Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1916 — PRETTY STYLES IN LINGERIE [ARTICLE]

PRETTY STYLES IN LINGERIE

Flounces and Frills In Profusion on Petticoats —Silk Underwear Given Decided Preference. While radical changes In lingerie do not occur as frequently as in the outer garments of one’s apparel, a change in fashion can be tracedjn the undergarments to some extent. For instance, petticoats are abloom with flounces and frills where but a short time ago they did not even exist. There are lovely new petticoats, all calling for admiration. Picture a skirt of soft black taffeta with a. wide ruffle, of black chantilly lace. Under this is an accordion-plaited flounce of flesh pink chiffon to show off the beautiful pattern of' the lace. Another petticoat for evening wear is entirely of white net with quillings of the same edging square tabs. Inserts of flowered chiffon in diamond shape are edged with ruffles of the net. —There is a decided preference for silk in underwear. Lovely hand embroidery is seen on chemises, silk vests and union suits even of fleshcolored crepe de chine or the pussywillow taffeta. The silk underwear, while apparently a luxury, justifies the Initial expense by its long life and beautiful laundering. .Among the night robes there are beautiful models of taffeta, crepe de chine and a soft washable eatin FagotIng, hemstitching, picotlng and some embroidery trim these gowns. There Is a marked absence of lace and frills, which makes even a plain silk gown not such an expense after all.». Many gowns are sleeveless, showing a "handkerchief" top caught on the shoulders

in some Instances. A pocket is a style note and a practical addition as well on one’s silk gown. Quite attractive gowns of soft pink batiste are finished with feather-stitching or smocking. ,•

Frenchwoman’s Clothes. An American woman who has lived some years in France and is a keen observer of the Frenchwoman and her ways, writes, apropos of war-time economy. -

“In France you will never stop Frenchwomen buying one new frock a season, and certainly no preaching of anything or anybody will make her clothe herself unbecomingly. There is not a woman to be seen about the streets of Paris at the present moment who has not had a new forck last anautumn, but she has paid for it according to her means, in all probability. Even as Frenchwomen have never spent so recklessly on clothes as Americans, neither will they become so rabidly economical in that direction. At the present moment they are buying neat little hats in black velvet, neat little cloth dresses or tailor-mades. They will pay less in both than in ordinary years perhaps, but not necesarily, and they will wear them longer.’’ * '.Y . ■■■■ ■ iisr-i-F