PYJAMA PARTIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17294, 18 October 1919, Page 2 (Supplement)

PYJAMA PARTIES.

LATEST CRAZE IN PARIS.

FOX-TROTS, WALTZES, AND JAZZ.

" You are invited to a pyjama party on Saturday night. Disrobing begins after dinner.* There will be fox-trots, waltzes, and the tango. A jazz band will be in attendance." These are the terms of the invitations that are being sent out by the wealthy smart set of Paris, who, after lengthy consideration, concluded it was the most appropriate way to celebrate peace. The pyjama dance was hit upon as the gayest and most novel. Since July 14 several such dances have been given, the first by Gaby Deslys, former friend of former King Manuel ot Portugal. The host at the second was Jacques Fournier, cotillon leader. Another was given by the young Countess de Remy Maximo Paillette. One of the young Murat princes arranged still another of the unconventional affairs. Clubmen, wealthy and aristocratic youth, race-track frequenters, celebrities among the painters, sculptors and writers, and actresses have caught up the craze. The newspapers are beginning to print the details of the pyjamas worn by the guests in the fashion notes. Gaby Deslys was described as wearing a pair of black silk pyjamas embroidered with hearts stitched in red and gold in various places.

The Prince of Murat came in a pink sleeping suit remarkable for its gold and silver trimmings. An artist wore a suit with cupids painted on it. One piquant actress, Mile. Mariz, had a row of opium pipes painted upon her pyjamas. While there are some protests against the latest fashion, the idea is not condemned so much as the inclination toward extreme decollete, which has crept into the stvles.