Show Dictum Dress for Yourself Not Fashion Applies Especially to Length of ofF Frocks By KELLY ORRY-KELLY Y HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD Dress Dress for yourself yourself yourself your your- self and not for fashion That sounds like a peculiar statement coming from a a designer designer designer de de- de- de signer but its it's a ft commandment every ery woman should heed in this era of anything goes Not presuming to dictate I would still like to issue a warning warning warning warn warn- ing on th the new daytime lines that are coming in and nd which will prove a dangerous fashion if women are addicted to following following following fol- fol lowing any fashion b becoming coming or or or not Its It's the longer uneven hemline for late afternoon wear and for dinner The uneven n hemline can appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear very awkward if the legs are re not perfectly shaped ankles S trim and slim the feet perfect perfect- perfectly ly shod limbs encased in the sheerest hosiery However if it you contemplate adopting this new fashion dont don't unless your legs and accessories are of model perfection It was my suggestion to Ann Sheridan who was afraid of this new style for up front up-in-front- in front down down back back in-back hemlines even though her legs are perfectly proportioned to achieve the line more subtly by having the hemline hemline hemline hem hem- line deeply scalloped and dipping to a mere inch and one The deep scallops gave the effect effect ef ef- ef- ef feet of more drastic back sweep without having any of the awkwardness awkwardness awk- awk of it ft We worked it out but t In a charmIn charmIng charming charm charm- In ing dress in a combination crepe and wool black with easy fullness full full- ness nes in in the bodice long full fun sleeves sleeves sleevE's and the accent of a a. soft velvet moss rose at the waist waist- line So no matter what anyone tells you about hem lengths or hem lines stand before a full- full length mirror and study your your- self Then shorten or lengthen to the most attractive part of your own individual leg line That's a trick that in one full fun swoop does docs away with both arbitrary arbitrary arbitrary ar ar- ar- ar measurements for fashion fashion fashion fash fash- ion and the old problem about how many inches from the floor in relation to my height It also explains h how o w Brenda Marshall and Olivia de Havilland Havil- Havil land both with the same height can in Captains of ot the Clouds and In This Our Life LiCe wear dresses of entirely different lengths Both girls know th the secret of adapting fashions to themselves not themselves to fashions |