The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-18

Designers Are Using Ingenuity 10
Supply the Demand.
New York.-Do you know the rea-
son for the alluring negligees that
have sprung into fashion like mush-
rooms over night?
Well, the husbands are coming
home. One would think that hundreds
of trousSeauX were being arranged in
this country, to see the boxes of flmy,
fascinating things that married wom-
en- from 20 to SO are buying, making
and arranging in their closets
There were thousands of young war
brides who had no trousseaux and to-
day they are getting them 1t is
good guess that every soldier has
written to his womenfolk to have love
ly clothes with which to greet him
when he comes home. He wants frills
and furbeldws, satin ribbons and roses;
pink crepe things and negigees, and
any color that suggests frlVol1ty, COM
fort, peace and prosperity. He wants
something utterly different from
what he has seen since the first sum-
mer of the war. He wants to forget
France and Flanders.
From Uniforms to Brilliant Gowns.
There were hurried weddings in
those first hectic days when the men
went under the colors, and there was
no time for exquisite negligees and
nedpeO up sets VI lONtly lingerie pub
the brides have come into their own
today and they intend to greet their
warrior husbands with all the glorieS
of an old-fashioned rousseau There
is hurry to cover up uniforms which
have done such excellent service, but
which not strange to say. the soldiers
are begging their WOmenfOlk not to
wear when they come home
There is no doubt, from all these
signs, that the spring and summer will
be a season of utmost briliancy, friv-
oIity and coQuetry in dress. 1t is a
part of the game. 1t is as much serv-
ice to the men who are coming back
as the uniforms and war work were
when they were going forward. This
is the psychological reason behind the
tremendous demand for belated trous-
seaux. And mind you, it is not only
the young brides who are demanding
the bits of coquetry which are express
ed in frilled and ribboned lingerie and
ruffled and furbelowed negligee: the
older women want their share in the
turn from severity to loneliness. from
khaki to chiffon. from blue cloth to
pink tulle.
Thin, Despite Chill Rooms.
There is no thought of a fuel short
age back of some of these negligees.
whole world were full of anthracite
coal and hot radiators. They have
been lifted. bodily, from the days of
comfort and ease. They are made on
all kinds of fantastic lines; they sug-
gest Mesopotamic. Bagdad and Lon
don fiction written by erotic authors.
The one shown in the sketch is a
good example of the many. 1t is of
flesh colored tulle and cream lace,
with a swinging coat of heavy, colored
chiffon trimmed with white marabou.
The arms are bare, and the armholes
o
and by the way, you probably know
that this is the new kind Of armhole
for many kinds of garments. especial
ly those for indoor wear. There is a
little cape that swings away from
the shoulders, made of cream lace and
trimmed with pink and mauve satin
roses, and the slippers and chiffon cap
are made to match in COLOR
If one shiyers in suHh translucent
garments. after a season of angora
and sealskin in the house, one slips
into the softest of white fur coats lined
with pink brocad de. For other negli-
gees of this kind, there are velvet
coats in rich, glowing crimsons and
cathedral window blues, and these are
lined with yellow and pink and Chin
csc brocades.
There is quite a fashion for wear
ing a fanciful, light colored peltry
coat over a tulle negligee. 1t gives a
piquant contrast between thickness
warmth. The majority of these negli-
gees follow the lines of the First EN-
pirc. They are extremely high-waisted.
altho they are not closely confined to
| the figure There are others which
are strongly Oriental, almost vampir-
/ ish. They are made of glittering bro
cades in white and pale pink, and
they wrap about the figure and have
long, capelike sleeves of lace
In the sewing rooms where economy
is practised and good sense rules,
there are evening gowns by the dozen
being turned into negligees that can
serve for an intimate dinner table for
those wonderful evenings at home
when the family cares not to be en-
tertained in public, but gathers about
the returned fighter to hear the per-
sonal narrative of the war, which is
so much more thrilling than any writ
ten story. by the greatest war cores
I pendent.
| Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
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