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Show Rayon Fabrics Make Lounging Apparel to Fit Modest Budget By CIIERIE NICHOLAS : WE'RE aU so busy these 'iSAl 3 1 V days, we appreciate &? ' f ' more than ever the few pre- &V JM 1 4 N cious hours when we can re- jV'Sl' ' lax Smart, flattering clothes I , J " ' s . J AX'E'RE all so busy these days, we appreciate more than ever the few precious pre-cious hours when we can relax. re-lax. Smart, flattering clothes Au aid-di-nuiiit; mumeius add immeasurably to the enjoyment of playing at being a lady of leisure. Thanks to the many nne rayon fabrics fab-rics now available, there is luxurious lounging wear this season within the reach of every woman's clothes budget. Unless you have explored the possibilities pos-sibilities of dramatic at-home costumes, cos-tumes, you will have no idea what they can do for your looks and your morale. Whether you're a busy wife and mother, or a tailored career woman, or a defense worker who has worn a uniform or practical, functional clothes, a graceful lounging loung-ing costume will transform you into a clinging vine in the twinkling of an eye. For informal entertaining, for instance, such formal fabrics as crush-resistant rayon velvet, soft rayon satin, and svelte rayon jersey are draped and molded into gracious hostess gowns and strikingly trousered. trou-sered. Bejeweled or unadorned, dramatic dra-matic or appealing, these lovely styles reflect the trend towards luxurious lux-urious effects. For a quiet evening at home, or a quiet morning or afternoon, there are enchanting styles in house coats, lounging robes, and negligees that are not only comfortable but look as well in the dining room as they do in the boudoir. Rayon jersey jer-sey and velvet reappear in these fashions, as do rustling rayon taffetas, taf-fetas, smooth rayon crepes and weaves. Wrap-around coat types are popular for the girl who likes her housecoat to do double duty as a dressing gown. The shirt-waist or round-necked styles look like frocks but have long concealed or zippered closings and may be slipped into with the greatest of ease. Any college girl who happens to be the possessor of a cozy quilted lounging coat of crisp rayon taffeta in a gay plaid like that pictured to the right in the above illustration will be the envy of her classmates as she flits about in the dormitory or cuddles up in a big "comfy" chair in her room. The tailored collar may be worn snugly closed on cool mornings and the wide skirt flares nicely from a slim sashed waistline. For extra warmth there are adaptable breakfast coats and lounging loung-ing robes in luscious rayon taffeta, moire or satin, cosily quilted and cut on flattering fitted and flared lines with nice tailored details. For luxurious lux-urious lounging the quilted housecoat house-coat centered in the picture above uses soft rayon satin in a colorful floral print. A snug set-in waistband with double-breasted buttoning accents ac-cents the full, flared skirt. In a more intimate mood, matching gown and negligee sets in pastels and white are exquisite in fine rayon crepe or satin with lavish lace trim. With luxurious rayon fabrics providing pro-viding exciting grandeur, glamour is the keynote for at-home fashions such as the handsome hostess gown shown in the left in the picture above. This distinctive and gracious gown combines two high-fashion notes in its dramatic use of suave rayon jersey for fluid molded styling, styl-ing, plus a glorification of the sweater jacket for informal evening wear. In striking Chinese red, the soft rayon jersey is swathed snugly about the bodice and draped in sleek folds for the full, full skirt. Long sweeping lines are complemented by full bishop sleeves caught tight at the wrist. Brilliant red stones set in gold gleam from every square of the matching knit wool bolero with its shoulder-accenting cap sleeves. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) |