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Show WOMAN'S WORLD Lingerie, Lounging Apparel Seem Prettier Than Ever i2u rtta JJaieij. AS ALL women are well aware, dresses during the last year have taken on pretty as well as . more feminine airs. Now lingerie and lounging apparel, not to be lelt behind, are showing much of the same trend. Nylon slips are not exactly new. They were available some time ago, but never were they so pretty as now. Nightgowns, too, made of nylon as well as other fabrics are almost as beautiful as the smartest evening gowns because they have so much detailing to make them exquisite. As dresses go, so must the slips you wear underneath them. No longer can you feel comfortable in a. slip that is several inches shorter short-er than the dress you're wearing. Short or tall, you can find longer ,slips proportioned to your figure as well as to your outer appareL If the dress has a long, pencil-slim pencil-slim skirt, then you'll want a slip that clings gently to you and is not bulky under the dress. When your skirt is full and billowing, billow-ing, your best choice may well be one of the lovely half slips whose own fullness will give the proper background for the wide, flaring skirt. Trimmings are daintier than ever. Much more trimming on the 111 Add a flounce to a slip . . hem of the slip is evident than before. That which is used, too, is of wider and better quality than has been seen for some time. If your choice is nylon or nylon jersey, you'll have lightweight lingerie, lin-gerie, easy to wash out, quick to dry. . How to Remodel OH Slips Even though slips do not have hems like dresses, it's possible to do a minor remodeling job on them so they will give use, now that dresses are longer. . Wide hems of lace and net are very popular and you might investigate in-vestigate the possibility of getting the material by the yard for slips that need lengthening. If you can obtain the same type lace or net in a narrower width than that used for the hem, use this to trim the top of the slip. If the slip is in good repair, you can see the possibil- Refit your robes. ities of making an almost new slip out of it. There are many edgings made which will help lengthen slips. Eyelet Eye-let has been on the market for some time now, both in wide and narrow widths. Gather a wide width, or use several gathered rows of the narrow width to make a flounce. Some of the taffeta slips are easily lengthened with a single wide flounce of the same material. This may also be purchased ready-to-use. If the straps on a slip are frayed, do these over when you're lengthening length-ening the slip. You may use lace or eyelet if you are trimming the hem of the slip in that, or you might buy the inexpensive straps for them in matching colors. These straps have the shortening feature in them and are just as adjustable as the straps in a new slip. Tips Given on Sewing Slips at Home Many of us do not often think of making lingerie at home, but there's a lot of satisfaction in doing so because of the wealth of materials ma-terials and trimmings now available. avail-able. Patterns for lingerie, too, have come into their own recently, and it's possible to create dreamworld dream-world underthings at home. Just as in choosing a dress pattern, pat-tern, you must choose a slip, gown or robe pattern with care. Be certain cer-tain that the one you're getting is of the proper size. Take measurements measure-ments and compare yours with those of the pattern. If you do not find that pattern -measurements correspond directly direct-ly with yours, remember that it's always easier to make a large pattern pat-tern smaller than vice versa. It's simple to make small tucks around the bust of the larger pattern before be-fore cutting. The same holds true of the skirt, if that is where you have to take in measurements. Unless you are using a sanforized fabric which has about 1 per cent shrinkage, you may wash the fabric fab-ric before cutting and sewing it. If you do not shrink the fabric first, be sure to allow for shrinkage when making it. Most lingerie fabrics have a tendency to" ravel so the finished seams should be pinked or sewed with an overhand stitch to prevent fraying. The little effort this takes is well worth' the time. " New Styles Are Seen In Lounging Apparel Most' women will be fascinated with the lounging wear now coming com-ing into the market. The styles follow, fol-low, closely the ' innovations made in dress wear, but many of the classic styles with minor changes are still popular. Teen-agers will particularly like the pajama and brunch coat sets, especially- in calico. Either may be worn separately and the colors are such that they show little of the soil. Many of the brunch coats are quilted so there's the warmth feature fea-ture that makes them so practical. Gleaming and dramatically lovely love-ly full length robes are still with us. Choose the sophisticated rayon jersey, zippered type for a practical, prac-tical, lovely robe around the house; or, select one 'of the quilted rayon types which come in wine, royal or lovely green. Some of these are lined in contrasting colors and also have the narrow piping which makes them .especially attractive. Soft as down, but durable, nylon gown and robe sets with beautiful flounces or lace trimmings will be popular with the season's new brides. Their easy washability as well as the lack of ironing are excellent ex-cellent features. Brunch coats for homemakers are coming out in lovely styles and in good quality percales. These are excellent to wear while getting the family off to work and school, and are attractive enough to wear when you have to answer the door. Many ha- wide, swirling skirts like cur rfnl dresses |