Woman as Decoration

ostume; every child

fashion's greatest artist counts for naught if his costume may not include hat, glove

s man or woman not merely your raiment; go farther, and grasp as far as you are able the principles underlying his or her creations. Common sense tells

slender means may rival her friends with munition incomes, if only she will go to an expert with open mind, and through the thoughtful purchase of a completed costume,-hat, gown and all accessories,-learn an artist-modiste's point of view. Then, and we would put it in italics; take seriously, with conviction, all his or her instructions as to the way to wear your clothes. Anyone

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te slippers or low shoes might be worn with black or coloured stockings.

ntinue and accentuate line. There are fashions in buckles and bows, but unless you bend the f

; the women you have in mind always continue the line of their gowns with their feet. You can see with your mind's eye how the slender black satin slippers, one of which always protrudes from the black evening gown, carr

line, can you see how you defeat your purpose

r roses, continued the colour scheme of her designer with silver slippers, tapering as Cinderella's, but spoiled the picture she might have made by breaking her lin

absolutely match your costume. It is not enough that in the figure of brocade is the colour of the dress

r of colours used in gowns be but few, getting the desired variety by varying shades of a