The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-07-22
Cotton Dresses
Rich in Design

wonderful cotton materials, wonderful
in the fact that they are so sheer
having much the appearance of chiffon
and that the designs are so intricate
ly and beautifully woven into the ma
terial in color or self tone, with per-
haps here and there ii scattered mo-
tiff embroidered in the most pleasing
of color combinations. Or again the
fafric is dyed in the most delicate of
tones or left perfectly plain. as In
the case of many cotton voiles.
ROdier, the most artistic creator and
producer of novelty fabrics, is show
ing materials of this character In the
sheerest of cotton voiles, embroidered
mousselines and lovely new material
in sort of basket weave called flo
Gamma. This comes in the seasons
most prominent shades-orange, beige,
jade green, cerise, pink, natter blue
and also in the darker shades-tete
de nigre, navy blue and black.
The most popular form of decora-
ton noted on cotton dresses is fiI-tire,
or drawn thread work, this being due
to the fact that the dresses of this
character enter the United States at
much lower rate of duty than those
carrying embroidery and lace. Then,
too, the cotton materials lend them
selves well to this form of decoration.
Wolfe Dress in Tailored Effect
But the Paris dressmakers and man.
ufacturers do not confine their lines
entirely to this type of dress Many
lovely hand-embroidered models are be-
| ing shown, also wolfe or mousseline
dresses trimmed with applique motifs
of colored organdie in scroll designs
or in the form of large fruits or flow
ers of a contrasting color.
1t is unusual to see cotton wolfe
| made up in tailored effect, and upon
first thought this seems almost i'm
| possible. One clever French design
| er, however, has achieved a charm
| ing model of voile which has all the
severity of a tailored serge frock,
but is, at the same time, as feminine
as a dress can be.
Beige fiocanna is used TO develop
it. and the embroidery is IN rust red
mercerized cotton thread. while the
| trimming bands and inset fan-like
panels are of rust red flocanna. The
skirt has a front and rack panel
skirt by means of small fan-shapeG
! pieces of rust red fiocanna This same
material trims the front of the bodice
and the high collar, the little breast
| pocket the narrow wrist bands and
| lines the tie belt. The embroidered
4 motifs appear on the skirt only, on
the back and front panels, and on
FIocanna Used in Contrasting Shades.
Dresses of both light and dark col
| ored flocanna, embroidered or trimmed
in contrasting shades are very much
| seen in the newest collections of
| clothes for summer. A model is made
! from this material in an orange hue.
! embroidered in black, with a deep sash
girdle of black satin ribbon. A fur
Their trimming is the black buttons
| which extend from the V-necll to the
! hip-line down the front of the bodice
and form puff-like trimming on the
short sleeves. 1t is very simple
dress, but, because of the color COM
bination, is extremely striking.
The same material in more modest
| hue appears in another dress. Navy
blue is the color chosen in this in
stance. 1t is deliberately embroidered
on both the bodice and skirt. The
| latter is straight and rather scant and
is formed of wide box plaits. each
| plat being embroidered at the top
and through the center with beige mer-
cerized cotton. On the bodice the en-
broidery is In the form of broad
vest extending to the shoulder seams.
The embroidered motif at the top of
each plait extends onto the bodice
and entirely encircles the figure
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