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Show WOMAN'S WORLD Right Pattern Use Helps You Fashion-Wise them in a business office, wouldn't it be more fitting to choose something some-thing tailored? If you're choosing dresses for wear around the house, select something that is comfortable as well as pretty, in addition to something some-thing you won't have to be forever for-ever laundering, ironing and mending. mend-ing. Many women will try a pattern and give up in discouragement before be-fore they finish. Why? The pattern may look deceptively simple but carries a lot of fine detailing that the inexperienced just simply can't cope with. If you're not certain of how you can determine these things, consult the clerk or take along a friend who knows about patterns. One reason why patterns have become so popular is that many women have found their use a perfect per-fect solution to the fitting problem. The size you need in a dress is the size you will need in the pattern, but the best way to decide the size is to take measurements and then compare them with those given for the pattern. Dotted Velveteen I " ' - 1 WW&WSyWiWM m mmmii&A . ' " V.:, .: is. YY M V ' ; i' y 'v:; S- YiY.,S'Y ? ii Yyy Yiiiy-yy iiiyiyYiY0YyYS iX. HYYi f - :.; ! mfsmwis:: is te m0 riiii 'w4miYmm - ' I tCyYiYSyYiYisymMm By Ertta Haley IF YOU'RE hard to fit, If you want to be fashionably dressed and if you want to save money on clothes, the best thing to do is to make friends with paper patterns. Though your material may cost $7, It's easy enough to make it into a dress worth three times that amount with the proper styling and workmanship. Like buying a dress, selecting the proper pattern and material which goes with it, the case requires some study. However, the study is fascinating fasci-nating since you are the subject, and the grade you make is a ticket to the group who knows how to dress. You'll have to study not only the patterns themselves, but also fashion fash-ion trends and your own personality personal-ity and figure problems. To do the best job, select a pattern whose style will do something for you, just as certain dresses will bring out or mask figures. Dresses for teen-agers may appeal ap-peal to many of the older women, but it must be remembered that the charm lies in their youthful-ness. youthful-ness. They would appear ludicrous on a woman, who may still be a i size 14, but is three times past the ; age. Dramatic dresses and suits look '; fine if you're the type, but if you ' aren't, why not choose something , more appropriate like a simple tailored style or a softly feminine i; one? i Let's suppose that you have " studied to the point where you can choose the proper, style. The next i important error hot to make is ! the selection of the improper fabric ! for the pattern. I Maybe you have a soft, flowered j print which you have in mind to Polka dots are Importantly featured for fall by Carolyn Schnurer in this youthful fashion. fash-ion. She selects black polka dots on mustard colored velveteen for a snug - fitting jacket trimmed with a velveteen collar col-lar and matching skirt. Choose Patterns To Fit Needs You wouldn't think of going into a store and buying an evening gown or fancy dress for which you had no use, simply because it looked so nice, would you? A lot of women, when turned loose with patterns and ideas that they can be made less expensively ' than ready-made clothes, feel they can make up all sorts of clothing, use or no use. Before selecting a pattern stop to consider whether the garment ! i Select patterns for your type . . : use for a dress. If you've chosen ' 5 a tailored type of pattern, however, ; that soft material won't form the " nice, sharp edges, pleats or other ., tailored lines required and the ij dress will not be successful. F Softly draped dresses cannot be X made from stiff materials that ; simply will not drape and which j! are meant for the tailored type of ; clothes. "j With the fabric picture so much :, Improved over the past several I years, there should be little diffi- 5 ciilty in selecting or obtaining the ( -one you need and want, as well as ' ail the colors you could desire. The ( main thing is to put suitable pat- tern and the right fabric together. With individual measurements. has a place in your wardrobe. Don't consider just the pattern, but how it will be used, as well as how it fits your own individual needs. Fancy blouses may be beautiful things, but if you're going to wear |