The Archive · 1929

Dressing for the House

The Frenchwoman's Effort to Suit the Hour The Frenchwoman has always made a point of dressing for the house, as she hi invariably been true to the trad jon that a walking dress should be kept for out of doors, writes the Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post."

She does not believe in the practical ity of putting on tailored skirts for breakfast, or, in fact, dressing! for the day, when she zcts up. Not} that she ix lazy or slick—on the! Jeontrary, she is fastidious and Jactive where dress is concerned, and in all its details, taking care that} none of her dresses is ever erensed lor wanting a stitch when she lewes: [the house.

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