The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08
WHAT ST. LOUIS GIRLS WILL
WEAR in TAILORED GOWNS.
Newest Material Is Striped Cheviot-French Flannel Will Be Used
Later on-Short BoIero Is Cut With a Shirt Waist Front
Blouse Plaits Which Give a HalfGibson Effect.
WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
For many seasons past the expression
"tailor-made girl has brought before one
a vision, invariably the same, of a tall.
slender woman dressed in the severest
masculine style.
A straight, plain skirt: a light. plain
BASQUE; snug slee res that make the thin
woman groan, and a bare waist outline.
which the Venus de Milo could not have
faced, even with her complacency.
The original tailor gown had no individual
ity. II stood for smartness. and severity.
and a fearful sum of money. but there was
no personality to #.
Only the beautiful or the brave among
women dared to wear garments that were
a searchlight on physical defects.
This year all is different.
The American girl ''as studied the tailor
gown question, and will stand no more
nonsense about 1t. She will wear tailor
dresses and she will see to it that they are
becoming.
gowns as there are clever girls to wear
them.
Yet. after all. the new tailor girl is not
nearly so audacious as she sounds in the
telling. for she has a figure these days that
gives her courage.
She has learned to stand right. with
shoulders dropping. chest erect. and abdomen
well In. She has found out the lasting i'm
portance Of the straight-front corset. which
confines the body without cramping 1t.
SUPPORTERS TAKE
THE PLACE OF CARRIERS.
And last and best of all. she realizes the
necessity Of using hose supporters. instead
OF the old-fashioned round ~yarters.
In fact, the new tailor girl depends upon
her hose supporters for much of her splend-
i'd carriage and venus-like perfection Of
figure.
They not only insure her the trimmest Of
dainty looking ankles. but by holding her
c~orsets, without strain, close over the
figure. bring about the perfect trimness
over the hips SO characteristic of the best
dressed woman nowadays.
And every woman who has gone in for
athletics, indoors or out, knows that once
the corset is held down in place. breathing
Is easy. and with good breathing comes
broad shoulders and a strong, well-developed
chest.
Another point the new tailor girl makes.
when once her corset and hose supporters
are perfectly adjusted, is that she will not
ruin her graceful. beautifully poised figure
by stiffening her waists with the massive,
sId-time whalebope, which is but little
more flexible than w~rought-iron fence rails.
Her dress waists and her jackets. even
the edges of her collar. tab and cuffs, are
held in perfect shape with featherbone. The
new tailor cir! has evolved for herself from
experience the maxim thar "tahors help
them that help themselves
TAHOE GOWN FOR
A SLENDER GIRL
II would be a great mistake to imagine
from what has been said that the new
tailor gowns are limitations of fluffy, gayly
adorned fancy frocks.
They are still tailored" and COMPARE
lively simple. but the new. smart fashion
touches are seen in their cut and finish, and
they are capable of being as much the ex-
preston of personal tastes as the hlmiest
lace or billowiest chiffon.
Just what Is meant can best be explained
by describing one of the newest tailor
gowns designed to be worn early This
spring by a tall. slender girl.
An old-time riding habit tailor gown"
she would never have dared to order. she
IL so slender. but to exactly suit her style
she had made a striking costume of royal
blue etamine. gaining breadth of shoulders
by introducing the new and fashionable