Fashion Manual

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31984, 10 May 1969, Page 4

Fashion Manual

Dressing fer Success. By Jean Book. Dent. 179 PPWhether you we a woman with a “sky’s the limit” dress allowance or you struggle to clothe yourself with what you can scrounge from the housekeeping, this witty little fashion manual is well' worth reading. Miss Rook is never dull and spices her advice with comments that range from spariding to caustic. Most of her readers will make generous contributions to the next jumble sale on the calendar for her scathing appraisal of what not to wear on the current fashion scene takes in the plastic handbags, diamante jewellery and headscarves that lurk at the back of every woman's wardrobe. Advice is given on how to dress to land a boss, impress a boss, marry a boss or become a boa* yourself and how to dress to land a husband. Miss Rook give* equal attention to the woman who wants to make a splash at Royal Ascot and to the housewife whose idee of success is not to be caught looking like a wreck by the insurance man. There are tip* on how to outfit your husband and children, dressing to size and type, in successful colours > and within your price range. Wigs, false eyelashes and false fingernail* are dealt with in a dowtrtoearth way and there is a special chapter for girls who wear glasses.