The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1920-02-14
ADOPT TEA GOWN
FOR HOME WEAR
Difficult to Distinguish Garment
From Informal or Formal
Evening Attire.
LONG DRAPED LINES FAVORED
Model Usually Cut In one Piece,
With Lower Portion Of Skin
Much Narrower Than at
the Hips.


tea gown as a dinner dress for home
wear. So very beautiful are these tea
gowns that In some cases II is diff.
heuit to distinguish them not only
from informal evening dresses but
from formal ones as well, writes q
fashion correspondent.
There was a time, not far distant.
when We considered a negllgee as q
delicate AFFAIR always In pale color
ings, which made Il impractical to
wear anywhere but In ones own room.
Now most OF the models, except those
for very intimate wear. are In the
rich, dark coloTings OF the Orient, In
gay. eOlorful tones Of beautiful bro
cades and velvets such as those that
are used in the most dignifed gowns
and evening wraps.
Made Into Evening Dresses.
Many women buy these wonderful
tea gowns, and with a few changes
here and there convert them into eve
ming dresses. They are not quite as
expensive as the former and may be
q little more individual. This type
OF garment takes its inspiration from
the dress Of women In Eastern lands /;
most Of them are from the costumes
Of Japan or those Of Egypt. Our In
formal robes, which make no pretense
Of being dresses, are plainly Of jap
anese origin. They are selected for
their usefulness, at the same time
endeavoring to get as much Of beauty
as possible along with utility. The
handsome ones, even Of these plain
robes, are very expensive, and the
best thing to do Is to make them your
self. Don't be afraid to practice on
a really beautiful fabric; there is little
chance Of failing, because they are so
very simple.
A pretty one which saw was OF
a heavy pink silk. II was lined with
thin white wash silk and there was
an interlining OF lightweight flannel.
The garment was perfectly straight
and quite ungirdled, the only trim
ming being a large rounding collar Of
fur.
Preference for Long Draped Lines.
There appears to be a preference
for long draped lines, the garment
usually being cut in one piece, with
the lower portion Of the skirt much
narrower than at the hips. In many
cases the drapine swathes the ankles
rather tightly. Even the sleeves, cut
in kimono style, are gradually shaped
so that they ft the arm snugly below
the elbow and are long; some Of them
coming almost to the tips Of the
fingers.
One new model which / have just
seen has sleeves about four feet long.
Such long sleeves seem very remark
able for any garment. You will Won
der how the wearer got her arms
through them. The sleeve was sewed
up the full length just like any narrow
sleeve, but It was slit at the elbow, al
lowing the arm to come through the
seam. The rest OF this queer Icing
sleeve hung like Streame~. Thi>
tea gown was Of black chiffon velvet
and was quite untrimmed. but the
long, straight draping was most eff
fective.
Another model. Of the long draped
type Is Of crushed. velvet. dyed In
coral and orange remarkably strik-
ing combination. The effect is oh
tanned In this way: a water dye and
an oil dye are put into one vessel
The fabric Is then dipped into this,
ami as the water and oil will not
mix, the cloth comes out in two tones
Tli" sleeves which are long and tight.
wrinkling on the arm from the elbow
Ia the wrist, are made in three sec
lions connected by cording. which goes
IN rows about the arm. Weights start
ut the bottom Of the sleeve and con-
tinue all the way up it aud down the
side seams Of the gown to hold the
drapPry 0f the sleeve IN place.
Elaborate Trimming Used,
The negligee is one article OF dress
In which we may allasR- ourselves
much latitude in the matter Of orna-
mentation. for while some of these
handsome gowns have no trimming.
others are very eiabOrately trimmed.
One Of velvet, made on exactly the
same lines as the one Just described,
Is lavishfy covered with Chinese stem
ell work. Another Is trimmed With
large eyelets carrying out a design.
These. instead Of being worked with
threads Ike the English eyelet en-
brOidery. are bound with different col
Ored silks. StHl another. OF black
chiffon velvet, has batik work in gold.
All Of these robes slip on over the
head.
In no dress can art be expressed
In quite the same manner as In the
tea gown. and women are continually
demanding not only greater beauty q I
design, but Of coIOrings IN them. This /
has brought about some very interest
Ing methods OF hand dyelng to obtain
unusual color effects. Both veIvets
and silks are dyed BY dipping a por-
don Of the material into the desired
color and wringing u tightly with the
hands. The next section ofsthe cloth
3 then dipped into another shade and
Erung in the same manner. and 20
N 10 the end Of the piece. The fabric
3 then hung up 50 that the dyes run
ntO each other, making wonderful
ihades that vie with the eolOrs Of the
alnboW. NE efforts Of those who do
his work are eentered on obtaining
Uncommon eolors. This they do
through ths study Of lovely old pot
cries and ether pieces q art eIDs-