BUY ONE GOOD MODEL

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17992, 10 April 1930, Page 5

BUY ONE GOOD MODEL

If only women realised the value of buying a good model as a pattern for their amateur upholstery and dressmaking efforts, there would be fewer home-made failures about 1 For example, if you have a set of chairs to be fitted with loose covers., pay for one “professional” cover and use this as a pattern for the others which you will make yourself. Again, the girl who is planning her trousseau will find that the best way of solving the problem of expense as regards lingerie is to purchase one perfect set of underwear from a thoroughly up-to-date and reliable house. Then, with the assistance of a clever little needlewoman, other sets in different fabrics and colours may be readily fashioned, using the “model” set as a pattern. A good model dress is generally well in advance of the fashion, Therefore, if you acquire a single model frock, you can have it copied inexpensively in a variety of materials, and be secure in the knowledge that the copies will last for a couple of seasons without dating too badly. Thus, you will always appear in smart clothes, instead of the undistinguished garb which suggests that cost has been carefully considered! Many a model in the present style may be copied quite successfully, for, in ihc majority of cases, simplicity of treatment is a salient feature of success.