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Show 1 1 Lingerie Dress I ; Craze iii Paris I The handsomo llngcrlo dress Is a vcrltnblo craxe In Porta this summer. Every great dressmaker, writes o fashion correspondent, Is featuring these types and quantities of them Iiavo been exported to America. It Is Interesting to noto that thoso dresses In lingerie are not actually made by tho dressmaker but aro bought outsldo from tho little workers work-ers In Pnrls who crcnto so many beautiful beau-tiful things for which well-known people often get credit. Hand-drawn work Is even more In evldcnco than embroidery and one wonders how the w wider ciiii havo tho patience fn t hi o many threads and to put In mi mi uy Intricate stitches. This uiitl. U done on crepe do chine, crepe georgette and on cotton and IM Meuteellne Frock With Hand-Run Tucks and Dainty Lacs-Edged a Fluting, jl linen. Tho smartly dressed woman Is II ordering from six to a dozen dresses M of this character for her summer M wardrobe, $ In cot tou otic finds voile, batiste 'J and organdie raado up In this style. Tho hand-drawn organdlos nro really m exquisite and both tho " voiles nnd X tnousscllnes ore extremely practical. JE I.lnens In both handkerchief nnd dress 1 wclghtH are being used In tho samo N way. It Is amnxlng tho number of U dresses of this churarttr being shown H nnd the big orders fuken by mnnufnc- 'I Hirers ns well ns prlvuto IndUldunla. n Many organdies are dono with very W beautiful open patterns embroidered In J tho style known ns broderlo Angtalsc. s Other lovely models are appllqucd In I color such as deep navy blue, Jade 1 green or coral pink on white. This a oppllquo n)way8 Is outlined with an M openwork known as point Turc. As n I further embellishment organdie ruffles I nnd fluttngs on both moussellne nnd M olle are soon. M Hand-Made Paris Models fwnB If dress Is itmdo of voile, however, .BJ hemstitching may be substituted for, .9 lrtnln; If desired. It also would bo iOB charming In white crcpo de clilno with ''sBl hemstitching. If, however, It Is to be jMii n dress made nt home, nnd you do ' 9k not wish to spend so much time In BUf handwork, very pretty openwork trim- BR mtng "my be bought by the yard nnd Bft Inserted to give much the same effect, i BB although, of course, the hundwork Is ffi lunro beautiful. ,)- Old-fushloned fiutlug Is much re- bVlI sorted to by the Crouch this summer Mw "so trimming for tho llngcrlo type or && I dress. Narrow fluted rutllea are used qfjpX j In quantities and frequently aro at- jjjgjjl j tached to the dress by means of cord- ffifl rd bands. Sometimes n double fluting ftikyl on the order of box plaiting Is used. ,ff The latter may be of a different ma- t If terlnl from the dress Itself. For la- I stance, a voile or crepe de clilno frock 1 s may have plaltlngs of organdie, j jl Quite a radical departuro from the t-walsted effects Is seen In a dress tvalst of which gives an Impression oth the bolero Jacket nnd the flchu " ''''"swwssyaPwwisaagMMIliiKW t -. frL, .atrial im..V1"S.. Under tho Influcnco of tho crozo for clrcd (or wnxed) things even tho shcerj summer fabrics havo not escaped.' Mousscllnes, chiffons nnd laces nil aro; waxed. In fact, every sort of material) Is being clred. All tho new laces are trented In this way nnd, ob a mattor of course, sutln. In fnct, this bright and shiny work began with satins and silks. Clred Fabrics Featured. Ureal success Is predicted for moussellno clre, which Is being used by very ninny Important French' houses. A lovely dress In satin clre, mndo by Agnes of I'nrls shows tho bodice of the dress In black satlnj with little fluted frills of whlto mous- scllne clre. A lovely dress from Doucct shows: the use of white crepo georgctto anal black sotln clre, the white georgottej forming the overdress nnd tho block clre satin tho foundation. The oveis dress Is beautifully embroidered In whlto crystal bends threaded on nj rather coarse black thread which re-j suits In a charming effect. Among the cool summer frocks tho black la"o dress still Is Immensely! popular, and second only In favor In tho black Inco wrap. In many In-j stunccs ono matches the other. A very! smart French model Is a capo dovclj oped In black Incc, Jet spangles and embroidered tullo with lovely bands of Jet trimming tho shoulder enpa yoke. Still another fancy of tho summei season Is tho black taffeta dress wltl wrap to match. Sometimes tho som her look of tho black taffeta Is re llcvcd by a brilliant lining of repe dc chine, green being the favorite Ulu mlnatlng shade. The Straight-Line Frock. Sheer summer frocks might be s&ldj to bo of two general types thej Btrntght-llne dress of clinging material with nothing to distinguish It tn thej wny of cut, but a great deal In tho wny of simple hand trimming, or they-tuny they-tuny be whnt nro termed picture dresses. The Inttcr nro moro unusual thnn the former and not nearly sol w enrnble. I'arls dressmakers nlwnys show many chnrmlng picture dresses follow- Ing tho styles of various periods, so well carried out that they nro a delight de-light to behold. Not every woman, howovcr, can afford to Indulge In such clothes, ns they must fit Into a particular par-ticular setting and almost be worn by n distinct typo of woman. Take, for Instunce, tho Spanish style, so beautiful In color and lino that one Is tempted to buy without duo consideration for tho typo of woman wom-an for which they were originally Intended. In-tended. Whnt could bo more unfitting than a demure goldcn-hnlred young woman In n costuive Intended for a haughty bluck-halred beauty? Unfortunately, Unfor-tunately, not every woman can afford to go to n hlgh-prlccd drcssmnkcr who will study her type and change original models until they are suited to her. So that a dress, to bo n good seller and this Is what every successful suc-cessful merchant Is looking for must hnvo tho qualities that mako It becoming becom-ing to a great many women. We must hove, In successful dressmaking, n fair amount of nrt harnessed to n great deal of commercialism. Many dresses make no nttempt at the extreme or unusunl, but nrc of tho , sort becoming to all women, and may be worn nt nuy hour of a summer day. i Typical French dresses might bo de- i vclopod In any ono of the material" i mentioned In this article. Organdie, Crcpo do clilno nnd voile nrc suggested I an being the best suited. Open-work I . muy be different from tho regulation hemstitching, being In cutwork design. collar. The model Is In mousMullne , with hand-run tucks, trimmings or luce Insertion nnd Inrc-edged rufllcH. Variations of this model ure showt by sou-nil Amerlcun houses. |