The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-04
Frocs Of the Moment Seem Built Especially for Large
Long Lines Produce Effect of Snderness Beaded Nets Make
factory Evening Gowns = Separate Waists Possible At Last.

re fashion had deliberately decided
to give the long-neglected stout
woman a chance. she could not
. have produced raiment more adj
mirably suited to her purpose than
styles of the present moment. AT
last the stout woman has come into
her own. Without dieting or tight
corseting. she can wear what every
body else Is wearing-and look well in
1t. No more does she have to modify
and adapt everything In current modes
to her particular need. No more does
she have to avoid the very prettiest
styles of the moment and prune down
her apparel into staid and uninterest-
ing effects. She can wear Just what
the debutantes are wearing and look
her very best.
Lines AT Last Kind To Large Figures
THE dropping OF Wristbands, the
loosening OF bodices, the enlarging OF
sleeves. the lengthening of skirts. the
use OF trimming in panels-all COM
bine to give the stout woman an easy
time OF 1t. Lines OF the moment hide
excessive curves and give an effect of
slenderness where slenderness is not.
10 the slim woman this makes not
q mite OF difference. Styles are equal
ly becoming to her-and IL she takes
q notion to wear ruffied skirts and
crosswise trimming and short, tight
sleeves-all prohibitive modes for the
stout woman-she may do so; for
fashion includes these modes in her
schedule for the season. So long as
lines are right-slim and straight from
shoulder to ankle. trimmings may be
what they please, and satisfy either
the stout or the slender.
Materials Help Too
FLUFFY clothes are not as smart as
limp, graceful ones just now--another
thing that helps the stout woman.
Velvet, with its stately, gracious
lines; Georgette with it's soft, limp
folds; canton crepe and crepe de
chine. heavy, soft laces, and especially
the weighted fabrics with beads or
embroidery on net--they all contri-
butte to the needs OF the ample figure.
As for frilly taffetas and puffed out
tulles; the slim women and the deb
utantes may have them in quaint lit
tie dance frocks--the happy stout
woman Is not envious. she has all she
needsl
Broadcloth, revived by Paris and
one OF the most fashionable fabrics
now. 10 another material that is kind
TO the ample figure. Broadcloth is
rich and elegant. and falls into most
beautiful folds when cut and draped
by skilled hands. Velours and duvetyn
also lend themselves to correct and
becoming lines--what fabric of such
beautiful quality would not? The
belted frock pictured is ideal for a
large figure: its lines. its material and
its manner OF trimming. 1t Is made
or canton crepe in a very dark taupe
shade with printings in slightly lighter
tone shading into the tone of the
frock. The very narrow vestee IS OF
beige colored crepe. The costume Is
all In one piece. drawn In at a low
waistline by a narrow belt. weighted
at the front with a steel buckle so
that the belt slopes downward a bit
In becoming curve. Pleats are set
into the costume from shoulder to
hem. making a panel effect at front
and back, the sides of the skirt swing
Ing loose and hanging two inches
longer than the foundation skirt to
which the pleated panels are stitched.
The sleeve with its long loop at the
back is another feature OF grace.
This costume might be built in broad
rloth or In velvet with the same lines
OF grace and dignity and the same be-