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She came into the
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It was mine.
room with "I don't agree," said a small, half-a-dozen gowns over her arm. strange voice from the corner. She smiled and her customer smiled, and the conversation began. ;
"That one is ravishing.... I-wish it were blue," said the customer.
never blue for you, It is so undistinguish
"Ah madam. ed."
"But I like blue and I know it suits me," sighed the customer.
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What the vendeuse said then makes no matter, but the customer is my friend for life, and she's got two of the dandiest blue frocks you even saw.
A PARISIAN WOMAN ADMIRED MY FROCK
I'm asking for trouble: if I de bunk black. But I don't care.
"It may suit you; madam;' said! the vendeuse, buttoning another! mannequin into a breath-taking inky velvet, "but what of that? I know there are thousands of It is not elegant. It is not women who do not look well in chic. Black is for every woman black, who positively dislike black, any woman who understands clothes and to whom its sombre looks sug-;
black, always black.”
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If it doesn't suit you.
dowdincas.
is to avoid "relieving" them with
The anti-black women want dark little pastel jabots or coloured belts. colours.
I saw two frocks last week which exactly illüstrate my point.
They have no desire to spend their days in pastel shades, and primary colours. I give them mid- night blue, seal brown, very dárk olive green, blackberry and a flat- tering new colour which is between nigger and grey and which I regret to say, is called "mouse."
Your hat should match your coat or dress.
Your "jewels" should be the kind you would wear with a black frock dull gold, oxidised silver. Not beads or clip or bracelets to match your colour.
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Any dress which is a success in black will also be a success`in ink blue. :
The first was made in two ma- terials-velvet and wool jersey. It was ink blue:
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There was a velvet yoke into which the jersey was softly gather- ed. The sleeves were wide enough to please the archest bishop.
The skirt was the new bell shape, fitted smoothly at the hip-line but standing well away at the hem.
Under the hemline there was a 4in, strip of black velvet which gave the jersey “body.”
This colour was starred at the This false underhem of velvet is recent Paris collections. It was a brand new fashion point. In Paris shown in wool and lace and chiffon' you see it even on austere tailored and crepe.
It was used for coats, dresses, evening gowns.
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It would be an excellent basic. colour for a winter wardrobe..
Coat of ink blue frieze trimmed with mole-skin or grey lamb or.cor- duroy to match draped frock of dull silk jersey “. shoes, bag and hat of the same ink blue.
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"Warm" coloured stockings in the daytime, sheer gunmetal at night.
Seal brown is news in the colour chart. It is much darker than spice brown, but not so "black"" as nigger. In silk it almost looks like bronze,
It is an ideal colour for those. loosely-draped, untrimmed frocks usually set aside for black.
The whole secret of making these dark but not-black frocks a success
suits.
The second .dreas was more for- mal.
The colour was blackberry and the material a dull, soft crepe. A single width of the material had been knife pleated and draped dia- gonally across the bodice.
The end of the pleated length hung at one side of the skirt. The dress was a typical model for black elegance and there it was looking just as lovely in a rich, dark colour.
Wear matching accessories, with your dark-coloured clothes. Or point them up with small touches of black.
If you can get sheer stockings to match your new colour scheme, and you can if you look about a bit
you'll put the perfect finishing touch to anti-black elegance.
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