About Dressing Gowns

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 31, 15 February 1929, Page 12

About Dressing Gowns

HE most popular, and, in many ways, the most elegant dressing gown of to-day is the one which is made exactly, or almost exactly, like a man's. They are frequently made in just the same kind‘ of silk, too, and quite a number of women buy them at men’s shops. ' Long sleeves, a roll collar, and a pair of pockets are three of the more practical‘reasons for preferring this kind of dressing gown to any other. The chicf aesthetic reason is that no other type agrees so happily with the ubiquitous pyjama, and few will consent fo take up so little space in the wardrobe or suitease, md yet coyer their owners so warmly and thoroughly when in ‘use. Printed Silliis and Satins. The silks pod satins vsed for toe o dressing gowns are nearly always printed. and. usually in most attractive colours. It is naturally possible to choose a plain fabric and have it made up in the same way, but the printed ones are generally more interesting, especially as the trousers of most of the hest pyjamas are plain. In spite of the excellence of this kind of dressing gowns, there are occasions, however, when a less tailoredlooking garment is more comfortable and becoming. An afternoon siesta is one of the most important of these,

If you are going to rest at all, you may as well do so as thoroughly as possible, and a really comfortable rest gown is distinctly helpful. Many of these are really charming. They are ude in very soft silks which hardly crease at all; in supple satins, snd sometimes in yelyet. Most of them have a fairly deep V neck und plenty of fullness. without any apparent bulk, obtained as a rulé. by a wide eross-over skirt. Their sleeves ure usSualiy yuite tong, invarlably quite loose, and frequently have that mediaeval effect which is almost niversally becoming, and essentially uppropriate for this kind of garment. Shetland and Veiveteen. Flowered crepe de chine makes charming rest gowns, washes perfecily, xnd, therefore, shares many of the practical qualities of those made for men, in silk. P The long Shetland dressing gowns lined with chiffon are delightfully soft und warm, and these, like the mannish one und the simply made crepe de chines pack into. a surprisingly small spnce, and show no creases. It is unwise, however, to expect them to enilure a strenuous existence, and ul less they are cleaned with expert cure, they lose their shape. and softness of texture, Velveteen, on the other hand. wears and washes excecdingly well, and when a pleasant colour has heen chosen, and the cut is. good, the velveteen nqressing gown becomes a_ thoroughly sitisfactory possession.