Very alluring, however, is a sima sheath of flesh-coloured satin, over which is posed a short princess slip real Alencon race making a come plete foundation for the new evens ing frocks. "This model is cut to the waist in the back, but so cleverly. designed that it gives the necessary restraint at the waistline, and emphasizes the subtle curves of the figure. For the woman who feels that she weighs too much, there is comfort in a marvelous ' princes lereation of flesh satin and lace, the aco worked in narrow, pointed panels in such a way as to create a cal illusion of slenderness Many young girls still prefer tha /sivdle to the longer foundation gar ment, and here the first choice ap= parently is the hand-knitted elastic, It takes a skilled workman abroad Jone week to knit one of these Ittle girdles on his hand loom, For he works to an exact pattern, dropping 'a stitch here, tightening the weave there, working in subtle curves at top and bottom, until ho has created.
garment which follows every line of the figure.
The new girdles are much highe# than those to which we have been accustomed, some of them being four to five inches above the waist line, and curved up under the arms to do away with any possibility of superfluous flesh which might mar the suave lines of the princess silhouette.
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