TOILE DE SOIE
(OTHERWISE SCHAPPE SILK.) l.his year s most favoured material for sports and “tub” frocks would seem to be toile de soie, as the French call it; or schappe silk, as it is more familiarly known on the English si»'3e of the Channel. It has several definite ad vantages. that doubtless accounts tor its popularity-. It gives no trouble to home laundress; it has substance ’ enough to hang well, and is at once less expensive and “dress-<*d-up’‘ looking than is crepe de chine. Schappe tennis frocks were a feature, incidentally, of the Riviera tennis tournaments.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20168, 9 June 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)
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97TOILE DE SOIE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20168, 9 June 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)
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