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Show For Romantic Midsummer Nights By CIIEKIE NICHOLAS . XT;' i'"', f :,'"'("( J i I i U 1 f v , , if t v vf; I F U i y O EGUILING, yes, beguiling is the word that best describes the romantic ro-mantic formals designed for dancing danc-ing these lovely midsummer nights. Yards and yards around do these summer idylls of billowy tulles and nets, chiffons and laces measure and bodices are so quaintly picturesque pictur-esque it would seem as if it were ladies of the past come to life for the styling is quite like we see in prints and portrait paintings of ladies in the days when "knighthood was in flower" and the very air breathed of romance. Perhaps the biggest news out of Paris at present is in regard to the high fashion of combining Chan-tilly Chan-tilly lace with other fabrics. Typical Typ-ical of the best couture trends is the charming dress of sheerest marquisette pictured in the foreground fore-ground of the accompanying illustration. illus-tration. Its deep bands and bordering bor-dering of matching Chantilly of most exquisite type are applied in latest approved manner. Most gowns have a complementary bolero bo-lero this summer and this very beautiful model is no exception to the rule. The bolero is of lace with short puffed sleeves which are ap-pliqued ap-pliqued with lace as in the skirt. Color of this adorable creation? It is carried out in a brilliant turquoise tur-quoise blue. That pastel and bright-hued laces combined with sheers identical in color are a foremost mode there is no doubt, but there is also a tremendous tre-mendous vogue for the frock of diaphanous white that is lavished with black Chantilly appliques, insets in-sets and borderings. The white sheer frock worn with a black lace jacket or bolero is a leading fashion. fash-ion. Likewise the black chiffon or marquisette frock or sheerest of sheer black net is frequently topped with a white lace jacket. Charming Charm-ing also is the combination of pink lace with black lace. A high built skirt with wide corselet effect of the black lace, that has a bodice top of delicately sheer pink lace cut with extremely low decolletage over which is worn a bolero of matching pink lace, makes a most gracious gown. It is practical to provide also a black lace bolero for less formal occasions. In this season of flowing skirts and glamorous lines for evening dresses the gown shown to the left of lace and net combined fits right into the picture. It comes in delectable delect-able shades using cable net for the full skirt and an Alencon-type lace in matching color for the semi-long semi-long bodice. Below-the-hip jacket effects on this order of lace are the rage. If you have a sleeveless chiffon chif-fon dress or net and wish to give it a new look buy ready-made or have made a lace jacket to wear with it. These often button primly up the front with buttons covered with self-lace. Maybe you are an enthusiast in regard to gay prints. If you should be possessed also with an awareness of the importance of simple wash fabrics for dancing and dining, you will be simply charmed with the quaint new flowered muslins brought out this summer. They are the sort that will stay crisp and fresh after every washing never need a bit of starch no matter how often you whisk them through soap and water. We are picturing a dress made of just such flowered muslin as described. It is a type frock that will make you look just "too sweet for words" and you do not have to be endowed with a millionaire mil-lionaire allowance in order to own a flowered muslin such as this that will not shrink, having been scientifically scien-tifically pre-shrunk and it carries a guarantee to that effect. Note its charming neck and puff-sleeve styling. Its fitted bodice is cut to give you that "long" look that will mark you as definitely in the mode this season, i Western Newspaper Union. |