THE WORLD OF FASHION

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVII, Issue 22, 1 December 1906, Page 52

THE WORLD OF FASHION

By

MARGUERITE

The Charm of the Lingerie Frock. There is a charm about the pretty white summer frocks that are being

shown now in the shops that cannot be withstood, even should the skies be leaden. Broderie Anglaise dresses look more dainty than those embellished with blind or raised embroidery; but to be really

a la mode this summer there must be scarcely any background material shown ; the whole gown must be perforated with sprays and blossoms, executed in handwrought stitchery. To lie sure the sleeves are short,, and

the guimpe is made of lace; then there is also an old-fashioned sash of ribbon wound round the waist; but even when these items are deducted from the whole, the remainder amounts to a considerable display of embroidery, and so the gown

must needs be a fairly expensive one. Coloured batiste is well liked' in many quarters, and for girls’ morning wear there is a very dainty way of making it up into dresses, with a narrow eentre panel down the skirt of blind embroidery wrought in colour or in white and a band of the same to edge th? bolero. As for the bolero, what scheme more smart for it than that which is called the demi-JEton, which fits the figure snugly, because the fulness is drawn into a band at the edge about three inches above the waist-line, where a broad corselet belt is revealed.

The time just before a girl is grown up is an awkward period in matters pertaining to dress. Something simple, not too childish, and not too overdone with flounces and trimmings, is suitable. A little party frock of a pretty type is here depicted.

Naturally a lingerie parasol and an embroidered lingerie hat must be possessed as the completion of the linen or batiste dress, and should a coloured sash be worn the handle of the sunshade ought to be gaily decked with a big butterfly bow of silk or satin to match. There are fretful frills of Valenciennes lace, upon the hats and parasols of this genre,

and the guijupe of the corsage is ruffled as well with the same obliging übiquitous adornment. q o a o a Two Pretty Hats. One of the hats sketched is of black horsehair and velvet, and is trimmed with

an enormous uncurled black and white ostrich feather, which is fastened unuer the brim in front, and is brought down over the hair. The other example de pieted in our sketch is of pale pink horsehair adorned with pink Malines tulle and Liberty ribbon, and further ornamented with roses in a lovely shad? of pink.