The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-18
Utilitarian kimonos
May Do for Winter
Wear but in Summer
Diaphanous Gowns Of
Lace Appeal to Most
StoicalFeminin Heart
D. ELEANOR HoYT BRAlNERD.

D. ELEANOR hoYT BRAINERD.
TINE average woman may put up
with a %utilitarian kimono or
dressing gown during the win.
ter. She chooses something
warm and soft and cOmfOrtab BILE and
looks askance at di%aphanous and gor.
geous CONNECTIONS OF chiffon and lace;
but the summer neglisee appeals TO
even the most stoical feminine heart.
Hot weather rhymes with flminess
and coolness and looseness. with colors
delicate or gay. with frilling lace and
huttering ribbon. n even the woman
whose winter gives her no time for
luxurious boudoir gowns and tea
gowns Is sure to lounge u bit when
summer comes.
So the negligee departments Of the
shops have been busy places for the
past two months. and though Of course
a vast ma jority Of the robes and sacks
sold are of the inexpensive type. Amer
ican women are each year giving nor
thought-and more money-to their
''rObes intimes.'
Novelties fantastic, eXtravagant.
sometimes merely exquisite enough to
w "ONNis NV ~ -
woman conservative in other depart
ments OF dress often turns her fancy
loose when IL comes to choosing her
negiigees. She can indulge a taste for
the bizarre, the picturesque, the bril-
liant. the daring. In garments whose
use will be limited to her W home.
perhaps to her own room, and many a
woman who goes soberly clad In public
would he a surprise to her friends In
her boudoir gown.
For instance. there is an increasing
demand for Turkish trousers and flow
ing coats or tunics for lounging wear.
This Type of lounging costume when
iret launched was regarded as ultra
daring. though why II would be hard
to tell. for il Is on the whole far more
modest than the ordinary loose and
flowing robe but slightly fastened
down the from and demanding fire.
ouent clutching In the interests Of
propriety.
As q matter of fact the Turkish
woman's costume and the Partisan
adaptations Of the idea are exceedingly
comfortable. modest and, II cleverly
designed and made Of effective stuffs.
attractive, and II Is not strange that
many women have recognized this
fact. To be sure the Turkish costume
10 not SO easily thrown on as are some
other types OF ~lounRing costume. but 1t
Ia not designed for the casual and in.
cidental purposes to which the kimonO
and it's kin are dedicated. and Is not
likely to he dOnned unleas there 10 con-
siderable lounging time ahead.
The Turkish trousers and long coat
Of soft light weight supple satin with
sheer soft blouse worn under h coat
are still a favored model. but there are
many variations upon the theme. some
OF the models being straight one piece
robes. loosely girdled. caught in be-
tween the ankles to form full trouser
bottoms and opening over the usual
soft blouse of chiffon or crepe OF
lingerie. Some Of these models are
lace trimmed or trimmed in soft
fringed ruches Of the silk without
losing any OF their distinctive charac-
ter. A model illustrated On this page.
for example, was In flesh pink satin.
dull in finish and very soft.
There were inset bands Of yellowed
lace n the ruche. bordering the open
fronts and neck. was. like the wide
gtrdle OF fringed satin. in pale orchid.
Another model was in pale lavender
with soft creamy yellow trimming and
a more practical costume was of dark
blue satin with touches Of light yell
low.
All this Of course Ia extreme pic
turesqueness. but hardly more pic
turesque or o extreme than many
Of the quaint Louis Quinze and Louis
Seize and 1880 and 1870 negligees. and
Infinitely more practical and comfort
able than some Of the latter.
Vatican draperies. short full skirts
hchus. &C.. are details of some i'm
ported negligees, and side by side with
these one sees funny Godey's Lody's
book sacks and p%etticoats to go with
them, both frilled and ruched and
corded and generally fused up after
the Victorian fashion.
TaHfetas plain and Powered play ar
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