Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
Models to
Be Classed as En-
tirely New - Slips,
: Combin atoms and
Other Z nd erg ar
mentS Are Carefully
Fitted and Are Often
Developed in Some
One of the Soft Silk
Crepes, L suall y
Plain But Sometimes
Figured.
BY MARY MARSHALL.

TT you find your supply of lingerie
very low and in need of imme-
date replenishing you are really
4 fortunate. Because, whether you
buy 1t ready made or buy the ma
terials and make the things yourself,
you will find costs lower than they have
been for some years and lower, too,
than they are likely to be or IL
months hence.
Moreover, fashions in all sorts of
lingerie have changed enormously with
in the past few months, and If you
did have a supply of slips and night
gowns, combinations and dance sets on
hand you would either have to remodel
them or else wear them with reluc-
lance. It is like putting new wine in
old bottles or spreading fresh frosting
on stale cake to wear one of the new
dresses or suits over undertakings that
are not Of the up-to-date sort.
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A CTUALLY one cannot speak of the
up-to-date sort Of lingerie as en-
tirely new. It is better to consider the
change as the effect Of the populari-
zstion Of an idea that has been carried
out for some time by women of the
ltra-faShionable sort. Women who
have had money enough to have their
Tor some time the Importance Of hav-
ing slips and combinations and other
undergarments carefully fltted-with-
out, Of course, being at all tight 1t is
only recently that the average woman
has given much thought to this require
ment Of fashion, because it is only re-
Gently that she has been able to buy
rsady-made things that made any eff
fort whatever to conform to the bodily
contours.
Nightgowns with their added length
are certainly more attractive than their
abbreviated, shift-like predecessors. Even
the simplest of them show some ten
dency to flare below the hips and either
by actual shaping or by a ribbon or
strip Of material tied about the waist
show their Endorsement Of the higher
waistline.
Some Of the more intricately made
nightgownS fit fairly closely suggesting
q princess silhouette, and while no one
u taking the trained nightgown shown
. while ago seriously. many Of the
higher-priced nightgowns show a dis
tinct dipping at the back.
X x
CREPE de chine and French finish
silk crepe are most often chosen for
nightgowns this season, but various soft
cotton fabrics, either plain or showing
q small flower figure, are in line for
favor. Slips, combinations and other
undertakings are often developed in
some one Of the soft silk crepes, usual
ly plain but sometimes figured. Satin
is often cleverly used by way of trim
ming. Chosen in a darker tine than
the crepe, it appears in graceful ap-
plique designs or may be used for bind
ing. Triple wolfe, net and georgetts
are used for some of the filmier lingerie
sets, but these materials are often most
used by way of inserts and yoke ar
rangements.
Gradually but steadily lace is winning
its way back into favor as a trimming
for the new lingerie, and petticoats
slips and even nightgowns quite often
have an edge about the hem. In enc
Of the new slips with slashed side, the
side slit as well.
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DANCE sets, so called, are as much in
demand as ever and are made OF
silk, satin or cotton prints. The bandeau
of the set usually shows more shapel-
ness than bandeaus used to do a few
years ago and the shorts are more
carefully fitted about the hips.
Bandeau and garter sets are also very
popular end really have as good claim
to the name Of dance set as the
bandeau-shorts set. They are made OF
satin, crepe de chine, figured batiste
and are trimmed with applique borders
or lace.
Slips, Of course, follow the genera
rule Of clcser fitting. This means more
complicated construction. Many Of
them still manage to slip on over the
head, but where really close line ID
wanted about the waist and hips ar
underarm closing is arranged. There
are new wrap-sround slips that meet
the most exacting demands for form
fitting simply by the way they cross
over at the back.
Copyright, 1917