PITFALLS FOR MATURITY

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 1, 1 July 1926, Page 13

PITFALLS FOR MATURITY

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

LONDON, Bth May.

Some very practical advice is offerod by tho Hon. Mrs. C. W. Forester, who writes in tho "Daily Telegraph":—

"So many charming examples of the cape for Ascot aro in the making that one feels many women will be tempted to select it instead of the coat, though the transparent coat in thin fabric cut on those long lines is, as a general rule, more becoming, and is not nearly so ageing for a' woman past her first youth. The cape, is an admirable 'extra' for the chic woman of fashion who can exploit it to advantage, but it is often a rakish: affair, and there-1 fore the ordinary person who lacks complete assuranco in the wearing of clothes had best leave it out. It is a garment that admits of no timidity. I advise any woman who aspires to be TV.ell-dressed and is not too well off to buy only what is the best and most beautiful, eschewing all thoso modos that- quickly come and go, or that she herself has any misgivings about. With so many practical clothes to select from, there is no need to venture away from such assured successes as the three-piece and: the two-piece. The tailor-made coat and skirt, jumper suit, topcoat, with an afternoon frock that will do equally well for a quiet dinner are all useful items in the wardrobe. Young girls have, of course, much variety for summer time. There are those additional muslins, - and even ginghams, that they can make or pick up ready to wear, often for shillings. Such side-issues in dress are permissible and quite practicable for youth, but all the fluffy, frilly varieties of dress are but pitfalls for the woman of maturer years, who was never better provided for than to-day. There aro practically no elderly clothes, because as long as a woman can get about to work .or pleasure she refuses to retire into 'old ladyhood.' The matron of to-day. may do, and wear, many things that would formerly have been counted most unseemly for her, and it is a fact that, mothers and daughters often look charming and correct in each other's garments. This is, of course, largely a matter of figure and type. Not that I would ever advise such folly as 'mutton dressed as lamb'; the pink muslin dress cannot be shared, but the tailored tweed or kasha often can. The older women must always recollect that there is nothing so ageing as trying to look young. Effortless simplicity and good style in, dress carry with them to-day a youthful appearance. Youth is in fashion, and age may follow along that line with excellent results, provided it does not trespass too far on youth's preserves."