Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-22 | Page 10 | We, the Women

W We c the W Women Appropriate and Simple Clothes Are Best Editors Editor's note Muriel King is one of a number of prominent prominent prominent nent American women guest editors of Ruth Millett's popular column We the Women in The Salt Lake Telegram By MURIEL KING Next to simplicity Id I'd place appropriateness appropriateness-a a subject that covers a lot of territory territory territory-as as a must for intelligent planning of a wardrobe Appropriate to what you ought to ask And my answer would be appropriate to your figure background and the way you live The office worker the suburban wife the college girl all of them would be perfect in tailored tweeds not so rugged however that you look ook behind them for spaniel spaniel spaniel span span- iel with a woodcock in its jaws The woman executive or the club club- woman however needs more formality formality formality for for- mality than this in her day clothes and she would be most appropriately appropriate appropriate- ly dressed in simple well-cut well silks The woman who never goes dancing will obviously not need a Gone- Gone With-the-Wind With kind of evening gown The demands of individual figures should be appropriately met Every designer knows how few are re the women with really perfect figures Almost everyone has a figure fault narrow shoulders bulging diaphragm diaphragm diaphragm dia dia- heavy hips The short stout tout woman can never be well dressed in a bolero or in a gown with shoulder ruffles The girl jirl with a thick waistline can never look ook becomingly attired in a jeweled belt no matter how exciting The woman with heavy hips can never be really attractive in a bias cut gown that cups in the back The short neck and frilly jabot were never meant for each other neither was the long thin neck meant to grow out of a V-cut V decol- decol Q Faults like these can be lessened or entirely obscured without resorting resorting resort resort- ing big to trick disguises that give the whole problem away The third rule for being well dressed is imagination Be daring and imaginative in details A hand- hand carved wooden belt buckle will transform a plan wool dress A necklace of small velvet bows will do wonders for a simple black silk day dress A saucy hat or a pair of dead-black dead suede gloves with a arow arow arow row of silver Navajo buttons down the back and a wide belt to match will make a cocktail dress out of that same black crepe I You know what your bet points are Feature them amusingly and with imagination If your waist is the size of a childs child's wear all the dizzy belts you choose If your hands are small and pretty wear colored gloves if you feel like it If you have a long slender throat wear interesting provocative jewel jewel- ry Let these accents serve as spotlights spotlights spotlights spot spot- lights accents on you And dont don't minimize your husbands husband's husbands husband's husbands husband's hus hus- bands band's likes and dislikes After all I he sees more of you than any other i individual in the world so why not compromise on clothes that please him as well vell as you Besides he may be right