TROUSSEAU TEA-PARTIES FOR MODERN BRIDES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 9, 26 January 1937, Page 5

TROUSSEAU TEA-PARTIES FOR MODERN BRIDES

Trousseau tea parties, at wbich friends of the bnde-to-be are permitted to view her new collection of lingerie, are a modern innovation due to the beauty of lingerie as it is created today, wrifces Marianne Mayfayre in the London "Daily Telegrapb." Colours, the loveliest of pastel hues, handwoven satins, 6iiks and crepe suzettes, delieate hand embroideries, handmade lace and applique work, allied to exquisitc stitchery and girace of line, bring tbese garments, into the fascinating realm ot fashion The bride herself may act as mannequin in showing her girl and women friends the lovely models which have . been speciallv chosen to become her colouring. One cannot imagine the Victorian bride "tlirowing" a tea-party in honour of her new dozens in white lawn and calicOj with stiff embroidered edges, including a fine selection .of white, blue and pink "petties in heav-ily-embroidered woollens. With pre-sent-day brides, however, it is an entirely different affair. The lingerie line alters each season. There is an intriguing variety of fabric, colour, and design, and this aspect of the trousseau ranks in importance with her trocks and house 'inens. Modern brides are practical, too, in their choice of fabrics. At a house noted ror lingerie eleganee and distinction, where many fashionable brides choose their trousseaux, handwoven satins and ligihtly-brocaded silks ar© guaranteecl to wear three years. Coronation blue is one of the latest lingerie colours. This is a deep iceblue very lovely m satin when it takes a lighter sheen in the folds, and the self-toned hand embroideries. Pastcl colours^ in peach. pink, and blue are othor tints in vogue, used with either a light or dark toned handmade lace and net insertions, or the fine hand embroidery in self colour which plays such an important part in modern lingeno decoration. Typical of modern taste in all phases of fashion is the fact that two "sets" of the trousseau of to-day are alike. Each has its own mdividual loveliness in design and exquisite needleciait. White, palest ice blue, peach and, subtle tones of pink, with a deeper note of colour tor travel, are those most usually chosen. Every'set is dif ferent in fabric— satin and crepe suzette are fashionable materials, and also varies in treatment of the decorative embroidery or lacework. The handsome point tureque worked in self colour on satin may adorn one set. This is a fine tiny open work used as a background for applique motifs. Pin stitch and drawn thread work appear on another. Fine Richelieu embroidery is also used. There is a grebt variety in handmade laces, alwajs in fine and intricate design, and in the shaping of the appliques of lace or embroideries. Six sets of three garments, brassiere, panties and petticoats, half a dozen nightdresses with their own charmng little shoulder capes or coatees to match, negiligees and clips for wear under frocks, are the main items to be considered in a modern lingerie trousseau, in which eleganee is cleverly allied to the practical. The cost ma.v vary from £2 to £50. In the opinion of a lingerie expert, eyes and hair are th'e determini'ng factors in choosing the most becoming lingerie colours, which, for the young girl, should always be in delicate pastel tones, and, of course, white.

particularly down the eeams. if an under-pillow-case of stout, firm calico is used and changed frequently, the tick will keep clean for years, thus avoiding any. necessity for the troublesome job of emptying and refilling the pillows. * "Pillows can be stuffed with other things besides feathers. Clean wheat chaff (or bulls) is now recommended by doctors, especially for tiny babies. A piliow filled with dried hops makes for refreshing . sleep ; while I have heard of a pillow filled with clover blooms. "A small pillow, 15in. by 8in., filled with kitchen salt is a great comfort to a sufferer from earachet toothache, or neuralgia. Make the case of unbleached calico,. fill loosely with salt, put in the oven until it is as hot as can be borne, slip a flannel case over it, and apply to the affected part. It often induces sleep, and can be used over and over again. "There is a belief among old country folk that pigeon feathers in a pillow prevent, or rather, delay death. I have heard an old woman say, 'Poor dear, ,'e .cojildn't go till I moved the pillow. Twere pigeons' feathers, see."'