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Show Woman's World Careful Dress Filling Required Tq Minimize All Figure Faults Next time you are shopping or riding in a public conveyance, look about you. Yes, do it critically, too. One thing I can guarantee you is that very few people will look perfect per-fect as far as their figures are concerned. con-cerned. Now look again and try to find the most attractive woman around you and look at her critically. At first glance she may look perfect, which is as it should be, but on careful inspection you may notice v that one shoulder is a little higher than the other or that her propor-tions propor-tions aren't quite as perfect as they r first appeared. However, you say, she does look nice. Well, that's the way we all should like to measure up when inspected . either by others or ourselves. And it can be done, as you have seen for yourself, if we dress so as to point up our good points and minimize those about which we are not so proud. Fortunately there are many tricks that can be applied to clothing and t many disguises to be employed which will do just that for us. We play up our eyes and features if they are good, then carefully add more padding to one shoulder, lift or lower the waistline, nip it In or make it one Inch more loose, and hide our figure faults very successfully. suc-cessfully. Whether you do your own fitting or have someone do it for you is not the question. It is simply a matter of doing it. When we first buy or make a dress, we may be so taken with the pattern or color of the fab- Is to look to the underarm seam. If the garment is too loose and hangs in a baggy fashion, pin wider seams in the dress, and baste and stitch them. But wait, Just a moment, you're not quite finished yet. Seams should be equal on both sides, or the garment will feel off balance and eventually acquire that look. If you have taken the garment In a great deal, it's best to trim the seams down. Do your pinning and fitting on the right side of the garment gar-ment first, then transfer the pins and turn to the wrong side after you are certain the garment is fitted properly. prop-erly. On the other hand, your dress may fit too tightly to feel really comfortable. comfort-able. Then let out as much material as possible from the seams to relieve re-lieve the strain. . ::'llJE,... 2 jFy Let your clothes .... ric that these other considerations do not come into active being. But after you have worn the dress for some time and suddenly catch a glimpse of yourself in a mirror, you'll notice how much could have been done to make the garment personally per-sonally yours. Side Seams, Back and Front Lines Must Be Straight Always check the long lines of the garment first. Don't try to stand unnaturally straight so. they ' will look right, but see if the side seams and front and back lines look straight when you stand normally. They should just fit and fall in place easily, for one rarely thinks of straightening up or walking in an unnatural way. Naturally, if you have a noticeable notice-able slouch, correct it, but if your posture is fairly good, then the garment gar-ment should do the rest. The lengthwise threads of the fabric, fab-ric, both in the back and front, should hang straight. If you are sewing at home, the best way to make sure your fabric will hang properly is not to neglect the bast- If you are adding a piece of material, ma-terial, it must taper oft down to the waist so the garment will hang properly. prop-erly. If you do not need much at the waist, taper the piece of material off to nothing, but do taper it. Contrasting colored material often is used to give extra room at the sides of the garment, and will be effective If you have to extend it below the waist to allow more room at the hips. Be sure bands of contrasting con-trasting material are well balanced in size. The hipline is pinned in much the same fashion as above the waist if it is too loose. Do not make the dress too tight, and here again see that both sides ar even. In making a garment more roomy at the hips, let out all seams to give yourself as much material as possible. pos-sible. If this does not give you enough room, have a trimming band running on either side. In some dresses, it is possible to remake the skirt so as to give you more room. This can be done when the skirt is pleated, and you can cut down the number of pleats and make a simple straight skirt out of it. ing threads that help guide us in sewing and help us in keeping the T . tJr?gl,..J r : U -S3- - Be personalized to fit you, j material properly aligned. A small thing, this, but it will save time and effort In fitting later. Always check horizontal lines before be-fore you stitch. Armholes, sleeves, neckline and shoulders should be examined ex-amined critically to see if they balance bal-ance on you when you fit the garment. gar-ment. Check before putting in your final stitching. Press before stitching stitch-ing to help guide you in this. Many Alterations Involve Only Simple Adjustments If your dresses seem too loose and bulky, or if they are too tight to feel comfortable, the natural thing |