Frills, Fads and Foibles

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 841, 9 December 1929, Page 5

Frills, Fads and Foibles

]t is very noticeable, m these days of circular and flared skirts, that many women have failed to bring their lingerie up to date. Woven silk lingerie, Suing like a glove, is perfect for sports, motoring a nd some day wear, but it is impossible underneath the no#- evening frocks. The lovely lines of faille, taffetas and velvet, the soft tloating «odets and flounces of chiffon and net, i'ook like canvas flapping round a tent pole without fuller underclothes, or, at least, a petticoat. MORE FULLNESS NOW? A new rattern of knicker and slip is required now, combining the long dose lines fitting to the hips—so that not an unnecessary wrinkle mars the line of hip ami waist—and the soft fullness from hip to knee, which will give a frock the additional support it needs, to preserve the flare of the ankle's. Black is the favourite for evening lingerie because there are so many black frocks. Blank is worn, too, beneath that wonderful colour dahlia, which is almost purple, and which is being so much used by all the best designers. Under very dark green, and midnight blue also, black is very useful, and some women are even wearing it in diaphanous materials like chiffon and triple ninon under white. MAGPIE LACE A beautiful set made for wear under a satin gown was of black and white lace. The brassiere, in the new cupshape. which conforms the figure to the slightly curved lines that arc now permissible, was of black Chantilly lace over white ninon, with shoulder straps of very fine white lace. The lorset was of white woven silk and elastic, with the same fastening which ensures a perfectly flat front line, and the knickers were of black lace. The latter were cut in full flares,

| and mounted on a perfectly fitting hip yoke, about Tin deep. This yoke, in ! ui n was mounted on ninon. A petticoat slip of white ninon had lace shoulder straps, and was fitted to the >gure as far as the hips, when it was released into a series of flared flounces of black lace. AND THE FROCK The princess robe worn over this lingerie was “broken white” crepe satin. This tone of white seems to nave soft shadows woven iuto it and is very becoming to wear. The bodice ni,i he . gow . n ' w ' as long, with a modest little round neck in front— and a very deep narrow V at the back. The V was finished with a large narrow bow of the material drawn through a mickle of moonstones and jet—a curious but very beautiful combination Moonstones, as most women know, now " CU th their '"'eisht in gold just The bodice was brought well down over the hips, and was gauged iu a single line between the waist and the

top ot the skirt, causing the material to ruck softly and giving a deep swathed belt effect. The skirt was circular, dipping at the back. Attached to the front was a circular apron flounce, which dipped at the sides and seemed to lose itself mysteriously in the back folds of the skirt. Court shoes of satin matched the gown, and had small bars of jet and moonstones as ornaments. THE VOGUE FOR WHITE There is, by the way, quite a vogue tor all white lingerie again. The pale pinks, blues, apricots and greens all look a little banal now, when one sees them side by side with piles of foamy tiiple ninon and lace. Much lace is used, and it is a pleasure to see it again. It is not, however, of clear white tone, but of real lace colour—with an ivory and sometimes a beige tinge about It. For the moment, one finds more nightdresses than pyjamas being worn again, and these, too, are lace-trimmed and altogether fluffily feminine.