The Parisienne's "Knack"
The Parisienne delights in handmade things to wear. She scorns machine-made lingerie, and if she annet afford to have her under made by first-class lingére, makes it herself." You sce her searching for bargains in crepe de Chine and toile de sole at the sales, and she rummages among the trimming for real or bits of good tulle.
Apart from lingerie, there are all those little extra garments which woman Jon in the house: a dress wu, a rect coat, a shawl, a scarf. These, too, are made by' hand. A. clever maid, a seamstress who comes in by the day, or the lady of the house herself, designs and makes most charming things of this order out of unusual bits of material picked up abroad or in the provinces. It is their unusualness which makes their Then there are bags, bed-room eck ornaments, belts, With the soft kis, suedes, imitation reptile skins, some; beads and buttons, ive work is achieved ife home-made dress some uncommon silk trimmed by} hand at home looks distinguished as no Lig shop dress ever can, since dresses made in a series have no personality, The "piece box" is a treasure casket in most French women's thornes. They do not, as a rule, buy rubbish, and so can keep their "bits," their trimmings, and their deco tive jewels, knowing that they in" one of these days, be-Jcause they know how to use them to the best advantage,
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