There is no reason why even fancier" dress. should not be worn I this way. Partly. covered by a coat fand skirt. 'A' printed silk frock can make a suit right for comparatively festive occasions and be all the better for periodic emergences from the wardrobe, There ig great satisfaction to be got from using things to the Outot-date silk dresses, whether plain or printed, pale. coloured or Sark, it straight and slim in line, can teasily and successfully be made into nderalips by the adalion of lace or 3 hematitehed. bond tothe. strighfoned top. 'They fit and wear and hang better han most bought: slips, and' are quickly washed. and ironed. This is often a better economy than 2 refurbishment, with the help. Of how material, of an old. frock as a modernized one.
So successful has been the extended use of frocks formerly isolated for fullaress wear that only a. moments Teflestion was needed to lead one Secide how best 1o use a new. rem-ant of soft crease-resting linen, For that moment the problem had "been pre-war: Shall it be made Into. one {rock or two blayses? "And then one that it cout be wed to make frock that could be worn asa blouse fud serve as another instance of fended voluntary service.
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