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Show Woman's World Whether You're Tall or Short There's a Right Way to Dress $11 rtta JJafeu A RE you tall, always wishing to look shorter and as fragile as your less than average height sisters? sis-ters? Or, are you short, continually wanting to attain some of the elegance ele-gance and chic of your taller sisters? sis-ters? The first thing to do is to stop worrying about your height or lack of It. I don't say forget it, but do stop worrying about it. No matter which your problem, you can dress accordingly, and minimize the effects ef-fects of being too much the shorty or of being too tall. Dressed properly, prop-erly, you will look right, and people won't think about your height. The short girl must scale her clothes to fit her figure. She chooses hats that frame her face, rather than overpower it. She chooses the shorter Jacket in preference to the long one so that her figure below the waist looks longer. She wears the minimum of accessories so they don't weight her down and give the appearance of weighing more than she. The tall girl can wear the heavier fabrics extremely well, and can use many and rather ornamental accessories. acces-sories. These are the things that give her chic as well as a flair for the dramatic. She can don a long jacket and still have enough height to look well rather than ridiculous. Her clothes can be full if she is slender, and drapes are particularly good for giving her grace. Tall girls can look dramatic with furs around the neck or down the front of their coat. All sorts of detailed de-tailed trimmings and accessories play down the tallnessj And, by the same token, anything dramatic or f -Ml patterned designs with peplums or large bows. Use smaller patterns and soft colors. Bright colors should be worn close to the face, such as a bow on a hat, a scarf or a necklace. The small hip-heavy figure should wear dresses with top interest. This can be an attractive bolero or an unusual button treatment that detracts de-tracts attention from the hips. It's also good to wear lines that form a "V" at the waist to break up the square silhouette. Use slot pockets or vertical treatment. treat-ment. Coat style dresses are very good taste. If you're tall, you can choose dresses that are really dramatic, those with large splashy prints, trimmings at the neckline and at the hemline, too. You should wear broken lines or any horizontal treatment, treat-ment, either in the cutting or in color. Peplums, large and swishy, are good on tall figures and the new draped effects and bows are excellent. excel-lent. Belts may be large and decorative decora-tive as they will cut down the Keep clothes proportional ... unusual in jewelry, accessories and Hnes will detract from height. Here's How to Select Coats Properly . Tall figures wear the new voluminous volumi-nous coats with their full backs and full sleeves exceedingly well. They also may wear the heavier, bulkier furs, the long haired furs and the fur jackets. If you are short, select a coat of only modified fullness, with little fullness in the skirt, sleeves and back. The fitted coats or straight ones, or princess styles are made for the small girls. Short haired furs that are sleek and flat are a good choice for the petite person. In many cases, no fur or very slight fur trim is best. Tall people may wear the three quarter length capes either in fabric fab-ric or fur extremely well. Short people peo-ple never should choose the wrist UPD-; neignt. Let the Accessories Help the Effect Huge exotic jewelry and heavy effects are designed for -those who are five feet eight and over. They are properly scaled for the tall girl. This girl also may wear unusual treatments in gloves with the large, flaring gauntlet style especially good. Huge bags also are in order. Short girls do well if they keep simplicity in mind when choosing accessories. Small pieces of jewelry in delicate colors are good. Simple gloves, medium-sized purses and strapless shoes are good choice. Short girls should wear the smaller hats that frame their face. Little veiling and hats with upward lines are all designed to add height. To your figure type. length or longer capes,' but should stick to the above the waist cape or capelet. Do's and Don'ts For Choosing Suits Short women should choose suits of monotone fabric that are soft in line, small in pattern and precisely proportioned to the small figure. Select a fairly short jacket or bolero type, an almost straight skirt, tiny revers and a rather Lightweight Light-weight fabric. You'll find that matching accessories add height. Never wear too much of a contrast in color as this will break up the already small figure. If you have a color break, let it come as high to the face as possible. Tall girls wear dramatic plaids of many colors well as this breaks down the figure. They may choose heavier materials, provided they aren't too heavy, and well contrasted contrast-ed accessories. Contrasting colors are exceedingly exceeding-ly good in the suit itself, such as blue skirt and red jacket Large hats are good, but they should not be too towering. Don't wear too low heels as these only do the opposite by contrast. ' If your are short, skip the large |