Laces for Frocks

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17249, 3 May 1930, Page 12

Laces for Frocks

I ONDOX fashion experts say that this is to be a “lace” season, particularly in the matter of evening gowns, wedding frocks, afternoon gowns, arid even in millinery. It'is not generally known that Not - fitigllam lade manufacturers arc designing ami winking laces for the use of the' leading Parisian fashion creators. - So successful have the British Jace producers (jecome that a large .tftuilbqr of dress silk luce designs arc how specially manufactured for the Paris market. Here are some of the most fashionable patterns launched for the spring and summer of Bl.'iO. They are typical of many other attractive designs produced by British lace manufacturers.

These silk dress laocs are of various widths, ranging from 17 to 42Ln., and are made in a number of . effective fashion colors, as well as in black niid white. Sonic are in fine texture iinfl fire a. eripy of Chantilly; others follow the trend of Bohemian and Spanish lace designs. There is a novelty lace with a pattern that has the effect of moire silk. Another niterestitig novelty is the silk tire in net like .Stockinette. Tlie effect is 'almost like fiille, vel it has all the resilience ... . : . . * of jersey. Imitation horsehair laces, which will be seen inter,in millinery, are among flic lace novelties launched by a wellknown Nottiiighnin firm of lace mnnufacthrers.