A QUESTION OF HANGING

Shannon News, 13 August 1929, Page 4

A QUESTION OF HANGING

SOME CLOTHES NEED IT: OTHERS DO NOT !

A few days fa go I acted, quite, involuntarily, as audience to a little dispute in the stockinette-suit department of a large store. It was taking place between an irate customer and an irritated saleswoman, the latter vainly endeavouring to make Madame understand that the suit had not lost its shape, because it was of inferior quality, but because it had been hung in a wardrobe! On account of its type of weave it should have been folded away in a drawer of its own length, in which ease it would positively, so she averred, have renewed its freslmess in the intervals betiveen wearing. Knitted jumpers, wdiether in wool or silk, should not be allowed to depend on their own weight.. The most successful way of dealing with these is to hang in the cupboard of a large, cretonne-covered hoop, and to sling through this the various cardigans, jumpers and pullovers. In- this w r av both the sleeves and the main portion retain their form.

There is one case in which a garment should always be given a spell of hanging. This is just before the hem of a home-made gown is sewn up. If the semi-finished dress or coat is hung for two or three days, it will do all the stretching of which it is capable, and the final result will need no adjustment. . All soft and flimsy frocks, whether of. tulle, georgette or lace, should likewise be hung, since the fabrics lose their freshness when laid in a drawer. In order that the light garment inav not slip off its hanger, tiny ribbon loops should be sewn inside the gown, and the ends of the hanger passed through them at either end.