The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25
IN SPRING BLOUSE
Little Variation in Style of the
 WinSome Garment.
Materials Swerving From Heavy Sat ins, Brocades and Taffetas to
 Georgettes, Nets and Laces.

Spring blouses show less variation from the past seasons offerings than any other branch of the feminine gar ment world. observes a New York fashion writer.
 The main difference is in cOlOrlng and material, which is only the natural change from winter to summer wear. ColOrs are very gay. Practically all the manufacturers are turning out vast quantities of porcelain blue, tangerine, honeydew and rattan models.
 Materials are swerving from the heavy satins, brocades and taffetaS of midwinter to the geOrgettes, nets and laces of early spring. Georgette com bined with silk or tricot is much in evidence. The leading color cOmbina- tion is gray georgette, with coral or rose silk. Gray is the winning color in hats, shoes, hose and wrap trim mings, and it is for this reason that blouses favor it in dress models.
 One house is showing a model of tie- back gray georgette with back and front panel of coral metallic silk These panels are covered with an all-Over pat tern of black floss stitching. The sleeves are three-quarter length and have the loose, flowing peasant cuff.
 The peasant influence, by the way, is strongly developed in spring blouses.
 The Roumanian cut and colOring is especially emphasized. Peasant smOcks made of linen, pongee, crash or muslin in natural color and embroidered with oriental blues and reds are big seller for Southern resort wear right now.
 The cross stitch is used for embroid ering cotton blouses and the pattern is generally applied about the peplum, collarless neck, and down the front, where a large square or round design is placed.
 The peasant cut is effected by the loose sleeves, loose armholes and pep lum belted at the waist. The old-time flowing Russian overblouSe is almost entirely supplanted by this belted eff feet. Either a belt of self material is used or a kid belt in contrasting color. These narrow kid belts of white, tan, scarlet or brown are lavishly used on all blouses and are a big feature of dress georgette blouses, as we'll as the peasant cotton sorts.
 Basque blouses are not returning to any extent in the spring lines. But the high choker collar which was a part of the basque is retained in many lingerie and silk models. It is quite the vogue to have a very high collar and very short sleeves, a la the grand opera gowns of this season.
 Lingerie blouses are not very con- spicuous, mainly because of the impOs- sibility of getting this handwork done. However, a few very select shops are displaying their priceless handmade linens, voiles and organdies. They are embossed with more cutwork, scallop- ing and solid embroidery than was con- sidered good taste a few years ago, but the fortunate women who can afford them affect to find them very beauti- full. Narrow colored ribbon sashes or girdles are run through hand-wrOught eyelets and tie at the side.
 Loose cotton sport blouses in a vari- ety of gay cOlors, such as jade, emer- aid, topaz, canary, porcelain blue, rose and scarlet, are shown to be worn with the sleeveless ribbon or wool jackets. Tams to match the jackets are upon the market.