The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-28
DRESS T1Fs FOR STOUT WOMEN
Don't overdress, But Also Do Not Be
Too Plainly Gowned.

| While her slenderer sisters are being
| sartorially catered to so satisfactorily,
and their lines. studied and compile
mented, the poor woman to whom ma
| trre has been too generous in the mat
! ter of avOirdupOis is obliged to work
| out her own salvation where her clothes
are concerned. or trust to her dress
maker to adapt to her something
originally intended for a woman half
her size
Usually i'll the adapting so much of
/ style and cut is lost as to render the re-
suit anything but d thing of beauty.
Truly a gown, of all things, should be
built for the type of woman by whom
| it is meant to be worn.
The stinting of d few yards. of goods
, is sure TO ruin any garment for amy
| woman, and nothing is more evident
with every step when there is lack of
! material in gown.
| The short walking skirt. which has
had so many ups and downs since it
first appeared, for its length changes
each season, is one of the troubles in
which the stout woman is likely to go
astray. Its unbeCOmingness is I'M
| deniable, but 10 woman of sense Will,
! for that reason eschow its comfort and
| profusion of germs that Turk in the
! borders of the long tailed gown, which,
though held up ever so carefully, are
sure sometimes to sweep public floors
and stairs.
Such skirts for the stout woman
| should be made with very deep plaits
stitched down from the waist about
eighteen inches in the front and STOP
| ing upward to about ten inches from
! the waist in the back
From the waist line to where the stitch
! ing ends the material should be cut
! from the under side Of the plaits. to re-
| move the extra cloth over the hips. IL
! length the skirt should be at least two
! inches from the ground. and the plaits
! will give so much fulness at the battOm
| that the feet are not too much i'm evil
! dence, an objection usually made to a
I skirt of this length.
Horizontal lines should never be worn
| by the stout woman in any part of her
! costume, and even straight lines that
! are so prominent as to catch the eye
| should be avoided. The less the surface
is broken the less the appearance of
size.
| Combinations in colOrs should be
| avoided as much as possible. and even
| when black and white are used togeth-
| er, the white should be confined to the
| collar and vest. and the black be I'M
/ broken by any Introduction of the white
| in sleeves or skirt. Checks. except OF
the tiniest, must be tabooed. polka dots
| likewise, with the one exception of a
very small dot on dark blue back
! ground
Fine stripes. really hair lines. on
| blue Cr black. if properly made UP are
becoming as a rule but if too much
| trimmed are quite as undesirable as
| rlaids. Cool coloring i'm soft, dull
shades. even though light. make the
most desirable evening gowns for the
stout woman, though fluffy, soft black
| is pretty. too, but satin, spangled nets
! or stiff black silks are worse than un-
! suitable: they are painful to look upon.
| In sleeves it is we'll to adhere to those
] Of moderate size. as they are without
| question far more becoming than the
| large ones and may be made sufficient
ly in the prevailing mode without par