Parisian Luxuries Move Onto American Shores
The article describes Parisienne fashion luxuries gaining popularity in America, focusing on negligees and boudoir robes. It details pale yellow crepe gowns, gold bullion embroidery, and satin trimmings, noting their formal yet delicate appearance and high price tags. It highlights matinee jackets, bedroom robes, and lavish lingerie fabrics like chiffon, batistes, and henrietta, all offered in exclusive Parisian styles.
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Gracious Gowns Embrace New Skirt Extenders In Fashion
A fashion column notes a shift toward dramatic drop skirts and concealed extenders in gowns. Dressmakers use reeds and featherbones to shape the silhouette while tailors favor lined, fitted skirts. The feature explains how extender size varies with hip proportion and body type.
Fashion notes on gold touches and plisse pleats in modern dress
The article reviews the season's fashion craze featuring gold bullion threads, gold braids, and gold tissue ribbons on fabrics from silk to fur. It highlights Persiana lamb, Richelieu pleatings now called plisse ribbona, and the new unobtrusive dress extender replacing hoop skirts, noting its subtle presence and practicality.
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Luxurious Robes de Chambre and Tea Gown Fashions
Luxurious robes de chambre in pale rose and cream feature silk crepe de chine with lace trims, wide collars, pagoda sleeves, and scalloped flounces. A pale yellow tea gown showcases gold bullion embroidery, real lace, and chiffon drapes with intricate panels. A bewitching boudoir gown in pale blue combines valenciennes lace, entredeux, and tucked chiffon for a refined, formal look.
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