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Show TTk i' at. PT" . iaillty and airy B with lace Inserts, motll and I flounces. i The finer, softer laces are tho fa-; fa-; vorltes; tho filmy Vals, the bobbin ! luces with cunning little basket ef- fects on a sheer mesh, tho net-lop i taices, point d'Alcneon. llonlton, Normandy Nor-mandy laces and other more delicate patterns Pluny. torchon, Irish crochet cro-chet and filet are used in bandings between be-tween the filmy laces, but arc not as much used on very exclusive garments i as the- fine Vals. Plain nets are used also In plain, shirred and tucked effects, ef-fects, and net ls almost invariably set Into a fabric with a narrow Insertion or "seaming lace" A few garments show very fine Swiss embroideries, or motifs of hand embroidery put In with arabesques of lace Insertion; but all I I. .wlrialft The fabrics with which these lovely laces are used are exquisitely sheer nainsook, French batiste and chiffon cloth Thero ls a washable chiffon cloth that ls much fancied for high-class high-class lingerie and every trousseau now includes one or two special "sets" made of chiffon cloth; a "set" usually comprising nightgown, chemise and pantalon or a combination garmen'. laklng the place of chemise and pantalon. pan-talon. Some women prefer a cam! sole-and-pantalon combination; Others llko a r amisole-and-pettlcoat style, wearing underneath a woven silk un-dersult un-dersult which clings to the figure. A beautiful chemise and pantalon for a spring trousseau are pictured, the material ma-terial white washable chiffon cloth, tho trimming Honlton anil Val lace. The pantalon fastens below the knee with ribbons run through shirred casings cas-ings and there are scalloped frills with picot finish at the edge. The chemise has lace at top and bottom and ls held up by narrow shoulder straps of frilled Val. the tiny frills sewed (by hand, of course!) to tiny Val Insertions. A while ribbon draws In tho top of tho garme-nt and Is run through a narrow casing made by sewing a strip of Val laco under the edgo of tho wide Honlton trimming. Another ribbon runs through n similar casing at a high wajstllne, giving the j garment a dainty Empire effect. This I Is a bridal set of lingerie. In pure white; and whi'e silk Blockings and white satin slippers accompany It ready for the bridal costume of white satin. Somo of the trousseau lingerie this spring Is In pastel colors not the familiar fa-miliar flesh pink that Ins become so familiar th-.it one Is a little tired of It but the most exquisite shades of i Heliotrope, aquamarine, bisque and apricot. For some reason or other blue ls not a popular shade for underwear, un-derwear, though it is much fancied for negligee garments; and though pale blue ribbons are run through white lingerie garments. A whole set of pale heliotrope lingerie for an Easter Eas-ter brldo Is made of chiffon cloth. v 1 - '"'. B A Fetching Peignoir In Pantalon Ynd Tunic Style; Of White Chiffon And Lace, With Hand Krn-brnlderv Krn-brnlderv s I , ra t ton with Insertions of point d'Alencon and frills of the chllTon finished with a picot edge. The chemise and pantalon panta-lon are trimmed with tiny clusters of heliotrope and pink flowers (made of chiffon so that they will crush easily and not form bulky lumps In a fashionably fash-ionably slender silhouette) and the nightgown has hnnd-embroldered festoons fes-toons showing the same pale heliotrope helio-trope and pink poios. A combination for a brunette bride Is In apricot chlf- : fon cloth with creamy lace trimminc and another set for a blonde bride 1 i In faint canary yellow, with trimming ! of dotted net and Val. Blondes, you know, have taken a hint from Paris and adopted pale yellow as their particular par-ticular color. H Ls supposed to be much bftter stilted to them than the baby blue shade, which they hae, claimed as their own for so many, years, and to bring out better the! subtle beauties ot their pearly skin and golden hair. Crepe de chine undergarments are 'fashionable but for summer wen r they are not quite as popular as more airy garments of chiffon or sheer batiste. The crepe de chine nightgown pictured pic-tured Is a nrw model and shows the . . .. . . , VT. h. y - Pine Lingerie Now Is Lavishly Trimmed With La o And Even The Most Intimate Garments Gar-ments Aro Of F11m Chiffon. squaro neck which Is fancied Just now more than the V neck which has ruled underwear so long This pre;ty nightdress night-dress ls made of white crepe de ch'ne ' ' and Is trimmed with Val Insertion and , j edging. The llttlo yoke of tucklnc sot In below tho square neck opening Is a protty featuro and the short kl- mono sleeve, taken up by three tiny tucks on the shoulder nnd edged with I iaco. ls a now notion. I An Important item in tho trousseau I collection of lingerie ls the camisole-petticoat, camisole-petticoat, -combination. Sometimes camisole and petticoat are Joined at the waistline; sometimes not but they usually match each other. There must bo camisole and petticoat sets for dance frocks, for summer linger' frorkj, for afternoon outdoor costumes, cos-tumes, for Indoor negligee costumes, and even for sport costumes. The bride needs a good many petticoats and each petticoat must have its accompanying ac-companying camisole. Victory red taffeta petticoats are very smart Just now for street wear and the camisole to go with one of these is of white .repe de chine trimmed with III ot lace and drawn up at the top with three very tiny ribbons In red, white and blue I Sport petticoats are of washable wash-able white silk and show no lace trimming; trim-ming; the camisole is usually simple i In stle also and Is made in bodice Shape with a dccolletage cut out and I bound with narrow ribbon; for shoul- der-straps arc not comfortable whea ij ono is wielding a tennis racket otM canoe paddle. i t No irou-sc-uu is complete without US ;1 ample supply of corsets. A bride Is not expected to buy new undergar- ments for a year at K-.i.st and It 'U I take several corsets of diflerent kinds .1 to see her tbrouqh ihe v.ar corsots j for stree-t cost. inn.- for sport costumes, 1 for the chaise longue negligees, for the dance frocks and for ordinary around- , the-house wear For wear with the very narrow suits and frocks ot me season the formal frocks there is a new. ver long cor.-et winch keeps the . i hips p. rlYiMy fl.t and c.vcs lithe, slen- J der lines. Bin tins corset would o Jl be comfortable for, say. , tennis dancing A French corset designed ror sports wear Is admirable for house j wear al?o. It Is made of webbing anl j Blips oxer the he, I. There arc slashes j with elastic lacings at the hip and tne corset has an elastic top. Nightgowns Once More Show The Square Neck And Dlininuth' v" "' J Pretty Model Of C repe He Chine Wltll Vol. Insertion And A Little Tucked Yoke. |
