The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-05-22

driving. Quite different costume re-
quirements developed when sports be
came fashionable.
No especial outfit was needed to
play a game Of croquet in grandmoth-
ers day, and her riding skirt was
travesty on a house dress and torture
to her mount But the change in so
cial standards and customs created de-
mand for proper clothes and, with
them, intriguing styles. A leaven Of
common sense and a feeling for the
order and fitness Of things brought
from the best houses Of Paris, of Lon
don and New York a sports wardrobe
to equip the women of fashion.
The women who first outraged the
conventions by riding astride estab-
lished a mode, and the flapper who
left her motor for a cross-country hike
established another, and thereby wild
ened the field Of social activities.
Suitable and charming things began
to be expressed by artists who felt the
inspiration to create something differ
ent, and the experiment of gowning
the spOrtswOman has been the unique
feature of the last few seasons.
Sports Clothes Are Becoming.
Sports clothes for women have a
youthful quality They express sex
less than any other type OF dress be-
cause Of their bOyish lines, yet, if clev-
erly drawn, they are becoming to the
delicacy and femininity Of the women
who wear them. The cOuturieres OF
Paris, who have ever been notorious
for their disfavOr Of the tailleur in
any version whatsoever, are converts
/ to the sports dress, whether entire,
/ the single frocB, the skirt and blouse
! or the sports coat
Taking over the vigorous English
type along with its fabrics, the Pari-
sian designers have established the
most fitting, most becoming, most chic
! sports suits for every Out-of-dOors &C.
! tivity. 1t has been a matter of rev
Olution and evolution, from the most
frivolous frou-frou type to the breezy,
athletic, up-to-date young person who
demands the sort of tOgs that will
best serve her and most charmingly
clothe her at tennis and golf, cross
/ country riding and driving. The re-
suits are delightful.
Among the most attractive models
in sports dress Of every sort and for
every possible occasion are the things
that are done by American dressmak-
ers. Our own designers have adopted
the best from every other source and
produced a composite something that
best adorns the smart American
woman
The department Of sports clothes
has grown far beyond any other. The
first outfits offered were fannels, home
spuns, tweeds in skirts and sweaters
or skirts with shirts and blazers OF
jacquettes of some sort. The outer
garments had necessarily to be adj
justed to the undertakings, the stays
and other trappings of staid and for
NAL age. But the elastic belts, bras
sieres and other simpler, softer ways
of dressing, and the straight silhouette
as well, have completely changed the
style o. the sports suit and have given
1t a uniformity from collar to hem.
The handsOmest materials, fine il
quality, artistic in color and pattern
are used in the frocks and coats, skirts
and jackets designed for the different
sports that nowadays occupy the time
Of the greater number Of women il
the world Of fashion, and for out-of
doors generally. Social life Of the
present day is lived in the open il
! every season, shifting from Newpor