Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-22
Society

| HI4ERE are few hints to be given
for the making of the house gown,
= whether it be lounging robe, coffee
dress, peignoir, wrapper, or tea gown
and the first is that the sleeve should
be very wide. One can hardly have too
wide pair of sleeves. II one can afford
it, it is good plan to make the sleeve
of accordion pleated lace, selecting very
choice variety.
Lace does not really need to be fine, nor
very elegant, but the pattern should be
pretty and the quality rather durable
than delicate. If the sleeve is accordion
plated, 1t can be immense in width. so
that 1t will fall down upon the gown,
making a great sweep, something like an
angel sleeve. This is very becoming to
woman. and there is no prettier style
when it comes to the making of the house
dress.
Another thing to be taken into consid-
Grafton is the quantity of lace which can
be used. One can hardly use too much.
There should be lace by the yard and as
much insertion as can be managed. Great
medallions of lace can be applied to the
dress, and there can be countless little
lace ruffles set upon the gown here and
there.
A very pretty tea gown, just completed
for a woman who makes great use of
her tea gowns, was made of taffeta in a
very soft shade of champagne yellow. 1t
was trimmed with dozens and dozens of
rows of lace slightly gathered at the
top and set around the skirt in fancy
fashion. The dress, which was very elab-
crate. had no other trimming.
1t is something of fad now to trim
taffeta tea gown with lawn insertion
and one of the prettiest white tea gowns
of the fall is trimmed with deep ruffle
of white embroidery. There is embroidery
around the wide sleeves and bands of
muslin insertion go down the front.
There is a great deal of ribbon used
and this brings up another problem to
the woman who is not going to spend
much money, for ribbon. however cheap
it may be, is a very heavy item to her
who is getting up an inexpensive robe.
OF course there is always the matter of
taffeta by the yard and yard of taft
feta, cut on the bias and hemmed, will go
much further than a yard of ribbon,
while it does not cost great deal more.
Still there is such a thing as ribbon
bargain and she who is on the lookout
can pick up something to be put away
and kept until needed.
They use a very wide Powered ribbon
costing a dollar yard, for the girdle of
an Empire neglgee; and they take this
same ribbon and make it into immense
bows for belt and also to trim the skirt.
One can hardly be too fewered in the
treatment of one's negligee.
The question of the slip to wear under
the peignoir is one which alarms woman
who starts out to do her shopping with
very little money, for the silk slips are
costly.
The princess slip, by the way Is a slip
cut in princess shape. 1t is low-necked
and it has elbow sleeves. 1t is snugly
fitted at the belt line and its shape
throughout is that of the princess. The
skirt and waist are all in one piece and
the slip hooks down the back invisibly
OF course, it is very convenient. 1t can
be put ON in a minute and hooked down
the back and then the tea gown is slip
ped on over 1t. 1t serves as lining and
its pretty color glows through the silk in
the most delightful manner.
If one does not care to go to the ex-
pense of silk princess slip, there is the
lawn slip, which is Just as good and costs
great deal less. Many women think
1t is smart to wear a lawn slip, and there
are some very fashionable women who
will not wear anything else. They wear
slips of pink yellow, blue, cream. lemon
and green lawn. All are cut in princess
shape and are beautifully fitted by a
seamstress and finished with Invisible
hooks down the back.
There is another law to be observed
when one is making a peignoir and that
is it's length; it should be very long.