A TOUCH OF WHITE.
Every spring frock is bedecked with frills. Thia is the verdict of Pari# for 1926. And it is.'certainly very pleasant to realise that once again we are at liberty to indulge our taste for jabots, and frilled waistcoats. The dainty touch cf white is always decidedly feminine, and it makes a, simple tailor-made of serge or gabardine look like a costly "cteatBwti of the latest Paris models ribow very long ravers of organdie and fine lace, or of washing chiffon, ornamented with drawn-thread workj and these add grace to the figure. White organdie waistcoats, covered with tiny ruchings, are effectively worn with black taffetas tailor-mades, the buttons on the waistcoat being small, and glistening with good paste. Casaquin blouses made of Shantung, and finished at neck and wrrste with pleated muslin frills, are worn with pleated skirts and the new floating capes. Always there if the touch of white! It is to be found even on the most elaborate of afternoon frocks. Changes in the important matter of detail are indicated everywhere. And yet the silhouette remains very much the same. The great dress designers of Pans have found ft impossible to induce their best clients to depart from the g'*** straight lines which have dono eo rau. fco establish the effect of youthfpl«e»»-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19488, 18 November 1926, Page 9
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218A TOUCH OF WHITE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19488, 18 November 1926, Page 9
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