THE RUSSIAN BLOUSE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 678, 1 December 1909, Page 4

THE RUSSIAN BLOUSE.

For good, , practical ; ereryday wear there is nothing smarter or;more geiiorally becoming (says, a Sydney paper), than the trimly-cut ; Russian costume that has come hack'to us ; ;after,many, days. -It. is so cut that no undue. ..fulness; is-, found in,,the House, • and • the long slrirt to the.Uinicis admirable 'for goneral wear. In lustres it is the ideal,dress for travelling, swhilo in-linen; cotton crepo and cotton Sicilian . it , stands much wear and tear, and is delightfully cool. - A Russian-gown in pale-grey, cotton crepo, lined; with white, and showing a very little braiding x in self. colour,'was recently seen on/ a well-dressed ■ wonian. .. The sleeves have very : little,fulness, and, the .short gored, skirtis another, characteristic. ; Talking of grey, it has nover beenmbre popular than now. : A quite .delightful frock'seen at a.: recent "At Homo" was of palest grey muslin, with,tucked collar and en its of grey, net, worn with :a ■ broadbrimmed hat of grey batiste; swathed with a; big grey tnllo -veil. Grey gloves,; grey, shoes' and-stockings, and a grey sunshade-made, this really simple costume a wonderfully effective -one.-' ■:';•"■-.'■;■'-:'"■.■■■•:'->/.:•'■■■:■