her exterior is very much ruffled Ruffles run riot over the most modish dresses of the summer with an exuberance which has not been granted them for many along year. Sometimch they practically cover the frock, again a single well placed ruffle makes just the difference between distinction and insignificance. Ruffes round the knees sign the dress as created in the spirit of 1860, round the hem of the wide skirt as being an 1880 inspire ation There are ruffles of the same material as the gown, of contrasting suits, or of lace, the latter being specially sanctioned. Ruffes that are narrow, ruffles that are wide, ruffles that are narrow, ruffles that are flat, ruffles that are fully gathered ruffles that are stiff and' ruffles that are not. One lovely lacy ruffle winds its sinuous way round the gown of its choice from shoulder to ankle in a regular spiral stairway effect. And it looks bewitching too.
Then there are ruffles which make the hat, the whole hat, or its brim. There are ruffles set at intervals along a pretty, otherwise sleeveless arm, like bracelets) Gloves have for some timd adorned themselves with ruffles, and now the shopping-bags or vanity cases are bedecked with ruffles. Many effective rosettes are made of small ruffles compactly set together, and to that extent the ruffle is found even in footgear. Who would have life and frocks run along smoothly when ruffling is so effective?
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