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Show WOMAN'S WORLD Play Down Bad Features, Point Up Good Ones for True Beauty By Ertta Haley WOMEN WHO really care how they look can really achieve true beauty. This does not come from hit and miss care or snap judgements on choice of clothing. It's the result of careful study of your good points as well as weak ones, then playing down one feature fea-ture while pointing up another. Many women say they are confused con-fused by all that's offered them in the way of clothing, they don't know what they should choose. Vou can easily learn principles and then study them in relation to yourself for most effective application. It sometimes helps to know why you should not wear certain hats or dresses, because this helps you remember re-member them and also t laches you to look for certain details which will help dramatize best features. Certain styles of hats and dresses are good for all face and figure types, but naturally they must be worn differently so they can look their best. The same applies to colors. Blue, tor example has been called the American woman's best color, because be-cause whether you are redhead, brunette, blonde, gray, white or In- face, as well as hat materials like rough straw which will only emphasize em-phasize the coarseness. Too delicate materials will give the same effect as too harsh colors and materials. Cute bows and trimmings, trim-mings, brilliant flowers and metallic metal-lic trimmings should be eliminated from hats. Let hairdo and bats between, you can safely choose it However, to be most effective, you should be able to choose the best shade of blue for your particular coloring. There's an answer, too, for those with real problems that clothing and proper choice of jewelry can answer. The scarred neck can be covered easily, as can the lined throat. Prominent neckbones can be hidden with the correct jewelry and neckline. Such beauty debits as freckles are easily minimized, and sallow complexions com-plexions can be improved with proper prop-er attention to color. Whatever the problem, there's an answer for you. Sallow-complexioned individuals should also avoid harsh colors. Colored Col-ored veiling is excellent for minimizing min-imizing this fault, and so are muted shades of dusty rose, gray, pale yellow, green and gray-blue. You can well imagine what effect polka dots have if the face is freckled, but also to be avoided are anything which might suggest or accent freckles such as flower centers cen-ters and perforated bags and other accessories. Freckles are less noticeable no-ticeable if you wear plain materials. If you must wear figured materials, choose stripes. If you're blonde, feminine, with hazel eyes and the pink and white complexion, you have few worries. Stay with feminine clothing, but avoid frills or fuss. With chestnut hair and brown eyes, you can wear daring color combinations and choose those which are vivid and striking. Pale, in-between colors will age or sober you too much. When you have good gray or blue eyes and want to dramatize them, place matching or lighter blue next to the face. If the eyes are dull, use . a deeper blue shade. Too much eye make-up and too bright colors should be discarded. 1 Hats Need Fitting To Face and Figure Hats should be chosen to suit both face and figure, as well as the clothes with which they're to be worn. You may want to observe the effects of the hat closely In a small mirror, but the final choice should always be made after you've seen how it looks in the full length mirror. mir-ror. Those with a very narrow silhouette should not give the appearance ap-pearance of toppling over with a gigantic hat Better balance can be achieved in the small or medium brimmed hat. The large hats should be chosen Normalize Necklines With Proper Apparel Anything which would emphasize thinness is to be avoided if the neck is long and thin. These include V-shaped V-shaped necklines, curls piled high on the head, tight, narrow waves, or highly perched hats. Try to get width in the hairdo by smoothing the crown and having curls at either side. Have hats that cover the head, forehead, ears and back of the neck so the thin neckline can be broken. Circular hair arrangement, yokes and full gathered bodices are on the taboo list if the neck is short and thick. Open necklines, simple bodice lines and tapered effects in the hairdo will counteract the short look. try mr-mu. i ihii.imh i i accent your best features. ' to go with the somewhat full skirts as they look too disproportionate with skimpy, short or narrow skirts. Skirts may be worn slightly longer with the large brimmed hats to give smarter appearance. One of the smartest ways to decide de-cide what hats or clothing are right for you is to pick those which do for you what face or figure does not. A good example of this is in sloping shoulders. The hat should have some upward movement to counteract the slope In the shoulder. Wearing a soft hairdo will help, too. Avoid the severe hair dress and mushroom-brimmed hat that only accent shoulder sag. Most women can wear berets, but the style should be chosen carefully. An older woman or one with a large nose looks stunning in profile types now shown. If you're tall, have one that's worn flat and forward to cut down height. Those who are young and short wear them best to the Jewelry at the neck can be of great help for heavy necklines. Tight chokers, naturally, are to be avoided, avoid-ed, but pearls or beads that are graduated to form an oval, especially espe-cially when worn with a simple V neckline, can be very effective. Short bobs or up-swept hair arrangements ar-rangements will make scrawny necks look all the more so, while soft, long bobs break the long look. In clothing choose dresses that are built high; in sun or evening apparel avoid the open, strapless tops and use wide straps. Lines or scars on the neck call for covering with well arranged hat veiling or scarves. These both should be draped softly, as the severe or prim look will dim the personality. Clips used at either side of the neckline give width to a simple dress that is worn to cover prominent prom-inent neckbones. Clumpy or insignificant in-significant jewelry used for this type of neck is ineffective and will detract from the smart look you can have. back of the head. Brimmed hats, no matter how handsome, should never be set on uncovered ears. Soften them by placing a curl or cluster of curls at ears, or place a bow which fits near the ear on the hat. Complexion Helps Determine Best Color For You Those who have coarse complex-ioned complex-ioned skins should soften the harsh effect of their skin by wearing soft, In-between shades. It's best to avoid brilliant colors right next to the How to Dramatize Features Successfully Have you small features? Fluff the hair softly to frame the face. Avoid coarse fabrics and harsh colors col-ors that crowd them out. Do you have hard features? Soften Soft-en them with unstudied, casual effects ef-fects in hats and accessories. Sharp hat lines and the severe look in clothes will only make you seem unapproachable. |