Evening star., 1925-04-05
Newest Sport Clothes Are Not Confined to Women in
BY MARY MARSHALL.

A LII sport clothes easily might
" be divided into these two
Il classes = those that women
4 u wear for golf, tennis, hunting,
boating and other sports, and
those that they do not For 1t is a
mistake that practically no one makes
nowadays to suppose that sports
clothes are all designed for sports
women. Not bit of it. There are
women who wear sports clothes, and
nothing but sports clothes, from rosy
morn to dewy eve, who never sWatted
a tennis ball, drove off a golf tee,
refined in a horse nor partook of any
outdoor exercise more strenuous than
walking round the block or getting
into a motor car.
Quite a good many women have
solved their dress problem in this
way. and you may be one of them.
They have but two classes of clothes
sport clothes and evening clothes.
They wear the former sort to all day
time occasions, luncheons, bridge
parties, garden parties, up town,
down town, in town and out Of town.
The only time they don any clothes
not of the sports variety is in the
evening, when they have clothes as
truly feminine and unsportlike as
you can well imagine. They simply
avoid any of those elaborate daytime
necessary for formal afternoon af-
fairs. Likewise, they avoid the frilly,
garden party sort of clothes that
some women include in their Summer
wardrobes. Some women hold to the
opinion that the only time that frilly
clothes are becoming, anyway, is
after dark.
For the benefit of these women
who have taken to sport clothes so
p-erlV there iS wide NarietV this
Spring. There are frocks and wraps
and hats and blouses and suits to
supply every daytime occasion.
The tennis frock that is designed
for the tennis court shows an inter-
esting application of recent fashion
tendencies to the requirements of the
game. The increased fullness of the
skirt has, of course, its distinct ad-
Nantages. Many tennis players pre-
fer the perfectly sleeveless frock, and
in spite of the coming long sleeves
there are smart new tennis frocks as
innocent of sleeves as one could wish.
One such frock of mans white silk
shirting shows an overblouse trim
med with red and white polka dot
ribbon and a short circular skirt of
the silk. Another sleeveless model
consists of white crepe de chine
jumper bound with green and a short
white pleated skirt. White still
seems to be favorite with the
American tennis enthusiast. Some
tennis players choose a nearly sleeve
less one piece frock of white jersey.
Mile. Lenglen, who first taught
American tennis players the smart
ness and usefulness of the bandeau
tied about the head. seems always TO
choose a linen frock for tennis. This
frock with plain bodice and pleated
skirt is a product of the genius of
Patou.
rOLF frocks are of a different sort.
~ A smart model especially design
ed for golf players is one-piece,
mannish shirt frock in a lightweight
flannel The soft rundown flannel
collar is finished with four-in- hand
tie, there Is a narrow belt OF the
flannel fastened at a low waistline
with a small pearl buckle, and the
skirt fullness is achieved by means
of front and side inverted box pleats.
Two-piece jersey frocks of the jumper
sort are chosen by many golf en-
thuSiasts.
A navy and gray knitted costume
worn by a well dressed young golf
player shows pleated skirt of the
navy and gray in large checks, with
plain gray jumper with cuffs and band
down the front of the gray and navy
check.
Not many American golf or ten
mis- enthusiasts would go to one of
the clever French dressmakers in
search of their actual sport costumes
though almost all the we'll known de-
signers have given their interpreta-
tion of the golf and tennis frock, and