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Show THE CHIC TRIANGLE GOWNS Paris ha.s decreed that the fashionable fash-ionable woman shall look like a triangle. tri-angle. From the waistline to the kneet is almost a straight line. At knee depth the fullness of the skirt becomes be-comes restrained. From hero to the feet the line slants abruptly, drawing draw-ing closer to an extremely narrow base. The result is that the silhouette silhou-ette resembles an inverted triangle Wired tunics, plaited over-skirts, godet basques, flounces, and ruffles all aim to bring the fullness between the wolst line and the knees; a fullness full-ness which is continued to the sboul-derse sboul-derse by the sloping, blouslng waist On the woman who has succeeded in getting rid of every ounce of superfluous super-fluous flesh the effect Is most youthful, youth-ful, but on the woman to horn hips and buBt are more than a memory, it is terrible. Strictly speaking the triangle silhouette sil-houette is not new; the manikins adopted it at the race6 during the summer, and the late summer styles showed a tendency to accentuate it but it loomed large and terrifving when the manikins at some of tha openings adopted lt. The tango skirt, the latest eccentricity eccen-tricity to catch the Parisian fancy, has the effect of making the figure resemble a most irregular triangle This skirt has a tunic which Is held out on the right side only by feather-bone, feather-bone, much like a butterfly's wing, and giving its fair wearer a curious one sided aDnearance. The feather- bone can be easily taken out and put back, so that the frock may be utilized util-ized for the fastest and the slowest of entertainments. The new silhouette demands that the figure be uncorseted, or at leas! to appear so If the figure is well proportioned and the muscles strong enough to support It, the effect is artistic. The designers aim to turn every woman into a large walsted. generous hipped Venus, but when nature has done the same or perhaps more, the results are fearful The new corsets are oddly shaped with a slight curve out below the waistline, giving the natural line to the figure. Sometimes stomach pads are added to accentuate this effect Perhaps the tunic Is the most successful suc-cessful means of producing the triangle tri-angle silhouette. At least they have come in for a great share of popularity. popu-larity. To the long list of bell shaped shap-ed and plaited tunics has been added one cut into a deep point on each 6ide, an arrangement often used in designing beaded nets and marul-setts marul-setts for dinner and evening gowns, the points weighed with handsome metal or silk tassels. Other new tunics are obtained by draping systematically and concealing conceal-ing the fastening of the plaits under a deep horizontal fold, front and back On dinner frocks flounces of tulle or lace are posed to produce tho ne w outline These are made either of tulle over a soft satin sheath bordered bor-dered with ermine, crepe Hindoo, crep saigon or In crepe de faille, bordered bor-dered with ermine. If the dross is white; sable, sealskin, or fox If the dress is of dark material. Chantilly flounces are also smart. Of this exquisite ex-quisite lace but a single flounce Is worn, starting from the waist, reaching reach-ing about as far as the knees, and edges with a narrow band of black velvet, sable, or sealskin The underskirt under-skirt may be of pale rose, apricot, champagne, or white satin oo |