Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-02
PiccadiIly Walk
THE
Latest Lady Fad

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An artist who has become known
through his drawings of beautiful WON
en-. and has been credited with ban.
ishing the bang from the forehead of
the American girl, said in regard to the
rumored revival OF Empire fashions
for women:
THE only difficulty with that beauti.
full manner OF dress is that II requires
youth and a certain carriage and grace
that Is something more than beauty
Of face and form. A very little WON
an or very stout woman, or woman
who has not a beautiful neck. cannot
wear an Empire gown to advantage.
Nor IL II suited to woman of quick,
nervous or very energetic movements.
II requires dignity of carriage. re
pose and grace that hardly belong to
these hurrying times.
THE fashion IL admirably suited for
a house gown. but tor dinners or
dances II IL not adapted, to my idea.
The present modish style in won.
ans evening dress tams to satisfy
the eye thoroughly. II IL so far ahead
of the old hourglass figure.
Artistic women must rejoice In the
larger waist. at present fashionable.
when gOwned for evening. and also
In the absence of the little hideOus
pad worn in the hollow of the back
Just below the waist. and likewise in
the unstiffened hem of the gown that
rests on the carpet all the way around
the skirt and trails a hit in the back.
about the new street skirt that
clears the payemen there can be no
other opinion than that 1t Is adapted
Tor outdoor wear and for sports OF all
kinds In the open. Whatever Is suit.
able is beautiful. some philosophers
say, hut personally cannot say that
admire the ankle skirt except for it,
practical use. Sometimes on a very
petite and pretty woman OF giriish
figure II looks in harmony But many
women are built on lines too large to
accord with the short skirt.
"a woman's draperies to he artistic
should cling and not stand out about
the hem. One good effect that tho
ankle-length skirt has Is that women
are wearing smarter.looking boots and
hosiery. The English girl has her
boots polished every day. The Amer
lean gift sometimes wears q pair out
and let's them get quite gray.looking
and shabby. That is. she used to do
so. But now women are beginning to
tree their shoes in this country and
tie their low shoes with fresh black
ribbon instead of the shoestring of the
past.
"Then the American girls walk bet.
ter than they used to- with swing
and a freedom that is due to their
more frequent exercise, their larger
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There Is a tendency at present among
modish girls to bend forward from
the hips slightly. but this IL only u lad
and IL not carried to extremes II eau
hardly he called detective carriage.
Few women look well who carry
themselves bolt upright. A slight
curve In the throat accentuates Wei
poised head. Footmen and very young
military and naval men are the only
ones who hold their shoulders stiffly
square nowadays. The military car.
riage for women has gone out.
"There Is new fad coming In for
women who walk and one of my mod.
els has been posing 1t Tor me for some
pictures. You will see that 1t shows
the shoulders squared, the body bent
forward from the waist and
the elbows curved some. .iing like the
forelegs OF a thoroughbred bulldog. 1t
is the Piccadilly walk and the Lon.
don bounder shows II to perfection as
he strUshs upon the Strand.
oddly enough these fashions some.
how reach the girls In this country jbe.
fore they became popular with the
men. The football walk that girls af
lected on Fifth avenue two winters
ago never reached any other men but
the college athletes and their imitators
and admirers In the big universities.
But the New York girls caught the
walk and IL was funny to see them
swinging along In the heavy style Of
the well-trained athlete"