Fabrics were usually sweet pea shades in chiffon, mousse line de sore, tulle with feather boas and lace. ‘High and boned collars for the day; plugging off shoulder décolleté for the evening’. The Tea Gown's cut was relatively loose compared to the evening gown, and was worn without a corset. The silhouette was flowing, and was usually decorated with lace or with the cheaper Irish crochet. Long kid gloves, trimmed hats, and parasols were often used as accessories. Parasols are different than umbrellas; they are used for protection from the sun, rather from the rain, though they were often used as ornamentation rather than for function. By the end of the Edwardian era, the hat grew bigger in size, a trend that would continue in the 1910s.