Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1917 — LACE AGAIN IS IN FASHION [ARTICLE]

LACE AGAIN IS IN FASHION

Need of Helping the Workers of France and Belgium Caused Revival of Mode. ~ Real lace js again in fashion. The need of helping the lace workers of France and Belgium started,this mode. Women of wealth and position in France used their Influence by sponsoring in tyar relief sales of old and new laces. Grande couturiers lent their aid by using a great deal of veritable lace in their new creations. As a result many lovely gowns and blouses are shown made or trimmed with lace. Among the kinds noted are Bruges, princess, nppliqne, the Spanish bobbin Inces, thread lace and filet, with some guipure and Valenciennes. Mounted over filmy foundations or linings of flesh or white chiffon or net, sometimes in several tints and layers, the effect is about the richest thing that could be thought of in woman’s attire.