Figure 1.-- Blouses in the early 20th century were often worn with bows. This was becoming less popular in the 1920s. This blouse had a kind of string tie wuth tassles. There is a a white cord or string with tasseled ends attached to at top button.. |
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The outfit included color detailing on rhe white blouse as well as buttons on both the blouse and pants. The blouse breast pocket is detailed in blue color. Blouses in the early 20th century were often worn with bows. This was becoming less popular in the 1920s. This blouse had a kind of string tie wuth tassles. There is a a white cord or string with tasseled ends attached to at top button.
The string and tassles look very long here extending to the waistline, but this is because the string as mean to be tied in kind if bow so the tassles would be near the collar.
There are matching ornamental cuffs on the sleeve cuff and pants hem.
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