New-York tribune., 1921-01-23


~ ing our Southern ward
4 y robes the separate blouse
becomes Of real impor-
lance. We not only need it to COM
plete our sports outfits, but the
loveticst of simple frocks consist of
a separate overblouse and q match -
ing skirt. Dressmakers, as well as
the ready-to-wear shops, are bring
ing these out in beautiful cotton ma
terials. An appeal even greater
than their extreme practicability is.
their very youthful appearance. A
child's pinaforc, with it's round col
lar and cuffs, is not more juvenile
looking than these, which in almost
every instance feature little pima.
fore collar and cuffs.
This spring will see more ex.
tensive use of linen for blouses than
for some tin9e past. Nine. Jenny, of
Paris, is, no doubt, accountable for
the vogue of the linen blouse. She
has included it in her earliest show
lngs of spring clothes as an accom-
panlment to the cloth suit. 1t is an
excellent medium for exploiting the
collars standing away from the
throat, which she advocated last an
tumn. Such collars were rather ex-
treme on dresses of silk or cloth.
especially when the collars them
selves were of linen or organdie, but
they are suitable and smart addi-
ton to the washable blouse. JENNY
with other makers, uses not onlv
linens, but crepe de chine, crepe
Moroccan, organdies and other sheer
cotton materials. This FRENCH de-
slgner makes a favorite of green
linen; not soft, subdued green. but
hue that is really bright and
strong.
French VoiIes
And Paris Styles
THE dainty white voile and batistA
blouses, that always are 50 he-
coming, are teing made I'D in
number of new styles, and manv
new stitches are introduced in tho
fine hemstitching, drawn work and
hand tucking which trims them. The
voiles and batistes selected for these
blouses are extremely fine in appear-
ance. The more elaborate have trim
lnlngs of real lace in addition to the
drawn work and ,hemstitching. Those
that do not carry lace usually ara
made with Tuxedo or rolling COL
lar and some sort of vest, where
the needlework can be shown to ad-
vantage.
A smart blouse of fine French
wolfe, embelished with hand drawn
blocks and fine tucking, has its en-
tire collar and cuffs edged with an
inch wide Irish lace.
Another model of voiIe has tho
front and back portions finely tucked
The rolling collar continues in q
labot, which displays elaborate
drawn work and an edge of Irish
lace about one and half inches in
width.
Novel interpretations of
The Tailored Blouse
'EUCKs play an important part in
the tailored sports blouse. Some
novel adaptations of these are seen
in blouses Of crepe de chine and
japanese silks, with inset bosoms
elaborately tucked. Others are
'ltcheo stralght across the front. A
most interesting method of using
tucks is that of making them run
dlagonally inseead Of straight, and
alternating rows of tucks with rows
OF folds, the folds being wider than
the tucks. Narrow pleatings are
used to finish collars and cuffs on
some Of these models.
Other forms Of trimming on lin
gerie blouses are yalenciennes lace
and net, the latter used as insets.
both puffed and plain. Net often II
combined with organdie. For in
stance, model may have puffed net
footing running up and down the en-