The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
| --ounglng Suits Found In Many
 Designs
By FLORENCE CLARK


 Eve, I am sure, put aside her leafy creation and slipped into something more comfortable but none the less attractive for her leisure hours. CIeopatra's lounging suit must have been a gorgeous garment. A woman who would choose purple satin for the sails of her boat might be relied upon to have something distinctive in sthe way of fatigue attire. History tells us very little about these robes intimes. We can only guess that they were as lovely as the beautiful women who wore them. The modern creators of feminine wearing apparel have taken a sudden new interest in this luxurious item of smilady's wardrobe. Witness the styles of today. They are but few of the fruits which this new inteEset has borne. There are others in infinite variety because here the scope for originality is unlimited. There is no silhouette which must be de- ferred to. Waistlines, lengths colors. and all the other points which in the realm of formal dress must be approved by fashion, are abolished.
 However, we may feel that rules are for slaves, we nevertheless find our selves falling into line with established modes. But you may shatter rules at will when it comes to the choice of q {. lounging suit, and as long as the re- sult is a thing of beauty and satisfac- ton to you, you may be proud of your choice.
 Whether your lounging suit is bought at an exclusive shop or evolved from choice bits of fabric picked up at bargain counter, you must be in mood to appreciate beautiful things or it will be a failure. do not mean to say that one ought to give away to temperamental moods when choosing clothes. Think of the mistaken choices if one relied on emotion alone But do believe that if there is anything at all in the theory of personality in dress (and there is great deal, I assure you,) it ought to find it's readiest application in this sort of cos tune.
 For instance, there are the remnant counters piled high these days before the new stocks are put in with won derfuI odds and ends. You pull length after length out of the stocks without definite idea of what you are seeking. Here is a piece of flat crepe printed with flame, dull green and orange tones with black lines throwing the swirling motifs into re- lief. It takes courage to decide upon it for the basis of your lounge suit. It is then one's artistic feelings are called in to help in the decision as to it's suitability.
 Beauty Of A Landscape
 Ask yourself, do the coloring and design of this piece of silk give you the sense of beauty that comes to you when you behold a wonderful land- seape2 Or does it remain just so much thread and dye in spite of your will ingness to see it's real beauty? This weighing in the balance is just little mental trick, to be sure, but I have tried it and found it workable.
 One fof the photographs shows a charming lounge suit fashioned from two kinds of material-one figured, the other plain. Cloisone blue, green, charm and henna are seen in the de- sign which forms the tunic and the slashed bands at the bottom of the trousers. The same bright blue shade that appears in the floral pattern has been chosen to make the trousers and the bands which finish all the edges of the tunic. There happens to be mar row string belt with this suit and it happens the other two also have belts, but it is by no means hard and fast part of their makeup. The lounge suit is just as apt to be ungirdled, flowing Chinese collie fashion from the shoulders.
 The very cool-looking lounge suits would be just the thing for these warm evenings and cannot help but wish I had one like it last winter when l roomed with a sizzling radiator that kept the temperature like that of the Fiji Islands. It is in the popular pajama cut, of deep rose Canton crepe with wide sections of ridge-like pleat- ing introduced lavishly. The smart simplicity of this model is it's chief appeal.
 The two modern lounge suits which I have described are certainly expres- ties. One type of girl might feel at home in the rose-colored costume but disdain the other, and vice versa.
 There is another type of lounge suit that is gaining in favor, doubtless because it has an apeal for certain personalities. 1t is a two-piece man. nish costume severe in line and de- void of trimming. Terry cloth is a favored medium for this type of tai lored suit. Early in the season they were offered by a smart shop, which suggested them for beach wear. Though
 great many of them are gracing
 udoirs, very few have appeared at
 local beaches. One can imagine
 em being worn by the shingled, raight haired girl, who feels at her
 yish clothes. The trousers are wide
 d the hip length coats loose and com Asrtable.
 Lustrous black satin painted with ysllow chrysanthemums makes the aaeeVed lounged suit shown in one of the pictures on this page. Yellow satin cuffs on the trousers are a note of contrast, and if the collar were turned up, you would see that bands of yellow satin are featured by it. This lounge suit suggests a demure, almond eyed type of girl in spite of its striking coloring.