The prioress and her nuns wear black skirts and white waists. Over this they wear black scholastic gowns such as are worn by graduates of academies and colleges, girded in with a leather strap.

A yard of white cloth cut down one side for about ten inches, and then a circle cut out of the center, makes the white _guimpe_ for the NUN, the curved part being put under the chin and the two cut ends fastened on top of the head. A second piece of white cloth is bound across the forehead for a _bandeau_. Two yards of black material make the veil which falls on either side of the face and down the back.