"Smart Blouses Go Over the Skirt", reads the caption for this illustration. Overblouses would remain the most popular form of blouse through the rest of the 1920s—mainly because they complemented the dropped waistlines in fashion during the decade.
On the left we have a middy blouse.
"For camping and real out-of-doors enjoyment every woman should pack a middy blouse or two in her vacation luggage.... The choice of a detachable collar is another advantage and for warm weather the short sleeve is comfortable. Make the blouse of white jean..."
Above centre, is a Russian blouse.
"How attached we have become to those lovely slip-over blouses, especially those that follow the Russian type! This one has a narrow standing band for a collar. It is bloused at a low waistline which may be adjusted with an elastic through a casing. A new embroidery is used as a trimming for the blouse."
("Russian" blouses had been worn by women—on and off—at least since the 1890s. However Russian design and ornament became particularly smart during the 1920s, partly because of the number of Russian exiles who supported themselves by working in the fashion industry after the Russian revolution!)
On the right:
"Blouses these days have a pleasing way of belonging to the costume with which they are worn, probably because they are worn over the skirt." [This one] "may be trimmed with bands of contrasting color repeated on the sleeve and lower edge. A decorative embroidery is used."
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