Evening star., 1928-04-15
Clothes for Women Still Hold Own Despite Protests
BY MARY MARSHALL,

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sports fashions who only stand
and wait for the active sports
. Il women to play ball.
A generation ago many wnnt-
en- were deferred from taking an active
interest in tennis, golf, country walk
inc, and other supposedly manly sports
because they couldn't bring themselves
10 wear the sports clothes of the perlod,
1t never occurred 10 any one apparently
that a woman could be dressed really
appropriately for golf. let us say, ana
Stil look dainty and allurnrs, one
could, Of course, cut quite a smart f'g-
ure on horSe~-foT the eoueSUienne
habit for women was the first Of all
speeiali7ed sports costumes 10 be oe-
veloped alonS really fiattcrlng lines,
Rut can YOU remember the oid-t;nle
Golf nSemeleS-heavy snkle-length
rored skirt With pocket Sits at the
front--uclv golf hootS--SAlrt waist with
a manniSh eollar~-felt hat resting hIsl
on a porpadoured head and the got
care--plesSe don't overlook the coN
cane! Could any one ever have devised
a garment better suited "a nip wonl-
ans budding interest III the old Scotch
game than. that cape9
And now sports clothes are so At
traetive that women wear them
whether they have any real nee0 TO
do so or not,
Many impressive words have been
handed down from the thrones oi tl'o
important French dreSSnaEers 10 UT
effect that the sports mode was pass
fnr Dressmakers here have taken up
the solemn refrain OF course. ore
would wear sports clothes for sports, a.
A matter of eXpsdicnce but the sports
tyne of frock and wrap and hat ana
accessory, worn merely for convenience
for street wear. luncheon and even
for sfternoon-well, Of course that nao
never been more than fad, ana eNeIi
as fad it was dead.
And il did seem as II the tendency ~
so hack 10 more elaborate. more formal
Clothes for luncheon and afternoon
vesr was growing Women were again
taking the trouble at the resorts 10
change from morning sports Things -
afternoon clothes Of more intricate
sort
II seemed like tendency--but per-
haps il was merely passing ripple
along the surface At all events there
are countless we'll dressed women sS
vredCed TO their sports clothes as ever,
and as many women at the Southern
resorts here and in France during tas
late Winter who on almost all occasions
laid of their sports coltheS only wnen
time came for dress for dinner.
THE pleated skirt apparently holds
4 its ovn In season when : distl1ct
effort has been 10 have done Win
entirely. Many of the dressmakeFS
have been showing skirts OF cncuiai
tendency. skirts with fullnesS proouCsa
by somewhat gored insets. gooeS, ea;
Elt for practical purposes the pieaFeo
skirt has no rival. -,
7. is the amazing ability Of the
sweater To adapt itself to circumstances
~ fashion that imbues it with Its ap-
narent perpetual youth, More tnan
nv,ce il has received its cue TO retire
vher. as It we're by q quick cnanse OF
vasLa-uo behind the scenes OF fasnlon
a. i,as heen able 10 make its reappeaT-
enre the very next season. AND usuauy
there has been applause from the ma
3orsty OF women,
The latest trick the sweater has
nlaved has been TO make itself very
thin. SO thin that It could oe NoLn
t eoat or Jacket, or comfortably without
= eoat or Jacket on warmer days
Tbere are the so-called lace jackets,
81 this sort. launched not SO many
months ago IN France and now ootain-
ahIe almost anywhere in this country:
FnIlovi1g the fashionable taste Tor
n closely defined lire al and ABOVE
the hius the new sweaters are usually
provided with a fairly wide ribbed band
at the lower edge.
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(HANFI.. who was one Of the first
Of the well known French dress
y,aksrs 10 open q special sports de-
parfrent, contributes one-piece ler-
sew frock with silk tie and sleeve
less Jersey Jacket.
lean Patou was also pioneer In
this matter Of sports apparel. HIS So
called .ssuorts corner is really little
sDorts shop By itself. decorated within
With panels of Scotch pine.
Jsne Regny's sports clothes are noted
for their sinlplicify-they are as wen
adapted TO the needs Of the one-tenin
who really take an active interest IN
sports as for the rine-tentns whose
sportsmansl1ip consists merely ~ wear-
trlg sports clothes Jane Regnys moo
eIs are always represented ard recog-
nized at the smart golf links about
Paris
And Msrthe Regnier--famous first
only as an actress, later becoming
n1iIllner. and then creator Of dis
tinctave sports apparel. Nov she makes
All sorts Of clothes. bit " Is still 10
the making Of clothes for golf. tennis.
riding and yachting that she rs most
devoted.
Among the fabrics used for the new
sports things are the following
Knitted fabrics Of many sorts.
Wooden georsette.
Lightweight homespuns.
Lightweight angora.
A Yachting costume that Is striking
ard at the same time IN good taste
a this:
White serge skirt.
Rough navy blue Jacket trimmed al
the front wfth brass buttons.
White silk blouse with collars and
euas worn outside the Jacket.
White French beret,
White kid sports oziorcg with toes.
strapp3ng and heels of blue.
fCopgfizht Jaes
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