The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20
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though. TOE that matter, wuntsn nv weae
Nlrny houdolf gowns and fNatineNa A ~,
times IN the yesf
Ons lyts NJ Nealiae, however, 10 tacus
larry aspoclaied With afmmer days, and
haa Grown raridiy IN ropulafily during the
last few seaspes This Il The line"TIe mat
lnea IN eonneoeion 9th y lingerie fetticuat
w match. and, although tho coetume 10 aps
tfopTlaie ioS the boudoif only and h ton
enthusiastically q deehahtle ~ 10 cotfectly
vorn ~ many women war v about the
hotsr n IL. In ita tuurc elaborate towns
mos, ~coduettish and charming
Aiona wnh al other lingerie garments "
tas taken IN hew 10 stiffness and attractive
rcss ~ late, ard Americans have been Gfad-
ualiv educated 20 an eHtTavasahce In mat.
tsr. ~ lingerie that wan unknown 70
their mothers and arandmothera. French
~nmon have alVaya epent money lavtahly
m their lingerie. but French women cothd
luy exduieite hand made lingerie for Q
fraction ~ tho sum charged for N ~ this
eide " the water, and though there has
con q tremendous Improvement In do
mes'ic lingerie work during recent years,
tho French models still act the standards,
and many American women buy only the I'm
ported. hand made underwear, &C.
Until very recently II was practically
irnrc fsbie 10 obtain q domestic lingerie
r6gliCA model in which hand work and
fre materials were allo we'd 10 furnish the
elegance ~ the garment. Over trimming.
r-- ciated with careless machine work and
g arse materials. was the prevailing charac-
'eristic Of the domestic regliCe offered
ready made in the shops; but we have
q an ged all that.
one still sees many models Of the old
tvpc, and there are still plenty Of women
who prefer them. while others buy them
tccause they are cheaper than the daintier
garments, but the general level Of the de-
signing, quality and workmanship upon the
ready made r6glige has risen each season,
and this year the shops abound in matine es
and robes that are attractive even when not
phenomenally expensive.
For the woman who cannot afford ex-
t~ravagance, and yet covets the daintiest Of
neglige sacks and robes, the only resort is
home sewing, and within a few weeks there
will be offered bargains galore in the de-
partments Of laces, emhroideries and sheer
summer materials, from among which the
clever shopper may choose materials for
her summer negliges which will bring
their cost away below that Of the i'm
ported or fine domestic, ready made models,
particularly if the shopper can do her own
sewing.
With the prettiest of the sack and petit
coat models, the effect is a matter OF ma
terials and hand work, rather than OF in
tricate design. or course there are the
elaborate models, beautified with delicate
hand embroideries, with lace inset in COM
plicated fashion; but there are also hand
made models almost as delightful In which
the hand work is limited to tiny tucks, to
simply inset lace. to seams Get together
by veining, and to other devices which
are not beyond the accomplishment OF
any woman who can do fine though plain
hand needlework.
The simplest type Of lingerie matinee
among the French models and the domestic
copies Of the imported models has a little
yoke made of insertion set together by
hand. The lower part Of the sack is joined
to this yoke, being set on with tiny tucks.
while below these tucks the material falls
full.
The bottom is trimmed with inset lace
and lace frills. IA are the elbow sleeves,
and knots and end Of liberty satin set on
fronts and sleeves add greatly to the charm
Of the matinee, If the ribbon is oleverly
tied. One can. by the way. have the tying
Hone at the ribbon counter OF any good
shop IL one has not the knack, and the
skilful manipulation of ribbon il distinctly
an art.
Often the lower part OF the matinee 10
made Of deep embroidery founcing, very
soft and fine and applied 10 the yoke exactly
as In the model just described, but needing,
Of course, no additional finish at the bottom.
In such a model the sleeve trimming usually
has the embroidery introduced in some
way, but the yoke may be Of either m
broidery or lace insertion, and often COM
bines the two,
A petticoat Of the lingerie material and
embroidery founoing IL easily made. and
this style Of sack and retticoat ntglige
Is probably the simplest Of its class, in so
far as making Ia concerned. though the fine
embroidery is never cheap, and II one 10
willing to give ones time the lace trimmed
neglige can be manufactured at less ex-
pense thar the embroidery model.
one particularly ualnty mouel SHOWN
by a Broadway importer might be re-
produced without great outlay OF time
or money, provided some slight modiica-
tions were made, It is OF dotted swiss OF
the best quality and the retticoat Ia simply
finished with three f%ounces, Tade with
embroidered scallop edges under which
are set little frills of narrow valenciennes.
II this s%calloping were done by hand
It would mean considerable trouble, but
one can obtain the same effect with machine
s~calloping and can have this done very
oheaply at any OF the sewing machine
shops. Tho sack Of the model IL perfectly
simple in design. hanging straight and
slightly full from n little yoke and finished
with a scalloped border and lace frill; but
this sack has a dainty feature in the oddly
shaped collar which, IA W i'll he seen by a
glance at the sketch, gives originality to it.
The collar IL embroidered by hand. but
in a very simple design which might be
copied with little labor, and even without
the embroidery, the neglige would be
exceedingly attractive.
Fine dotted swiss or swiss embroidered
In small designs is a good choice for the
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