FRILLY BLOUSES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 15 September 1928, Page 17

FRILLY BLOUSES.

“With, the return of the coat and skirt to fashion, blouses are once more important, and the. blouses which, now make their reappearance all emphasise the march back to feminity which 1 have already emphasised,” .says a Paris correspondent. “A blouse may easily to too grand for its practical, tailor-made companions. It may also he too severe. With a low neck, it leaves the coat collar unadorned', hard 1 in lino against the face. With a high meek it is a little prudish, or many, and now that fashion is inclining towards a greater feminity this may be wrong. •‘it is safe to say that, with a plain ciiot-h coat and skirt, the blouse wiM ,;i dainty and' bright—in silk, satin georgette, with embroidery; open-work stitching, incrustations, and something dainty about the neck and wrists, a lingerie collar and cuffs, a necktie, a jabot frill, anything soft and womanly; or, again, a plain silk blouse with high neck "and neat tie may lie worn smartly. “The jumper shape for- a blouse _ is the most .popular. It may have a trimmed front, but the shape is that of a jumper. . ~ , . , ‘‘Decorative vet simple blouses, which are useful for‘town wear with plain coats and skirts, arp in crepe, satin embroidered in silk, and encrusted in two or three shades of the same colour. The embroidery give® some substance to the satin, and does not look over-, dnassy .V iewel of the new kind, some big l , clear stone slung on a slender chain, may be worn with it; bracelets are worn outside’ the sleeves; beads may be worn—anything that decorates, rrive-’ colour; hut does not confuse the eve is correct for an- afternoon blouse worn with a plain cloth, or silk coat and “A jumper blouse, to a sports skirt may have' short sleeves or no .sleeves at all; a town blouse has long sleeves The well-cut blouse is like the well-cut shoe it looks worth the money it costs. To Tint an ill-out h-louse with a wpllcut coat and skirt is, in vulgar phrase to spoil the ship for a ha portli of tar.” ■