| Show I If If You Lack Poise Remember A Cape Isn't a Cover Up By ALICIA HART The cape that cape that prominent bit of news in the spring fashion picture pic plc- ture takes ture-takes takes a little more living up to than a great many women seem to realize u v In the first place a cape just isn't something you sling over your shoulders when you have to trot to the corner grocery for lor forthe forthe the butter you forget to put on your shopping list It isn't to he worn on the morning you have u v 1 j I Ie e ew w I t 4 i L I I i 4 i I Iv v p 11 Capes are for women of poise women poise women who stand and walk gracefully grace grace- fully The smart cape costume shown above designed by Charles Cooper never was meant to be worn by the girl who doesn't allow quite enough time for grooming herself and getting dressed or who always has to run to catch a train or bus overslept and as a result have to gallop to train or bus or on the day when your hair is a mess and theres there's a chip in your nail polish In other words a cape Isn't to b ho used as a stand-in stand for a casual swagger coat In the second place cape fashIons fashions fashions fash fash- ions never were intended for the woman who slumps forward or who leans forward so that her chin always seems to arrive a second or two before the rest of her body They were made for forthe forthe forthe the stately type whose carriage Is queenly regardless of her height The squarer the shoulders the the higher the chest the more aristocratic aristocratic aristocratic aris- aris the carriage of the head the better the figure for a cape dape In addition the matter of walkIng walking walking walk walk- ing and standing gracefully is important If you cannot walk fast without without without with with- out seeming to hurry or if you cannot stand tall taU without looking looking looking look look- ing stiffly self-conscious self then capes are not for you They demand the same variety of poise which can manage a gown with a flowing train If you are painfully shy and have a notion that you arent aren't any too adept at concealing this shyness better forget about capes and trains The same advice applies if you are the type re regardless regardless regardless re- re of your age Capes and trains are backgrounds for so sophistication so- so not not Among other beauty hints brought to mind by the spring fashion picture are Severe tailored man-tailored suits of hard-finish hard fabrics are for pretty pretty pretty pret pret- ty essentially feminine types The strictly tailored mannish suit is entirely too difficult for forthe forthe forthe the woman who isn't downright good heeled Flat-heeled shoes however chic are not for Thick Miss Ankles and Stockings in the palest lightest lightest lightest light light- est colors are for women with slender shapely legs There are plenty of medium and medium- medium dark shades for those whose legs arent aren't in the category Shirt-blouses Shirt with plunging necklines are not for the thin- thin necked or the hollow And unless she is a vice president president president dent or holds a position that is secure in the organization no girl will wear them in the office office of of- fice flee regardless of the beauty of her throat This sounds pretty snobbish but snobbish or no we might as well face the facts Executives Executives Executives Ex Ex- Ex- Ex just dont don't like to have wear clothes that cause too 1100 much buzz-buzz buzz comment And a plunging neckline that really plunges will |
