New Britain herald., 1929-03-02

parls, Marcn l, Lingerie IS rdpldly becoming as intricate in cut and al- most az complicated as dresses. The wave of feminism which swept over the world of fashion last year can also be traced in this direction.
 The question of lingerie has al- ways been one of paramount i'm. portance to the Frenchwoman. In the good old days and even as re- gently as ten years ago. although styles did not change every year. her lingerie cupboard was her pride. The sheerest of handmade linen. real Nalenciennes and the finest handwork was what the middleclass Frenchwoman insisted upon. Nowadays her trousseau has considerably diminished in numbers but quality of workman ship and fabric are always to be found. Silk has replaced linen and colors are preferred to the old all-white idea. Intricate drawn thread work or embroidery share the honors with lace, usually tint ed . delicate ochre. but it Is the quantity of material used that will surprise you if you compare the lingerie of today with that of yes- terday!
 Lingerie Keeps Step
 The art Of dress is becoming such subtle and complicated one nowadays that one wonders if the limit has not been reached. Lin- gerie. fashion has decreed. must follow the new lines and we have therefore entered upon an era of fitted hip-yokes and flaring skirts To wear a skirt with a dipping hemline over simple all-round underslip would be an anomaly. the couturiers cry, so that those of tho well-known houses such as Drecoll. Premet. Worth. Redfern and few others who create fash ions in lingerie are showing slips to be worn with certain frocks. Princess step-ins to wear under the new form- fitting dresses are also being shown and for the deep V-decolIe,ed evening gowns yon can find combinations cut on tn same lines. Even night-dresses show hems dipping ct the back and various types of yoke effects as in dresses.
 An interesting slip shown by one of the leading houses has q form fitting bodice and a skirt composed of detached panels hanging loosely from the waist and falling. therefore. into bcauti- ful lines beneath an evening frock. 1 vOiIe Ranks First
 So far as materials are concern ed. first and foremost comes Noile triple Ca beautiful. supple but ! quite hard wearing silk yoile). ! then crepe de chine. A small quantity of crepe satin has been used lately but mostly for night , dresses and pa ia mas.
 Lace has never before been used in such quantities for under wear and on some of the now models the yoke effect is carried out in lace matching the wide in- sertion edging. leaving but . wisp i of material to form the remainder of the garment. knickers or step ins are shorter than they have ever been before. just covering th. Rirdle which $ always worn on ! the skin.
 Fajamas Wide-Trouscred
 Sleeping suits are featuring very ride trousers from the knees down, sailor fashion, and the jack cts are usually completed with a wide sash Of the same material Pipings in a different color or in- i tricate incruEation work are the only forms of ornamentation seen in the more expensive suits. There is usually . three-quarter length coat to match. cut on the lines oi a Chinese coolie's coat, which takes tho place Of . dressing gown Flesh-pink still continues to be favored by smart women as the only possible color for underwea, unless. of course. you can afford tt have . set to match each of youl ensembles. A delicate powder blue comes next and white. or rather ivory. seems to be effecting a tim. i'd reappearance. There h also $ pale green to be seen in anticipa. tion Of the coming season. a! !. green is going to be. 1t is said. one Of the outstanding new colors Pompadour bouquets on ligh, grounds are sometimes used and | few black grounds are shown, too