When Mother Was A Girl!

NZ Truth, Issue 1306, 22 December 1930, Page 7

When Mother Was A Girl!

SENSE OF SILHOUETTE

Possession Takes Guessing From Dressing It is a great temptation for us to dress to our own particular pet feature, and to forget all about the remainder of our anatomy. Some girls dress persistently "to the color of their hair, others have pretty mouths, and so never do you see them without some touch of red, which calls attention to the careful lipstick on their pretty lips. ■ . 4

THERE are those blessed, with adorable retrousse noses, ■•• and so they always wear a hat with a turn-back brim. A few there are who can never forget their blue eyes, and some who are over-conscious of their graceful -jiuimmiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiii!iiiiini£ 811 . an . s : „ . , . , I rAQmnwi! i . ls quite ng m modera- | jiAoriHJlNo are 5 tion, but much more important is | all buttoned | the whole silhouette. You have | up this season. | to take your entire figure into your | Blouses and jac- f mind's eye. Do not let your | kets button up f imagination run away with you | the front or | when you see a pretty sketch — | back. Coats 1 thinking "how lovely I would look | cross and button. | m thatl" | Chanel uses ruby | You probably wouldn't — maybe | crystal buttons | your destiny is quite a different |to trim evening § kind of frock. There is so much | dresses and gold | success ahead of you if you find I and silver but- | your right silhouette. | tons to decorate | Silhouette knowledge takes the | wool ones. Other | guessing from dressing. You know | houses use crys- | on sight. Compare the propori tal, wood and | tions of friends, and then run a | bone buttons. f cool, critical - eye over yourself. ?iiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimmuii! r^re you rather big m the head — if so you must keep to small hats and a neat smooth hairdressing which will make your head look smaller and give you height. Then your body. Some of us are long m proportion from the shoulders to top of the hips, and short from the hips to the ankles. Now this never looks as graceful as a long line of leg. Fashion is kind to you here, because it is possible to raise the waist-line a , raiimilßraraHmmnmimmilllimima and cleverly suggest different pro- = = portions. § pASHION notes | So, too, if you are rather coltish- | from Paris | ly long m the leg you can lower | include an orni- § the waist-line. f thological touch. 1 Another proportion that is often 1 Quite a few .of | odd is the length from the knee to 1 the evening | the ankle; if you are short here be | gowns at a dress § careful about the length of skirt. Ish o w recently I Actually a short or quite long 1 had for shoulder | skirt will suit you best, but never 1 adornmenta | let it rest halfway on the crest of | couple of stuffed | the calf — that spells disaster, and | birds quite as | immediately makes you look squat. | big as the pink | The skirt with an uneven hem will I an d grey gentle- | be a good selection for you. | men that flourish f Long arms or short arms can .f/and wax fluent | adjust themselves by sleeves tight I' n France. 1 or wide. Hip width is another 1 • i ~-~UI C .. C . . ■-illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllK problem tor most of us that can be greatly minimized by the right clothes. Do not, however,' let this persuade you to wear a dress with a great deal of Hip decoration if you are broad. Rather choose a pointed yoke. Basques are coming into, fashion, and these are becoming to most figures, always providing they start and end at the right point! • rii S possib ' c to train the eye to the possibilities and pitfalls of a new silhouette m fashion so that you "know instantly whether you can adapt it to yourself.

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| J)OUBTLESS m time New | I Zealand will take to them. § | Pyjamas, feminine pyjamas, f . I are now no longer relegated f= I to slumber and beach wear, § | on the contrary the light is § I turned full on round about | i dinner time, for the very last = | word m dinner frocking is the § I pyjama suit. Very fluffy, | s despite their masculine origin, = = these pyjamas are made § | usually m chiffon, are cut | I very wide and on the circular | | idea, so that they fall from § | waist almost to toe with very | i little to distinguish them from f | the long, full skirts of the I I day - I SmiHiHiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiis Did You Know ? "THAT the black satin frock continues to be an adjunct to the clothes collection of the day, an adjunct as smart as it is useful. In line with the new mode the black frock^ has the soimportant feminine look and usually allies itself to bee collars and cuffs,