
The best way to choose a see-through nightgown online is to pay little attention to the picture. The name of the textile used is generally more useful. Chiffon is one of the most commonly used sheer fabrics, as are georgette, tulle, double georgette and organza. Lace can be quite revealing depending on the pattern, and the sheer sex appeal of bare skin behind rare black lace can not be over-stated. Avoid charmeuse and satin when looking for something transparent, but don’t reject silk and cotton, both have transparent versions.
Cotton voile and cotton lawn can both be revealing and are by no means opaque. When unprinted, voile is especially revealing. The delicacy of cotton lawn makes it ideal for undergarments. For day wear lawn garments will need underclothes or a lining, but for a nightgown it may be the ideal fabric, especially when lace trimmed.
Often used to create wedding veils, tulle is a soft transparent fabric. Tulle was most fashionable during the 20s and 30s when it was often used to make delicate peignoir and wraps. Silk tulle is very luxurious and available in a great many colors. Tulle is extremely transparent and can often be left unfinished as the edges do not fray.
Chiffon is the fabric most often used to make see through nightgowns and lingerie. Acetate chiffon can be quite harsh, polyester chiffon is practical and washable, and silk chiffon is very luxurious. A certainly wont want to answer your front door in a chiffon nightgown as a single layer of chiffon is very revealing. Chiffon garments are usually more expensive because they take longer to make. Each seam has to be doubled to prevent the fabric from fraying and reducing the lifetime of the garment.
There is one type of chiffon which is a little more subtle, pleasantly transparent rather than glaringly see-through, and this is printed or painted chiffon. The best effect comes from hand-painted silk chiffon; wonderfully sensuous and delightfully subtle, it oozes sex-appeal especially in animal print designs which are so very different from the more common printed satins. Printed chiffon is also ideal for nightgowns. Depending on the design it can vary from transparent to almost completely opaque, but still soft and feminine.
Georgette is slightly more opaque than chiffon, but also a soft drapey fabric, double georgette is almost opaque, which in some ways makes it the ideal fabric for lingerie. It gives only a hint of the body beneath. Double silk georgette has the most glorious feel. If your aim is to be subtly seductive then this is the fabric for you.
Organza is rarely used in nightgowns as it a stiff fabric, though still transparent. Quite the opposite of chiffon, organza fabric is still and will stand out from the body, but this can be stunning when designed well.
Most women like to take a subtle approach to sex. For this reason printed silks, cotton lawn and georgette are the best fabrics to choose.


Those of us who have passed the first flush of youth, and I must include myself here, may find ourselves occasionally frustrated by the cult of the young. Fashion seems to be designed with the young in mind, both in terms of design and in terms of size. Style, however is something we ladies of a Certain Age (and a Certain Style) can embrace wholeheartedly, both in terms of clothing, lingerie AND accessories. As Chanel herself said, fashion is fleeting, style is eternal.



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