Clothes & Character

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 5, Issue 5, 1 November 1926, Page 24

Clothes & Character

T"Vess has a great influence upon character. I realise this more and more every day. This is how Yvonne Printemps, who is now starring in “Mozart,” the “catch of the season” in London, expresses herself. She goes on to say: To be able to act a part as it should be acted, an actor or actress must live in the part, not only the costume, but the environment in the way of stage setting must be correct in every detail. A woman cannot possibly be herself if, in following fashion, she loses sight of her own type, her own individuality. Think of the fashion for cropped hair, for instance Nowadays almost every woman seems to have had her hair shingled •—and this irrespective of her type. Short hair may suit the boyishlooking sports girl, I will admit; but, personally, I think it rarely

suits the very feminine type of woman, and yet hundreds and thousands of women have sacrificed their long, luxuriant locks to fashion. Just as on the stage dress helps you to live in the part you represent, so in real life dress helps you to be yourself and to make the most of yourself. It is a kind of mental tonic to every woman to realise that she is looking her best; but the knowledge that she is not looking her best, on the other hand, robs her of self-confidence and is most depressing in its effect. No woman can look her best if she wears a colour or a style of dress which docs not suit her. The moral of all this should be, therefore, that a woman should express her individuality by the fashions she adopts, and not lost sight of her individuality by blindly following any fashion either in her surroundings or in her dress.