PYJAMAS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 423, 14 November 1930, Page 2

PYJAMAS

FOR ALL OCCASIONS. AMERICANS USE A SPELLING ALL THEIR OWN. Pyjamas are absolutely “it” for all occasions, only we learn here in New York to spell them as “Pajamas,” or to talk familiarly of them as “P.J. ’s” writes a New Zealander at present in New York. The newer spelling apparently meant something a little different to one shopkeeper in a certain section of New York, for one morning he had a sign in his shop window announcing: “Pajamas, majamas, and kidjamas.” Nevertheless pajamas are perfectly correct for feminine wear on all occasions. Palm Beach and fashionable watering places have long featured them as being worn on the sands, and one must admit that they arc often preferable, in modesty at least, to the curtailed bathing suits so often seen. Not only for the beach, but for lounging. for bridge, for the yacht, for afternoon entertaining, and—yes!—for the kitchen and housework, too, they are worn. I made an early morning call a few days ago and found the lady of the house busy in the kitchen in a charming, though simple, pair of pajamas. They wore of flowered cotton broadcloth in pale green and lavender shades. The top was of the low-necked, sleeveless, tuck-in variety, and the trousers fitted into a wide shaped band at the waist and were very loose about the bottom.

A little too daring for the kitchen, do you think? Aly friend said she preferred them, for they arc cool, loose, and allow free movement while about the housework. And even the most modest person would admit that they covered much more of the figure than the recent silhouette line dresses, and those stopping short somewhere above the knee.

I A simply cut pattern, and of figured I broadcloth, or heavy gingham is most [satisfying for kitchen wear, and white I duck or broadcloth with facings of scari lot or blue, and a beret to match are favoured for yachting. Softer materials in a more elaborate style are used for the lounging pajamas. 'The latest fashions in those are of silk, rayon, or milanese knit silk, with a sleeveless blouse which tucks into the fitted yoke of the trousers. At. the waist, the trousers open at the side and may bo laced, buttoned or elaborately tied. What is termed the “romantic,” touch is added by the wide flare given to the bottom of the trousers. From the knee d >wn the material has been cut very wide, or a pleated godet, sometimes of a darker contrasting colour of material may be inserted. A throe-tone colour scheme gives the prettiest effect. One smart ensemble lounging suit I saw recently, had a pale orchid blouse, trousers a deeper shade, and the coat, reaching almost to the knees, was a lovely rich purple. The bottoms of th? trousers flared and were finished with bands of the same deep lone as the coat. Flowered materials are very popular, either the blouse ami coat being figured and the trousers plain or vice versa. Bright colours predominate, in fact the sky is the limit, and you can let your ideas and desire for colour run riot in planning your pajama ensemble for wear on any occasion.