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Show WOMAN'S WORLD Plan Trim New Dresses for Fall While Fabric Selection is Good JJtf rlfa Matey Easy to Sew IT SOMETIMES Is hard to realize during hot summer days that all the big stores and feresighted women wom-en are planning their wardrobes for 'all, but that's a fact. If you plan vour fall wardrobe now, your jhances of getting better material D a wider selection of colors and weaves is greater than if you wait i few weeks. Every woman likes a few trim new dresses for fall, and the matter s easily solved by selecting pat-'erni pat-'erni and materials that will be Igura (li ttering as well as practical. One dress for the woman whose vardrobe does not permit the ex-icnditure ex-icnditure of too much money is a ;ood batle style with several hanges of collar and cuffs. She niyht like one set of collar and ulTs in a prim and dainty sheer abric in frosty white. For more treaty wear, a good choice would be a gay stripe or plaid, in taffeta or ane of the rayons. Then again, the basic dress may lot need collar or cuffs for really Formal, dressy occasions. For this vou might like to splurge on some clever costume Jewelry a touch of glitter at the neck, and a matching bracelet. Remember how popular pearl type necklaces were- and still are and how much they do for a simple black, brown or navy blue dress? That's what I mean. Basic Dress Must Flatter Figure Unless you select the most flgure-flattering flgure-flattering basic dress you won't be able to do a thing with it. The side drape is only good on some figures. Others look better in gored or slightly slight-ly flared skirts. Still others prpfer neat pleats or strictly straight lines. A simple pattern plus it simple rayon fabric that Is easy for a beginner be-ginner to handle makes this a nice frock on which to start sewing. The neckline can he worn high or low, and the fluffy peplmn at the hip adds nice detail to the costume. so that they will balance the figure, but this is an individual problem that must be handled directly in front of the mirror. Another important problem In fitting fit-ting is the bodice. To give a well-moldcd well-moldcd line, it's advisable to take one or two darts under the arms to get this effect. How much of a dart, and just where It should lie, Is best determined by basting and fitting. Just where the hemline should fall Is another point that has troubled many of us for a long time. This should not be determined, I feel, so much by what the fashion Is, but ) rather by where the line is most attractive to you. If you are short and plump you will want a longer skirt to give you the long line that is most flattering. The shape of the legs is often the most Important Impor-tant factor in the length f the skirt. Waistlines and sleeve lengths are another detail which would be judged by the figure. For this there Is no guide like the full length mirror. mir-ror. Another detail which can be used with the. basic dress is to have one of those soft sheer wool or wool jersey jer-sey jackets to wear over it. There are some gathered-at-the-waist styles that are nice. There are others oth-ers that are more tailored. If you wish to have a bolero jacket jack-et as another change of costume with the basic dress, select enough material and then choose a contrasting contrast-ing print for lining it and make a belt of the print to have with the dress. Select figure-flattering material. All of these .things must be important im-portant considerations in choosing a dress that will take the place of several. Select, too, one that has good sleeves and neckline. If you know for example that a V neck doesn't do a thing for you and it doesn't do much for the very thin, flat-chested woman then choose something with a little fullness in the bust. If, on the other hand, you have a well-set pair of shoulders and are well-filled, stay away from too much material at the top of the dress. Should you be planning several changes of collar and cuffs for the dress, then you will want a basic style that will be usable with collars most flattering to you. Buy a good pattern, a good material, ma-terial, put the dress together as carefully as you know how, and you will then have the most important ingredients of the successful dress. Black, navy blue, brown, dark green and gray are the classic colors col-ors for this type of dress. The one you look best in should be first, second and third choice. Small Details Make Dress Fit Wearer Recent figures prove what most of us have always suspected That is that few women come close to the perfect figure. This means that small adjustments must be made on patterns pat-terns and clothes to make tvem fit xTfectly. "r if i Adjust clothes to your fixure. Some women run narrow in the j shoulders and need an extra dart there or at the collar to make the iress lie smoothly. Shoulders, of course, can be built up with padding |