The fine summer weather has brought forth unusually delicate frocks, and has encouraged cobweb fabrics which in a cold year would have languished unworn.
Girls' frocks cannot be too light and ephemeral if the weather permits, and with a succession of them couple of white slips in crepe de Chine or soft satin is almost necessary. The slips are not og princess petticoats were; they have no sleeves, decolletage deep enough toi bring them into line with the summer frocks, and a long corsage. The skirt, often wide at the base, is inserted in rather full gathers and is sometimes accordion pleated. Most girls' afternoon frocks in thin, gossamer materials are ful] and wide, so that a slip's support is valuable. A slip of lace will look very pretty under the water-green, peach colour, jude, or canary of a delicate little gown above it, encrusted as it is with tiny tucks arranged in squares or diamonds with the lines crossing each other, or with lace medallions and kilted rosettes, and narrow bands of gathered ribbon.
To a gown split up on either side the lace slip gives the fashionable effect of panels, but if the skirt is flounced to the waist with little frills of lace or lace-edged georgette or ninon, a plain slip of soft satin or crepe de Chine is better.
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