LINGERIE ADAPTATIONS

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12507, 24 July 1926, Page 15

LINGERIE ADAPTATIONS

(By C

Mary Lovat.)

b'onje of us, especially those who have indulged in that dubious luxury, a trousseau, find ourselves with a stock of excellent undies, whose only fault is that they no longer happeu to bo up to dale. Silk chemises, for instance, which were once an important item, are being relegated to back shelves; hut fortunately the new fashion of cami-bloomers <in which a straight top is allied to short knickers, confined with an elastic at the knees) enables the owner thereof to adapt them easily "by means of added pieces cut to shape. Again, should a short petticoat ho needed for wear beneath the abbreviated skirt of the moment, a silk chemise-vest reaching to just above the can he converted ipto a £>er-

fcctly adequate petti, by means of opening tbo sid© seams to the waist and inserting at each side a triangular flare, to give the proper outline to the gown worn above it. Pew undies save those made with the convenient opera-top straps are acceptable with the dresses of the moment, but those who find themselves with a stock of under-garments made with tho shaped shoulder-pieces, will discover that, owing to the sleeveless vogue in nightdresses, it is perfectly possible to cut them down and utilise them as tops for nightdresses, a straight, wide piece of the same mate* rial being added at the base. The old-fashioned petticoats that reach to the ankles (or very nearly so) if carefully unpicked, will make up again .into excellent opera-top slips fer wear beneath the flowered chiffon dresses that everyone possesses nowadays for garden party wear. They should be denuded of their flovmoes „ cut bgaUl 8S S*£ai£&t«*