Fashions of 1800s to early 1900s
1919 Suits for the Corsetless Figure
Submitted by Victoria Hospodar Valentine
From the McDonald PA Outlook Newspaper, Washington Co.
PA, March 29, 1919, page unknown:
There has been considerable talk of the corsetless figure
and much more drawing of it. When artists picture morning frocks or
afternoon gowns, and even suits, they hang them on graceful but
emaciated figures calculated to make us envy our adorably thin sisters
and to remind us of the question put by that naive Japanese lady who
asked, "Where do they put their stomachs?" Judging by a few
late photographs she would not be impelled to ask that question now. But
the season's styles are kind to the natural lines of the figure and just
why fashion artists continue to draw inhuman creatures is a mystery not
solved. Anyway, they inspire indolent ladies to train down and to diet
and do sundry other things in the pursuit of slenderness.
"Corsetless" is not to be taken too literally--it really
means a figure that looks uncorsetted, with lines like those in the
normal youthful body. The best corsets are too comfortable and too
flattering as a rule to be relinquished. They are probably the
foundation of the good lines, truthfully portrayed by photographs, in
the two suits shown above. In one of them a dress and coat takes the
place of the usual three-piece combination. The dress is of figured silk
with the lower half of the skirt made of plain wool material and a long
narrow girdle of the same goods. The long coat of one of the new
rough silks is cut on the lines of the Chinese coat and is bordered with
another silk in a plainer weave. Small buttons set on the side seams are
very attractive as a finish.
The plain box coat over a draped skirt, shown in the other picture,
is an excellent model for pongee or other heavy silk for summer wear.
Black embroidery on the coat and sleeves, and oblong buttons at the top
and bottom of the front lend character and elegance to the design. --
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