SOME NEW NOTIONS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 102, 27 October 1938, Page 19

SOME NEW NOTIONS

Even the most dfreamy-eyed bride realises the importance of having a carefully planned and supervised trousseau. And this season she will be most particularly interested in the lovely lingerie luxuries that are being reclaimed from the most extravagant decades of fashion, jthat, not only she, but all women, nuay have the most exquisite under-thirngs they love.

"Befrothed" nightgowns, befrilled bed jackets, beruffleii chemises, and beribboned panties replace to a lai'ge extent the slippery illeekness of smooth lacquer straight cireations that we liked last year. Now it is sheer chiffon, fine batiartes, and adorably fresh muslins that go to making the most exclusive modlels. In the same manner, laces have p, change of heart and instead of the Jf \lencons it is now the Valenciennes types, delicate net edgings and embroidered linen insertions and flouncings/ that are so enchantingly "right." j Colours are different too. First come the pearly whites, fixail rose pinks and innocent Watteau . blues. For more daring and dramatic ; effects there are combinations of fa'biric and lace in colours that ally thfe ancient and the modern, being curiously reminiscent of the past as to shape Tj^ut exotically ne,w as to hue. Copper brown chiffon and palest blue lace werei mated to create a set of chemise and ! panties bordered all around the leg /opening and Edwardian style camiscjle top with bands of the lace threaded I through with the narrowest of copperZ-cloured ribbon.

A burgundy-red chiffon night-gown would be a most Ravish affair decked with a creamy mushroom shade of lace. Similarly baby-blue sheer crepe with black lace tri] nmings and narrow velvet threading tie waist would be an attractively individual scheme. RICOCHETING TO ROMANCE. When fashion returns an old love to us, such as the cool, soft, fresh-looking cotton night gowns that our grandmothers adored, we must add the spice of tremendously chic designs to fit them in with contemporary standards. We no longer ajflmire long-sleeved, high-necked gowns / when the weather gets warm and sometimes stifling. Miss Modern fashions her night dress like an evening gown on long, figureflattering lines with a surplice V-back and bewitching detj|ils that are graceful, delightfully cciol-as-the-night-air, and beautifully washable. BRIDAL. BOX. There are other lovely ideas for the trousseau. Just imagine a bridal set of gown, slip, and piantie with an accompanying bed jacket of all-white satin lavish with lacte and sentimental appliques of tiny satin hearts. Apart from this most ulfcr-a-magnificent set there should be a half dozen other nightgowns or pyjamas, some frankly feminine and others tailored of gay practical prints.

For travelling .the.£hree-piece set of pyjamas and knee-length dressing gown is ideal. Cho»ose an uncrushable silk for these and have a profusely gay pattern for the trousers and gown with a plain bright colour for the immaculate shirt tpp. STARLIGHT CHIFFONS. A clever idea for the more fragile misty beauty of boudoir negligee is the use of two or ■ three layers of chiffon in the one garment. Delicate as the starlight that {flips through your window such a gown, would be draped to float and billow as you move yet, because of the three thicknesses, is as opaque as half a dozen of grand-; mother's petticoats. This scheme gives full play to unusuajl tricolour opalescent effects that are softer and more glowing than the fldiwers on a candle- ] lit dinner table. Tea gowns receive renewed popularity especially with brides who can afford and have a use for such extravagant luxuries. The most attractive of these sheer confections are of fine spun lace over sleek moulded s^tin slips; perfect hostess gowns for entertaining at home. But it is an American innovation that proves the most suitable for loafing in, entertaining in and living in at home, to be one's coolest, most captivating self. I refer to the' housecoat. It is a marvel how this cleverly styled garjnent can endow even the simplest creature with something close to glamour. Ballerina skirted, smug bodicod, and easily done up, the perfect housecoat washes like a rag.

An exciting idea for a house coat as gay as a garden fantasy, is good oldfashioned, unbleached muslin in its soft natural colour, skirted like a parachute and hemmed round and round with a spectrum of the brightest bands you can imagine. MANY A SLIP. The bride will need lots of slips in her trousseau this year, for wearing under sheer summery frocks. Have some that are fabulously beautiful with loads o.f lace and unbelievably tiny stitches, others^ that are contoured slick and snug to your skin with shaped brassiere tops suavely all in one, and precisely "zipped" fastenings. For under the pretty new sheer blouses that show off petticoats, it is a novel notion to have not the bodice of the slip of all-over lace but also wide shoulder straps. With the fuller silb.Q.yeijte, .garis, sp.onspa^^uitingjaff eta

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slips. Ruffled at the hem and of a flower sprigged or check stiffened silk, the result is very chic.

Throughout the lingerie trousseau it will be seen that the 100 per cent, feminine fashions are first. Ruffles, Empire bodices, flower and bow-knot prints, the tender colours and the fluttering fabrics are supplemented with all the witchery and charm of hand stitchery, faggoting, minute pipings, lovely lace and many more delightful details.—M.R.