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Show WOMAN'S WORLC Simple Adjustment, New Details Give New Life to Old Clothes By Ertta Haley Campus Classic -- , r-t ; y r , .... - , i "v - - ' ' ' ; . ) ; " i ! if-- - ! AT THE BEGINNING of each new season, before they buy any clothing, smart women check over their wardrobe. Many of last years' clothes are not as hopeless as they may have thought, once they take another look at them. Weary dresses and blouses can become be-come favorKes with just a bit of simple adjustment or the addition of some interesting detail. You don't have to be expert to give new life to clothes, either at designing or with the needle. Clever Clev-er remodeling depends on study and analysis of the clothes, and after that it's usually only simple needlework to put your ideas to work. One Important thing' you should realize about making over clothes: don't put work and thought on fabrics fab-rics which are badly worn. Unless the material will take you through a season or several months of wear It will not be worth remodeling. You can, however, use parts of clothing which are not worn in putting put-ting new touches Into other old clothes provided it's done with taste, care and proper styling. Fabrics Fab-rics should harmonize both in color col-or and texture. Holes and worn spots can be re-woven; re-woven; if this proves impractical, they can often be camouflaged. Some faded materials can be dyed If the fabric will take it. Some dresses are perfectly correct cor-rect as to style, but they do not fit, and as such they represent a loss to you. Many times a simple adjustment adjust-ment will fit the dress to you beautifully beau-tifully and enable you to ge'; the wear required. Give Dresses a Complete Analysis Start at the top of your dress and analyze it point by point before doing any remodeling. Then you'll j Lengthen sleeves with cuffs . . . know exactly what needs to be done, and will have an estimate of the time, material and work necessary neces-sary to making it over. Do the shoulders look smooth and well-fitted? Bunchy tops, heavy padding pad-ding and gathered sleeve tops are out of fashion. If the garment is tight around the shoulders, see if the elimination of padding and readjustment can make the garment gar-ment comfortable and sleek, i Does the garment have the new sleeve styles? There are many types of sleeves at present. For daytime wear you can have a sleeve that comes an inch or so above the elbow; another kind is the three quarter type, and still another an-other is the slender sleeve that is 'bracelet length. 1 Is the neckline flattering and new? Necklines of dresses should it smoothly. Collars are very dramatic this season, and may be lused to alter the neckline. . Does the bodice fit? This should fit smoothly and easily without being be-ing too large. Remove fussy details tor fashionable look. Is the waistline right? Removing tucks or putting them in can easily adjust this. If too tight, you'll 'wrinkle at the waistline; If too loose, the dress hangs on you. Is the skirt too full or long? This Is common and very easily adjusted because very full skirts can be cut to moderate fullness, and shortened, short-ened, thus giving you the new look. A smart dress to Include with the college wardrobe is this two-piece green and black wool plaid with a black wool knit waistband and yoke: A crisp white linen collar adds a nice touch at the neck, while the black leather belt with gold chain links nips in the slender waist. should be1 ripped at the seams and then cut according to a new pattern pat-tern to give a smooth, neat look. For torn or worn sleeves, you can add inset bands of rayon faille, taffeta, lace or velveteen in cross-wise cross-wise fashion. Contrasting yoke and sleeves may be added to the dress if the sleeves are worn or torn. It's usually usual-ly difficult to find matching material, ma-terial, but a good contrast in both fabric and color is sound fashion sense. Here are Remedies For Dress Bodice There are three good treatments for the too tight bodice. With today's to-day's styles you can use any of them effectively. One is a feminine way in which you open the dress down the center front and add a flattering dickey, either made or purchased, which will give you extra width and a new freshness. Another treatment is more radical, radi-cal, but very flattering, especially if the dress is for a teen-ager. It consists of removing the front and back of the dress, but saving the sleeves. Then make a new bodice and back and stitch to skirt and sleeves. If the dress is plain velveteen you can add a plaid in wool or velveteen for the new portion. If' plaid, use plain velveteen. . A third way to remedy the bodice! is the addition of a contrasting yoke,' to the dress. If you're just tired of the bodice,; make a new top for the dress of contrasting material; or, add some interesting fasteners. Another solu-' tion is to make the dress into ai jumper to wear with a pretty, blouse. When bodices are worn or torn,' they may carry appliqued pockets1 to hide worn spots. You may also add contrasting band trimmings or, braids, popular right now, to in-j crease the wearing qualities or to' camouflage worn spots. Shorten or Lengthen Skirts as Necessary It's doubtful that last season's skirts will be too short for use now,' because most of them were the same length as now berhg used. If, you have older skirts which were too short, you can trim the hem with rows of ribbon, a wide contrasting con-trasting piece of plaid to match the wool or taffeta of the dress. Cummerbunds are an excellent skirt lengthener. This is a wide contrasting piece of fabric draped about the waist, and is very dramatic dram-atic as a decorative detail, especially especial-ly if you're tall. Skirts which are too long can be cut down to the proper length without with-out much difficulty. Make certain, however, that the hem is even. Those skirts which are too full can be taken in at the side seams. If necessary, use a pattern so that it will be cut to fall properly. When skirts have stretched from wear, adjust the bagginess by raising rais-ing the waist-line, if the waste is large enough to permit this. Take a horizontal tuck across the back waistline, deep enough to make the skirt hang straight. Then rip waistline waist-line and absorb the tuck into th waistline seam. Inserts down the side are a good as well as an interesting way to treat skirts which - are too tight. The new mat&rial used for inserts must contrast well with the original material. In a gored skirt, insert fabric or ribbon at each seam. j and the waist with a cummerbund. Slender skirts on tailored and semi-tailored semi-tailored clothes are the style cur- rently. Is the fabric fashionable? Luxurious Lux-urious fabrics are in the limelight, but many of the less luxurious ones can be styled with velvet or velveteen, vel-veteen, satin or taffeta. It's Easy to Change Worn or Short Sleeves If you have a long sleeved dress that is wcrn at the elbows, shorten the sleeves to an inch or two above the elbow. Use the dress material or a luxurious contrasting material for cuffs. Plan to use contrasting material on collar, belt or pockets also. Sleeves too full at the shoulder |