Acquired in France, this day dress is made of practical, hardwearing coarse linen; its bodice is slightly gathered into the waistband and has a turned-down collar and a fashionably asymmetric front fastening trimmed with bright green velvet ribbon and non-functional black velvet covered buttons; the skirt is slim, but reasonably practical being slightly flared and clearing the ground (although it has been shortened at some point). The dress is completely unlined, its seams bound with cotton bias tape. Although it would have been worn over a corset and underwear, its lack of the linings, boned underbodices and high collars of dresses of only a few years earlier signals the gradual move towards the more comfortable clothing worn after the First World War.

A photograph, also French, of a woman playing with a child (see Additional Images) shows a similar dress, probably made of wool, in an everyday setting.