Hate to write again (previously off list) but if it has bubbles or various raised shapes), it would pretty much have to be pique. It was a typical summer repertoire and the raised shapes would vary, but was typically liked because it was lovely for summer sheaths. It often was seen in white and up to medium shades in what one may call summer pastels. Of course there was navy and black and, etc., and It very much resembled embossing. The only other with raised dots that comes to mind is dotted swiss, and they appear as flocking, and were typically used for little girls dressier summer attire. I am certain you are all familiar with that, and that is not what you are describing. My background and education is fashion design, and though my brain is a bit older now, I cannot think of another thing, unless there is something obscure. Nowadays when you go to the fabric store and ask for taffeta or poplin, they look at you like you are speaking Japanese. Only one women in my local store knows what I am talking about when I ask where the cheesecloth is, or request boning. Pique had popular use preceding, through, and post, the 60's, when women were still wearing hats and occasionally white gloves, and streamlines pique dresses came after those 50's fitted bodies and full skirts that often required can-cans. There are some lovely things of that era, and I miss the dressing up. To go to a concert or the theatre and see plaid shirts and khakis is sad to me. Affordable and easy care dressing, but if we pushed it back to dressier, then perhaps lace would enjoy even more of a resurgence! <G> Best,Susan Reishuswww.SusanReishusDesigns.com
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