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Show Woman's World Seini-Fornials Need Variety If You Want Balanced Taste A FRIEND of mine confided to me .recently that she never teemed to have as smart looking clothing as her friends, although she spent as much as they did. After checking her wardrobe, we found that she made one error from season sea-son to season. It's an easy error to fall Into, and one you may be guilty of without perhaps realizing it. This friend of mine had found one basic dress that she liked and she bought a similar one every year, even though In a slightly different color. Although the basic design was becoming to her, it finally became so monotonous that she felt she was not having any variety In her wardrobe, as were her friends. Every woman should realize that every season requires something entirely different in the way of color and design if she is to be completely complete-ly happy about her clothes. I certainly cer-tainly don't suggest that you go In for bizarre experiments in clothing, hats or accessories, but there are many attractive colors and styles from which to choose. Before you choose your afternoon or semi-formal dress or your going-out, going-out, dress-up dress, whatever name you give it, make a list of the kind of interests and dates you're planning plan-ning to have. Then select a dress that will fit all these purposes as well as possible. Even though black is smart, don't repeat It every time you buy a dress. See what navy blue can do for you or royal blue or a deep bright red or perhaps the new gray-beige gray-beige tone with jeweled touches about the throat or belt You'll have a nice surprise! Select Dress to Fit Tour Type If you are sewing the dress at home, you can't do justice to either material or pattern unless you realize real-ize your limitations with the needle. Unless you are experienced in working work-ing with material, don't choose draped styles that may be hard to handle. The soft, simple dress is designed just for you, and it need never lack variety. aware of what the woman used with the dress to make it an extremely attractive costume. Such accessories acces-sories as hats, gloves, jewelry or lingerie touches can either make or break a dress. Choose Accessories To Enhance Dress If you've received some particularly particu-larly attractive jewelry recently and have nothing which really goes with it, there's nothing better than an attractive afternoon dress to set it off properly. If the jewelry is large and glittery, select something simple sim-ple and classic to show it off. Or, if you have a very attractive lacy dickey, make a dress that will truly show it off well. On dresses such as these, use a very good quality qual-ity material, simply but well made. Small tucks or pleats in the bodice or skirt may be used effectively, but they should be well tailored. Study your type . . Then, too, you have your choice of a soft trimmed dress that is easy to cut and put together. The trimming trim-ming on this type of dress may be something added to the dress which is easy to put on, or it may show up in such easy-tomake details as softness in the shoulders or gathers gath-ers and tucks in the skirt. Only if you are experienced with sewing should you choose the sophisticated, so-phisticated, subtle dresses, and then only if you are the type to wear them. These dresses usually have many different pieces and they must be pinned together when cut so they don't get mixed. They also require painstaking work in sewing as seams must be very carefully finished. Outside stitching is taboo, and every corner and curve must be perfectly molded to the figure. Select your pattern first and then the material, as patterns will guide you to correct materials for the particular style which you have chosen. Always have matching thread to make the sewing neat. I'm sure you've all seen dresses without being aware of the dress to any great extent, but rather more Then make your own semi-formal dress. I |
