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Mrs. SIMPSON ON CLOTHES

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HE woman who dresses with true taste achieves her effects by a process of elimination- of all that is unsuited to her physical character.

So it is with Mrs. Simpson,

Noto what she does not wear, and you will be nearer an understanding of her sartorial success than you would be by a concise cataloguing of her wardrobe.

Perhaps it is her symmetry of face and figure; dark hair - sleekly centre-parted above eyebrows that are immaculately shaped to an expression of sur- priso at the bright blue eyes beneath, and her neck that is long, poised with the sinuous grace of a swan's.

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Fashions have changed since in 1936 Mrs. Simpson was chosen by the world's leading designers as the world's "Best Dressed

but not so very Woman much. And Mrs. Simpson's views on clothes have not changed at all.

ZOE

Here are the details which she gave then to

At night a lipstick which is paler because during the day she usually, wears blue some- where which pairs with a rather mauvish-rather than OR perhaps it is because dark,

in manner, dress, even orange-inclined lipstick. speech she has a perfectly finish- ed neatness.

Anyway, her beauty is of the type that one associates with ballet.

In dress, she hates the dressy, Has never, no matter how Ascut or Garden the party, been seen in those trailing chiffons or huge, weeping hats. Rarely wears large hats at all. Says She does not like heavy make that a tall neck surmounted by up because it defeats its own a wide brim looks too much like ends-that of making you look a hatstand.

FARMAR

AND

Mra.

ROBB

neck is better flattered by high jumper.. Good idea for tennis cloud your sense of proportion. lines,

players.

.. Let detail be exact, but A fascinating example was a

always in keeping with the main country rig-out The

At night, us by day. skirt, made of real sportive-man's-tic- Simpson rules out fluffy lines, conception of an outfit. silk in yellow, with tiny blue Likes rich, heavy fabrica, clean horseheads cropping up all over it, and with two sets of small pleats centre front.

buttons.

cut.

Name Chart

BRENDA

Symbol:

A tall woman in warrior's parb donning a helmet. His name is symbolic of artistic abilities and a strong emotional

nature.

A year ago she wore a sur- prising but beautiful colour The jumper, of plain white symphony in an evening dress, silk, cutting right across the and cape. Dress the vivid red neckline and fastening down of pimento. the cape the pale, the aide with yellow beanshaped translucent yellow of that same vegetable. Square at the neck, low at back and buttoning to naturally beautiful. She has a Mornings, wears glib tailor-

waist, close clinging, until the face cream routine which keeps mades, little hats that always SHE doesn't like shorts, fullness puffs away into short her skin glowingly clean.

so has designed a beach train. look as though it is, their first It consists of a cleansing, a outing (and how many women. kit all her own Wrap-around

In all, lovely clothes that skirts reaching to just above the massage, and a special camphor take the same amount of care

a hat for the knee and kilted to grip at waist, show their owner's dislike of cream, which is mildly bleach in putting on

broken lines, of ostentation, and they did for the flare at bottom. One, in a heavy of all that is pretty but point- ing, and a strong astringent fifteenth as

first time of wearing?), and wool fabric of red striped with less.

blue, looked Scottish, but came plain court shoes.

flannel. from Spain. Another in grey The positive lesson which her

clothes teach is: Develop a quoise. They slip easily around a sense of contour. Do not

The myrtle and the maidenhair bathing suit, or can go with a your desire for decoration over- flower is the cowslip.

let fern are assigned to you and your

jotion.

The camphor cream is for She dislikes the untidy design putting on for about 10 minutes of present-day jewels. Prefers before bed-time.

either the ordered, Intricate of old-fashioned symmetry finery-like the car-rings she wears that are adapted from buttons of an ancient Hungar- ian uniform: rubles the size of seed pearls set in silver.

The astringent to make sure that every particle of greasy moisture is removed before mak ing-up begins.

Or else the rather harsher THOSE brows are schoolet

into shape by brush and plainness of design sponsored comb, doll size, of course. A by the few jewellers who plan, touch of mascara on lashes. happily, an aesthetically pure The faintest shadow of blue on future for design.

lids, worked well in. A blush She never wears necks that of rouge. A fine dust of pow- are very low in front or V'd. · der.

Perhaps because that lovely

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On the 15th day of the month for-

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Suft pastel shades of blue, pink, sonality and should be used in your decorations and surroundings.

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WORN AT THE OPERA-Mrs. Simpson once wore this plain straight skirt of midnight blue velvel, topped by a hip length tunic in real Indian brocade. This has a flowered Persian design in "gorgeous red, green, blue and guld. The dress is sleeveless, but the shoulders draped so that they stand out boldly.

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She stands

she bends..

There is a middlo pap—a carelessness that kills smart clothes in one bend. Causes: The girl, like so many of us, is long waisted and stock lengths in jumpers: are too short to allow enough tuckään or over-pull on the skirt.

and then she straightens up

Cure: If she can't buy jumpers a little longer in the body, she should fix hooks on them, eyes on the skirt and an- chor the jumpers in place. Tico hook eyes back and front should be enough.

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