Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 9, Number 13, DeMotte, Jasper County, 16 February 1939 — Beguiling Silk Lingerie That's Styled Dress-Like [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Beguiling Silk Lingerie That's Styled Dress-Like

By CHERIE NICHOLAS

OU must have a A hobby. Nerve specialists recommend it. They tell us in order to keep fit, stay young and be zestful in life everyone should seek relaxation from the humdrum and routine of life by fol-

lowing up some one subject, some one pursuit of all-absorbing interest. As for this absorbing pursuit or “hobby’' we know of none so allprevailing among the fair sex as the love of lace-laden,, ribbon-pret-tied silken lingerie finery. So let's talk about the entrancing negligees and gowns and housecoats and cunning bedjackets that this season go to make up aS alluring a collection of boudoir fantasies as ere intrigued feminine fancy. In regard to modern trends it would seem as if the thought uppermost in the minds of current designers is to create negligees that may serve many purposes, rather than be restricted for wear in one’s boudoir. This movement accounts, no doubt, for the outstanding feature about the new silk lingerie which this season has all the individuality and high styling of a dress. That our smartest daytime prints and pastel sheer wools are being allover pleated is a well-known fact. See this manner of styling reflected in the new sheer silken “at home’' robes that are worn over-matching or contrasting gowns, giving the feminine appearance of the “smelling salts” era of romance. It is requiring yards and yards of pleated silk sheer to arrive at this romanticism but the result is worth the extravagance judging from the enchanting ensemble shown to the right in the illustration. As milady moves about in this maze of diaphanous pleats the sheer loveliness of this creation is like unto that of a

Grecian goddess. This full length coat in mirage blue silk sheer with knotted short sleeves and Grecian lace bust treatment is worn over a trianon rose gown with net bra top appliqued with matching lace. Again, speaking of lingerie fashions that take on the styling of a dress, wouldn’t you think, if we were not telling you otherwise, that the lovely lddy seated in the foreground of the group was gowned in a party frock? Fact is this is a boudoir fantasy designed especially for women who like to breakfast in bed or sit plillowed in cushions in luxurious ease. The bolero is of silk sheer lastex quilted and bound with plain satin and makes an intriguing bedjacket to wear with another gown ap well as the one here shown. Off with this fanciful bolero and a gown of exquisite pure silk satin is revealed that has a silk sheer top of lastex in quilted effect and plain satin binding matchefi to the jacket. F A Victorian-inspired boudoir.Wq, semble graces the queenly figure standing to the left in the picture, consisting of a satin gown with a lace yoke and over it a “coat” of matching chiffon, with lace applications and ruffles that cascade all the way down the front, also edging the sleeves. The ensemble comes in such lovely shades as shell pink, palest bljue, champagne, also white. The is dyed in each case to match the color of the satin and chiffon. ! <& Western (Newspaper Union.