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Show Lace Ranks High in Daytime Chic By CHERIE NICHOLAS At 'V i . ' I M?r 5- ,.V- I " I f' 'ACt V-J ' made, that the pleated skirt, the tailored collar and belt, as well as the pique bow as here shown are features that are new and distinctive distinc-tive in a lace "of sheer pattern. Francevramant, who is noted for her tailored and street clothes, made the youthful dress of navy and white mixed wool lace shown to the right in the picture. It was featured at the lace ball given in Miami as a fashion future for spring and summer. sum-mer. The white pique which is used for the narrow yoke and collar is repeated as a decoration on the sash belt A front bandeau of flowers flow-ers tell you that Paris milliners are sponsoring flower-trimmed hats this season. LACE! There's magic In the word. It is enchanting to wear by night, it is charming and wear able in a practical way by day. Lace brings into the picture that feminine allure or glamour (if you are not tired of the word) that fashion tells us must be this season. sea-son. According to latest style decree de-cree lace will carry you through sar-torially sar-torially triumphant wherever you go from sun-up to sun-down and on into the social swirl of the midnight hours. As a matter of fact lace has come to be regarded as so all-important it enters into every phase of fashion. fash-ion. To state it even more definitely, defi-nitely, be it daytime dress, evening gown, tailored suit, jacket, coat, cape or bolero, be it blouse, negligee, negli-gee, sports frock, be it hat, bag, gloves (showing lace mitts for summer) sum-mer) even the shoes you wear, be it The popular two-piece dress is in-terpretated in-terpretated delightfully in lace and sheer crepe as illustrated to the left in the group. The jacket is made of sheer lace that is heavily corded and bound around all the edges with the matching crepe, such as makes the pleated skirt The idea of a bolero of lace with pleated crepe skirt is also going big. This twosome makes a most desirable number in one's wardrobe, for it invites the wearing with it of a dainty frilly lingerie blouse, perhaps per-haps an exquisitely hand-tucked batiste, ba-tiste, such as is destined to play a stellar role in the current fashion picture. As to lace in the evening mode the biggest news out of recent Paris openings points to the high fashion of Chantilly lace sheer to an exquisite ex-quisite degree, combined with other fabrics, notably marquisette, mous-seline mous-seline de soie or the new silk organdie or-gandie which is so sheer and crisp and altogether lovely it seems almost al-most unreal. C Western Newspaper Union. frilly jabot or any type of dainty neckwear, or be it accessories galore, ga-lore, if made of lace rest assured it is indisputably style correct Particularly intriguing are the daytime day-time fashions that are being developed devel-oped in lace for immediate as well as coming summer wear. Paris couturiers, in their recent collections, collec-tions, showed frock after frock with pleated lace skirt just such as we are picturing centered in the group. It adheres to the lace-tailored idea yet because of its being lace it is dressy enough for bridge or any social so-cial afternoon occasion. By the way, you'll love the new lace-pleated skirts, for of all materials there's something about lace that makes It pleat up most effectively. Most of the lace afternoon dresses with pleated skirts give very simple tailored tai-lored styling to the waist or blouse or bodice top (as you choose to express it). The dress pictured is no exception to the rule. Keep in mind, whether you make your own clothes or whether you buy ready- |