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Show 1 vft Frocks of Classic Beauty I : t The Draped Silhouette LACE makes a stronger appeal than any other fabric to the designer who is a true artist, for where can another! medium from which to evolve worn-) en's dresses be found which has so mudl of history and romance be-: hind it? It is, therefore, logical that a great dressmaker such as Callot should favor laces and Callot ever ; has been noted for beautiful lace frocks, just as she has been for her drapery and her embroideries. Callot, who always has found her greatest success in evening dresses, has fairly shone with brilliancy in her latest productions She has evolved marvelous things. The Callot Cal-lot models shown on this page are typical of what she is doing in laces this season. The drapery which this maker never forsakes is a strong frature of one of the models. The modem and the classic join in lace dresses Greek, Egyptian and strikingly up-to-date ideas combine. Every coquetry and flattering effect is added to the evening gown, for ( dressmakers know that to be successful suc-cessful they must give their fair clients something more than a dress. They must give her added charm and grace, added personality, as it were. Brown Note Sounded In New Lace Frocks FRESH interest is manifested in colored laces. A model which has met with great success is in mauve lace combined with crepe de chine of the same tone. The violet note IB emphasized in the girdle, which is made of rings of galalith set with j amethysts. Mauve satin slippers are effective with this dress. The brown tones have not be'en I overlooked in the choosing of laces for fashionable frocks. One of the most striking lace frocks is in a soft brown tone. The lace is combined with pleatings of crepe georgette and silk fringe of the same shade. The trimming consists of tiny handmade hand-made roses of the crepe georgette. One of the loveliest lace dresses of the season is a spider v,cb model from Jeanne Lanvin. This is really of net embroidered in toile d'ar-aignee, d'ar-aignee, or spider web design. The dress has a wide hip girdle and j pendant panel made of brown wood beads. At the sides of the skirt aro undulating panels of brown tulle. The sleeves arc very long, in pagoda shape, and transparent. Innumerable dancing frocks are shown in colored tulle, many of them in the shade known as ecaille, or blonde, which is an exquisite hue, neither brown nor yellow, but exactly ex-actly like certain tones in the tortoise tor-toise shell, from which it takes its name. Beautiful bronze and dull gold girdles are used on lace and tulle frocks of this color. Atmospheric Shades and Water Ice Colorings YELLOW and silver lace dresses have been remarkably successful. Vivid canary shades aro trimmed with silver lace. The one-side drapery dra-pery is often used on dresses of this sort, thus one shoulder is draped in yellow and the other with silver. The skirts of such dresses seem to be made of one piece of goods cut on the bias and wrapped around the figure with the loose end draped on one side to form a bow or cascade drapery. The girdle or trimming is always adjusted at a low waistline. One of the loveliest models which Lanvin makes is of silver tulle in lace-like pattern over a pale colored satin, such as a dim ashes of roses shade. The dress has cmbrrred panels of heavy silver and gold sequins and a twisted hip giidlo of rubies and emeralds. Blade and white laces are used both singly and in combination, bnt the real vogue is for the dyed laces, especially those in delicate shades. Quite ethereal are the frocks In combination of lacs arid georgette Huu :t crepe dyed in pale atmospheric shades. They set forth an absolutely new idea in afternoon and evening dresses. Those in gray tints, in pale ecru, mastique, sea-foam green and faded rose are quite fairylike in appearance. ap-pearance. Laces also are dyed in the tones j of water ices, such as pistaehe, rasp-; berry, strawberry, lemon and orange. Silver frequently is combined with these shades. ; Th Flounced Skjrt Tries for Popularity J HAVE placed no streas on the high colored laces, as they have been made up in poor qualities to! sell so cheaply in the ready-to-wear hope that they long since ceased to j be interesting from the standpoint of I Above, readme from the kflA Callot gorvn of blond- lace over brown Jflm; the sleeves fall from bracelets rvhich clasp around the arms above the 'elbows. Frocks of black salm and lace. Cown of sea-foam green lace and crepe de chine, shoving a typical Callot drapery. A model of pistaehe colored lace and Georgette crepe. Below are shown A sports belt of embroidered leather, two red leather purses embroidered em-broidered with beadi and a white organdie collar With green embroidery. fashion. They are not shown by the better dressmakers. The better shops have infused new life into lace frocks ' by the introduction of beautiful I pastel tones so elusive in their shad- I ings that they will never become ordinary. In addition to their unusual colorings color-ings another striking note in evening dresses is their length. All are long, touching the heels, but never so completely com-pletely long but that the wearer's i ankles are revealed through open- , ings or transparencies. It is interesting to note the re- 4 r turn of the flounced skirt in lace frocks. This change in the silhouette of filmy dresses is indorsed by the world's greatest dressmakers, although al-though such skirts are still in the minority. We have so long been ac- j customed to the straightline dress that it is difficult to persuade any but the younger generation to depart from it. Flounced frocks of lace made their appearance nt several fashionable j weddings both in this country and in Paris. When 8 wide lace is used for the flounces a narrower one frequent ly finishes their edges. One would naturally think that lace hats would be chosen to complete such a cos-tume, cos-tume, but not so. The preference is for the hat of straw veiled with lace, the veil often falling to the shoulders at either side. Draped Lace Models Resemble Coat Dresses OEAUTIFUL dresses in old-fashioned Spanish laces have full flounced skirts falling from epaulet hip extensions. Very lovely model? are developed in a combination of black and white Chantilly lace. The bodices of lace dresses of this sort have high necks, but without collars, and are left transparent They have very ample sleeves, full length, with elaborate cuff finishes. It is impossible to get away from the popularity of lace. In Paris the summer race courses and fashionable fash-ionable resorts are thronged with smart women wearing lace dresses. It is prophesied that the August collections col-lections will contain a multiple of lace models. A striking example i the combination com-bination of black ond white is obtained ob-tained in a youthful dress of black lace embroidered in large white silk roses. OveT a straight chemise dress of lace having very short sleeves and bateau neckline I hung an apron tunic of the black lace, which falls to within a few Hg inches of the bottom of the skirt. HL The additional length an each d HI is allowed to han: free, making a BBt slightly cascading point which falls MB below the hem of the dress. The H white embroidery is up a as a band H to border both the tunic and the underdrew. The entire dreaa is WB loosely tied to the figure by a narrow Wgl girdle of black chiffon. Efil The draped dress ia coat fanm iH has found its way rrrto lace models, as is evinced by one which, to a JH marked degree, resembles the pepo- K lar coat dress of cloth, The skirt. 8 cr gray satin, is made f one ideee and cut on perfectly straight Hues, N being slightly drapad across tha front. The bodice is formed entirely of silver lace sod is cut rn one with mmt the girdle, which cf satra em- M 'broidcred in tfreer. , 1 |