New-York tribune., 1907-09-19
HER DGIBBAH ROBE.
Hiss Stacey Disoards Conventional
Dress for an Egyptian Garment.

-. 1;. c-scev the English lecturer upon
,ta E5irber Thought and kindred SUBJECTS mas
solved the problem of dress in a way 1hat makes
- -. a5toirad and enved of all who see her
Dress is generally thorn IN the hesn 20 llle pup
lie woman. She cannot mount me Iid.l,ii IA ~ IooA
e. Ts1,o \ f-r7r YET il she dresses in the conven-
,i7,aI manner she has got TO give an amount OF
+iroa ana attention 10 her attire that she can IL
- o~ she will find herself degeneratlng as TO
ht-ls, t,oa ,J3ss stacey nearly got nervous pros
vra13o7 over the changes in fashloIS- IN oroer 10
he srsrfIy goRned she had TO spend hours ana
- -,itb the dressnna kers hours that she needed
- gn the preparing Of her lectures and the
wiring Of her books. Also what IS the thing in
country Not infrehaenuy she would leave Lon
don for Vienna. perhaps. or Paris or Sydney or
New York with trunkful Of pretty frocks that
were the very latest IN the English metropolis
80 errive at her destination find that women
Irare wearing something different there. Even the
4I;e9a- Thought cannot render the feminine mind
indifferent 10 such exasperations. and Miss Stacey
resolved that somehow or other she would get away
from them
Egypt showed her the way. While staying in
that country she saw the dgbbah. a type OF dress
Saken from the gown the dervishes The
name IS unromantically pronounced 'jbber, but
TIE thing Itself is extremely graceful.
1t is an ideal dress for lecturer Miss Stacey
said 20 a Tribune reporter the other day. NO
hooks. no buttons. no tapes to tie just slip II
over my head. and there 1 When ] remember
the nervous haste with which used sometimes 10
dress for lectures. if / CHANGED 10 be pressed for
time-stuHbling over buttons, getting tangled UP
II tapes finding at the last minute that indis
pensable hook rnissing-this seems like heaV
Why. you can dress for caller after the doorbeN
has rung- assure you that when saw You com
ing I had this on" picking up a dgibbah Of Hight
coloTed linen embroidered in rich shades. in ORR
entai fashion It's short for morning wear.
As you approached IN the twnkling of eye
slipped 1t of and put on the one you see me wear
ing
The one she was wearing, an afternoon dgibbah,
made OF soft brown silk 1t semi
fitting garment, Clinging somewhat 10 the figure at
the upper part and sweeping out into a train at
the bottom The i1em embroidered in colored
silks in designs typically Egyptian in character.
and these designs were repeated upon a border
around the open neck. sleeve edges and slashes.
These dgibbahs made by London modiste,
who has the delightfully."- appropriate name.
Miss Stacey said. of Sheba" All are cut in the
same fashon-Tnost lngenously made TO slip over
The head and stay in place without the aid Of any
fastening The dgihhahs for housewear are of
wash silks. soft thick linens and wools- The
lecture gowns CT fine liberty satin Though
cut in the style, they have little individual
differences: some slashed and strapped and
embroidered under the arms. but the simpler ones
are not. The embroidered bands upon the open,
flowing sleeves are variously disposed upon the
various dgibbahs- Some variety, too, is shown in
khaDing and decorating the bands which finish the
neck. which is round in some Of the garments and
square IN others. and in adorning the bottoms OF
10 have any seams, except those under the arms
And my dgibbahs have pockets said Miss
Stacey exultantly. she exhibited two in the
she wore large pocket toward the back Of the
skirt and a tiny watch pocket under the band of
embroidery at the lowcut neck Both pockets are
quite invisible.
Much Of the embroidery the dgibbah IS Miss
staceys work. Among the dgibbahs
some Empire gowns, but these, too. made TO
slip the head, and without fastenings.
They may be worn with without guimpes-
These gowns have emancipated from
sets. Miss Stacey said when one has once led
grows within che, and makes II impossible ever
70 wear tight clothes again