In the 1930s as today, most fashions were designed for the young and slim. Sadly, many of us are old and fat—so it's with relief I turn to Weldon's Outsize Styles for Summer to see what the not-so-svelte among us were wearing.
And the trick as always to looking slimmer is vertical lines! The dress on the left is "tucked on the shoulders and at the waist; it has stitched pleats in the skirt which form a slimming panel." The second dress on the right uses draped revers to camouflage the bust and pleats and gathers to create a vertical front panel. Both dresses are made up in minimizing dark colours.
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