Fashion, Not Girl, Gets Man

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 43, 21 February 1938, Page 2

Fashion, Not Girl, Gets Man

DRESSMAKERS BOOM MARRIAGE Dressmakers and milliners are sending Britain’B marriage rate soaring . . . . their dainty clothes are the chief reason nowadays for Misses turning Mrs. Dr. C. Willet Cunnington, fashion psychologist, said to the Daily Sketch: “Romance thrives on prosperity, and when women become sentimentally inclined the first thing they think of i* clothes. “That is what is helping romance so much to-day. “Clothes are so skilfully designed that even an ungainly figure can be concealed.” If the economic situation remains tho same, says the doctor, fashions will continue to make marriage figures rise. We are more romantic, he says, than at any time since the war. One of London’s most famous fashion creators confirmed all the doctor had said. “The dressmaker is the biggest match-maker in tho country to-day,” he declared. “Women dress more intelligently than ever before in their effortt to look attractive. “Hard, severe lines, bare arms and bare backs have given way to softer frills and becoming ornamentations. '‘That is the sort of dress which preserves the charm of mystery which should surround a woman.”