FASHION can FLATTER
TEN years ago "stock size" was the fas- hionable yardstick.
If your contours were Junoesque, or just plain comfortable, you got your mackintoshes made to measure. You were offered and advised to wear muddled prints la- belled, "for the larger woman."
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"Madam is not stock size" meant that you were going to spend more time, trouble and money to get what you wanted.
Plus women have no dress_pro- blem in 1937.
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To make a success of size, be- gin with corsets.
Two pairs, and the best you can afford. There is no figure existing which the modern corsetiere can- not "persuade." Not with bones and straps, and like tortures, but with subtlety..
Models designed for big women are a miracle of clever cutting and strong double tension where it is required. They are light and porous and wash like handkerchiefs.
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Choose tailored gerie, cut on straight lines.
Flares and bias cut garments are for the pencil slim. And this ap- plies to coats and frocks.
Black spells elegance for size. Dark blue, hunter's green and warm mulberry are good. Unless you want to advertise your inches, avoid grey.
Wear long coats over frocks and skirts instead of suits. Size in a suit is apt to look "bolstered." Top coats squarish and “boxy,”""" or smoothly fitted from should to hem.
For materials fine crepes in silk and wool,
weaves.
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smooth serge, canvas.
At night georgette and rich dark satins. Lace and chiffon. Draperies and tricks with textures are better than trimming,"
The dress you see at the top is for a plus woman.
It is made of crepe-backed satin, and both sides of the material are used. The long shoulder drapery flatters and has a dozen possibili-
ties.
Choose it in midnight blue or black.
Wear it with simple jewels. Noth- ing that shines, Jade, dull gold, amber, and no corsage flowers, un less you sing on platforms and are observed from a distance.
The minus woman is at the other end of the siz- ing scale. She is S.S.W.
She used to get her clothes in the maids' de- partment and her hats in the children's millinery. She wore all the prettiest slippers and shoes, be- cause "samples" were made in her size.
her
Now the designers study miniature measurements and pro- duce some of their best designs for her. Special lingerie and stockings are made for her.
If you are S.W., don't confuse petite with pret
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 15, 1938.
The girl whose
size is
MY BUST 37"
MY
BUST
31"
The wise "plus-girl" keeps away from things that shine and lots of corsage flowers when alte's out in the evening.
And she wears colours that make her look more like a wil- Flow and less like a bolster.
She wears simple jewels and flat fors.
The wise "minus-girl” avoids looking pretty pretty and top- heavy. And she dramatises her lack of inches with old half-for- gotten colours.
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hot
meat with sour milk or
She wears eye vells, turbans and little cans with success. She chooses top coats whic show off her small and appish collars.
stline
lace will keep good for many days.
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ty-pretty. It is an easy mistake if you are "just. as high as his heart."
Wear softly-tailored clothes and leave the classics to greater heights. Little jacket suits and beleros are grand for you. So are tunics which are long and slim. You can get away with braided yokes and peasant necklines tied up with silk- cords. You can wear sashes and those rather indecorous Victorian bodices.
Choose top coats which show off your small waistline. Princess lines flaring to the hem. Belts and box pleats at the back. Uppish collars, but not large enough
make you look top-heavy.
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"Little" frocks are obviously
yours.
Look at the one in black crepe and cherry velvet. It has a jacket which immediately makes it an im- portant ensemble. It can go out to lunch or dine with the jacket on. With it off the frock is "party". The skirt is beautifully cut, and the velvet bodice softly gathered.
Small women can wear black, but they are often better served by co- lours like beaver brown and reseda green. At night they can dramatise. their lack of inches with old half- forgotten colours like cerise and plum-purple.
Small women can wear eye veils, turbans and little caps, pert and pointed.
Make the most of your size- large or small.
A slim yacht slipping. into the bay is an exqui- site sight. So is a galleon riding the tide in full sail.
To-day's Recipes
Lyonnaise Potatoes. Waxy potatoes are best for this recipe. Boil them, and when cold, cut them into thin slices and saute them in a mixture of oil and
clarified butter. Then chop finely an onion previously blanched in boiling water, and fry it in butter to golden brown. Mix in with the pota- toes, and add a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, salt and pep- per, and shake all well together in the saute pan.
way of a change, here's a Rus- sian recipe for cooking mugh-
ushrooms a la p
rooms.
Peel and clean-one pound of mushrooms, and cut them
into dice, using the stems well. Place in a stewpan with a small onion chopped
very fine, two ounces of butter, half cupful of water, pinch of salt and generous sprinkling of pep-
per.
Simmer gently until tender, add a cup of cream, stir until quite hot and serve.
A GOOD polish for
maho-
gany is made of equal parts of linseed oil, paraffin oil, and vinegar, and one table-
noon of methylated spirits Rub in sparingly and polish
Boft cloth Fàth- assed oil Far enamel, use turpantine and water.
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