By Josephine E. Law
FOR this week, I have a very pretty dance frock of sun
dress, depending on the type of fabric you make it in, for you.
This is an ideal, as well as pretty, way of camoufaging the fact that you could do with a couple of extra pounds.
No gid has a waist 'so small as ́ to be natural, provided it was natural in the first place. I have seen girls look ridiculous and uncomfortable in hand.span ristlines, simply because there
such
involved. torture ther than ruining your looks, 00-unnaturally strapped down Frist ruing your walk as well.
To be honest, doesn't it re- mind you of a penguin with a
lipped disc?
The thing to do is to give the Hlusion of a slim waist, if you
# frightfully unlucky, or emphasis to its trimness, if can pat yourself on the
You will find that a little m here and a few gathers there will make a world of dif-
rence to your figure flaws.
ABC's
If your clothes are a crime, do maka for the nearest library and hunt for a book which will teach you the ABCs of dressing, Most of the art principles are (really quite commonsense things, If you see a girl, my girl, and you disagree with something she has on, you usually justify your "meow" with your opinion on how it could be bettered.
See what I mean? After you have made a habit. of being critical, practically so, `you will find that you know
thing or two, when it comes to fashion quizzes.
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If you see a regular blue girl': she is wearing a blus skirt. blouse, shoes, ribbon, and carry- ing a blue purse, handkerchief, jacket, and you shudder, you've Just passed your preliminary.
I forgot to mention that she will be wearing different shades of bine, though the effect would : be every bit as ghastly, had she
matched them.
A monochromatic colour com- bination consists of three values of a sume colour. If you see someone in a dress with little appliqued nosegays marching in two neat little rows down the front of it, and you say that somehow or other, it just doesn't look right; you could be tech- nical and say that the dress is a wrong use of formal arrange- ment.
To get back to the dress of the week I chose em- broidered organdy to give it festive air. Rosebuds on pink, For a dash of solid colour, I added a velvet ribbon in a matching rose tint. A wide skirt
to make the steps you take ap- pear smaller and daintier.
© Elim skirts have a tendency of Hitching up above your knees and letting your petticoat com- geit a breach of etiquette and
peep through. You seldom look more awkward than you do when you are caught tugging at your hem, secretly - or so you thought.
GLOVES
If you like wearing gloves, it is wiser to pick a pair with a synthetic mix. Synthetic fibres do not pick up dust and dirt as easily.