FOR THE WOMAN OF AMPLE SIZE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 520, 23 November 1912, Page 7

FOR THE WOMAN OF AMPLE SIZE.

If the woman of amp!" size wants a trimmed skirt it shou.u not be adorned with wide bands of braid that cut off length and give her a rotund appearance. If the skirt must be trimmed there are .points or slim diamonds that can be made of braid and placed vertically below the knees. Above all things, the skirt must be most carefully and well cut. Then there is the becoming broad panel down the back, which extends over the waist line to the top of the skirt, a good fashion for her to follow. It is better not to have two panels on a skirt, and whether the skirt that fastens at the left side of the front or at the back is the better is a moot point. The smartest dressmakers never incline towards fastening a blouse or skirt in front. It goes without saying that the little short jacket should never be worn by the woman who is not slender. She must see that the lines of her coat are straight from the shoulder, that the under arm seams are not curved, that there is no fulness at the back, and that the fastening is a single breasted one. Such a model is always more becoming to a stout woman than the model with a definite waist line and fulness at the hips, though some tailors are inclined to give a slight ripple at the back of the coat just at the hem to counterpart the tight _ook. The question of Empire trimming at the back is a delicate one for a heavy figure. There is no hard and fast rule to make about it. There are quaint devices that give the fashionable effect and a pleasing result at the same time. Triangles and diamonds are a part of them, made of heavy silk braid or thick cord covered with satin.