A NEW GARMENT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 450, 8 March 1909, Page 3

A NEW GARMENT.

A quaint garment, called a " djibeh," has recently been imported into more civilised countries from Africa, where it is extremely popular among fashionable classes, though it it not quite clear whether it comes from cannibal or more enlightened districts of. the Dark Continent. Some time ago. in these columns '.there •. was published tho opinion of a well-known American writer who. had worn a djibeh that no more comfortable .garment could be devised for tho woman who does her . own , work, and it appeared that this garment had no binding lines for yaist, collar,, or cuffs, but that it hung free from the shoulder like a kimono, and. was capable of certain severe ornamentation. Tho other day "Dominica" : was shown one of tho djibehs. It came from Hawke's Bay, where tho lady who discovered it has been kept busy ever since her discovery toaking similar garments for tior-friends;-She had experimented and altered and cut until, from her first pattern, she evolved this most useful.garment.. The one,shown was of sea hlue woollen- taffeta, with pointed yoke of pink-tinted floral ribbon, outlined with velvet ribbon of the same shade as the taffot-a. The winged sleeves had been lined with old rose silk; and there -was • a garment, enveloping; cpmfortable, convenient, and artistic, neater than the ordinary wrapper, because it was without frills or furbelows of any kind. The lady who possesses it is so much in love with it that sh'o says henceforth when in the house she; will Wear nothing but djibehs. The. garment .is. very s>mply made, arid takes little material, for there are only three breadths, and it may have either winged'or more closely-fitting Five yards of double-width material is enough for the average woman. Made in a small way it is a very;, useful and comfortable garment for little girls and boys , ...