ON THE ANTIQUE GREEK DRESS FOR WOMEN 39 



not very suitable for common wear, not so much because the 

 body can occasionally be seen through it from one side (a defect 

 easily remedied by a stitch or two out of sight) as because the 

 whole figure looks rather topheavy when the dress is not kilted 

 up to the knee. This kilting, through a second zone or rope 

 over the hips, by enlarging the hips takes off the topheavy 

 appearance, and the hanging sleeve is most commonly found in 

 statues and pictures of Diana, who wanted to get superfluous 

 drapery out of the way of her legs. The close sleeve is 

 differently formed, and is more suited for indoor life, with long 

 skirts ; it is made by passing a cord round the front of each 



FIG. 4. 



FIG. 5. 



shoulder, crossing at the back, and is shown in Figs. 5 and 7. 

 The set of the sleeve on the arm, when pulled slightly through 

 this cord, is excellent ; scissors seldom succeed as well. Figs. 

 5 and 7 show this sleeve, made before the lady is zoned, and 

 Fig. 8 shows the same sleeve when the zone has been applied 

 and the dress pulled up through the zone so as to hang evenly 

 round the feet at the front and sides. The series of folds or 

 bags hanging low on the hips and barely covering the zone in 

 front, form an arch which will be found more or less pronounced 

 in every Greek statue or Greek drawing when the dress is at all 

 drawn up through the zone. This arch is graceful, and no 

 doubt was adhered to by the Greeks on account of its beauty, 



