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 up prettily in a silk, a cotton or a woolen goods that is medium in weight. Tricotine, serge and twill are especially suited to such styles. Wool jersey is also made up in the overblouse effects. You might try cottons such as gingham, linene, chambray or ratiné. If you are planning a silk dress choose, faille, taffeta, satin, charmeuse or a fairly heavy crepe.

Making a Russian Blouse Dress: The skirt is hung from a foundation waist of net, china silk or mulle. (See Fig. 76.) The underwaist is usually white regardless of the color of the dress, as colored linings are apt to rub off on the underwear.

Overblouse dresses are made either with the [ 67 ]