"Any big afternoon or little evening event is more fun if you know you look your very best. And marian martin has designed Pattern 9597 with such def understanding of mature figure problems that it will be your most flattering frock. The skirt is straight-hanging but with ample sitting and walking room given by two front panels. The bodice is wonderfully soft-cut and enhancing to a heavy bustline. See how the soft lines are smoothed above the waist by darts and held in by gather below gayly scalloped yokes. Take your choice between long and three-quarter sleeves, and you might give a color "lift" to the whole style by having the stitched-on tie-ends of the belt in vivid contrast"