LINGERIE DRESSES

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 217, 17 October 1914, Page 6

LINGERIE DRESSES

-TT HE time is at hand when serges and | dark-toned taffetas will have to give way to the summery white costumes. Already the quickening of the hot August days is making itself felt and is shown in the ateliers of the big couturiers in light and exquisite creations. Lingerie dresses will be worn more than ever, as much in the very simplevariety as in those for dress occasions. The latter will be made of fine handkerchief linen, witu woven embroidery mixed with lace. Filet will be very popular, also a certain Cluny that comes in high-relief patterns. j; Noted 'among the beautiful novelties is a dress of Indian muslin, the tunic embroidered in wreaths and medallions woven in old style on a sort of sheath, which ends in a band of filet. This is again seen on the sides and on the right of the indefinite little bolero which isworn over the corsage. Another very filmy little frock is made of frills of muslin "a la premiere communion," finished in little scallops, worn over a skirt that is ■ embroidered with rose linen flowers that are set in. The waist is likewise embroidered. The sasli is a scarf of soft rose taffetas, worn loosely around the waist and tied very low behind. There is also being used a new lace of a large hexagonal mesh with irregular designs, which is very chic in effect. For the more simple robes white cotton crepe will still be worn. These are often embroidered in flowers or fruits, done in colored wash silks. The little green apples and the many colored sweet peas are charming. A bunch of I radishes in a bright rosy tint is not to be despised either, giving with the green of the leafage a gay and original note. The embroidery is generally placed at the foot of the double skirt or of the tunic at* irregular intervals, ami is seen again on the collar. The flaps of the big pockets, at the wrists and sometimes the whole waist, are embroidered. . For dress.?s of cotton voile a fringe of dead white uearls makes a sober and pretty trimming. It is put around the bottom of the tunic or the frills, and a cord of the same pearls is knotted like a cravat an the corsage to make the'costume complete.