Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 9, Number 45, DeMotte, Jasper County, 28 September 1939 — Glacier White Is Latest Lace Tint [ARTICLE]

Glacier White Is Latest Lace Tint

Glacier white, which has a pale bluish cast, was one of Patou’s favorite colors for evening gowns in the most recent Paris showings, while Molyneux showed a vivid bright shade of blue. Molyneux not only did the new pencil-slim silhouette in lace, but made quite a sensation with his double-swing skirts for dance frocks, which were often ankle length. One of these in black lace had three flounces at the hem, with a deep square decolletage at the back edged with three ruffles. Another gown in the fullskirted group Was in black net with a lace top. In a gown by Patou with long, slim lines, fullness m the back was achieved by means of godets, and the effect was quite sophisticated in lace over a silver princess slip