The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-02-11

The leading Paris dressmakers con-
tdnue to evince a marked taste for
white and black-singly, In combina-
tion and sometimes relieved by bright
bits of color. The evening dress de
luxe for the winter season Is OF white
velvet. Every important maker Is go
| ing in strongly for the white veivet
dress, according to leading fashion
writer
In launching this novelty these dc
tators of fashion have revived an old
fashioned type Of pure white veiyeI
which for many years has been con-
fined to millinery. 1t is that mar
velously fine, all-silk, old-fashioned
velvet known as velours de Lyon. This
Is a close-nap, close-sheared smooth
velvet, which, without being thick, has
wonderful depth Of tope owing to It's
close pile and fineness of fiber.
There Is no new-fangled velvet. no
panne and no chiffon, just plain, old
fashioned velvet, exceedingly costly,
limited in quantity, difficult to secure
and durable to the point of serving
several generations-the kind OF vel
vet that the great-grandmothers OF
this generation had for bonnets. In
their day 1t was woven In narrow
width, not over 10 or IL inches, but
today the looms produce 1T In meter
width.
/ The perfect surface of this fabric
can be produced only through the
work OF most skilled hands, and every
thread of silk is carefully selected.
Being oyster white, 1t must bear nc
blemish from bleach or finish.
Oyster White Without BIennish.
Another interesting variation Of the
preference for white and black is
found in many lace models. Black
lace, combined with black satin or
black velvet, black and white lace,
combined with black satin, and black
and white lace, combined with white
satin. One of the most successful
dresses shown by Madeleine ct Made
leine has back and front panels Of
black velvet, with fan-plaited panels
at the sides of black chantilly lace.
The black lace partly wells the velvet
bodice and there are transparent lace
sleeves.
There is very successful black
and white lace model, in which all
the foundation is Of white satin; on
the skirt Of which. fall double cascade
draperies. that on one side being of
black lace and that on the other of
white lace. The bodice, peasantlike In
its simplicity, is of white satin, with
medium round neck and very short
kimono sleeves, the only lace being
frills of black lace which extend the
sleeve length to the elbow.
A tiny bit of color Is given by an
embroidery of turquoise blue beads
which edges the short sleeves, outlines
the oval opening in the white satin
blouse just at the girdle line and
droops again to follow pointed yoke
on the front of the white satin founda.
ton skirt. Here the turquoise EN-.
broidery CLEANS family through, the
drapery Of lace. -
Wrinkied Bodice, Low Walstllne.
| One Of the most sought models II
black crepe de chine. made with
panel-plaited skirt falling in loops
The simply wrinkled bodice. showing
a low walstline, buttons at the sidt
| front, and is finished with broad
| plated collar Of white crepe de chine
In decided one-side effect.
The plated panels of the skirt fall
over "a close-fitting foundation Skin
Of black satin.
Nothing can be more simple and vet
there Is something fascinatingly new
about them. The brilliant peasant EN-.
broideries in red. black and white and