk frill.