Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-01-14
AREWELL DRESSED
WOMEN.AR RARITY?
Women Should Not Leave Their
Individual Defects to the Mercy
of Their Dressmakers, but Study
Their Own Points For Effects.

INV or uniformed or decorated.
The well dressed woman is
a rarity in spite of the fact
that foreign titled fortune hunters Wis
iting this country always declare that
every woman, from Fifth avenue, New
York, to Cheyenne, Wyo., is the most
beautifully gowned woman in the
world.
AS a matter of fact, up and down
Fifth avenue so per cent of the girls
and women look exactly alike as far as
clothes are concerned
They are a uniformed army, clothed
In exactly the same last decree of fash
ion-short ones, tall ones, thin ones,
stout ones. Many of them are doubt
less lovely in face and form, but the
unadapted style uniform crowds u
every bit of individuality. Nobody
looks especially lovely or really well
dressed from an artistic standpoint.
Or we have the other extreme-the
girl who "~decorates'' herself in a mis-
guided attempt to be artistic, berib-
boned, beruffied, bejeweled, regardless
of b-ecomingness or good taste.
The p~lainest woman can help herself
to be beautiful If she will study her
person and learn how to manipulate
the lines of her clothing and last, but
not least, to select carefully the shades
and tints that bring out her good points.
If you want to give an impression
of roundness to a naturally thin fig
ure, here are important principles to
remember:
Stripes running vertically emphasize
slenderDess; stripes running horizon
tally add breadth to the figure; stripes
used d~iagonally, or both vertically n
horizontally in contrast, will produce
an effect of roundneSs when correctly
used. According to the law of con-
t~raries, it is always the slender wom-
an who admires stripes and the stout
woman who has a definite preference
for checks. Nevertheless, if stripes
are adjusted to the needs of the figure,
there is no reason why even the very
slender woman may not wear them
with pleasing results.
Checks and plaids always look best
on the slender woman. But large
plaids should never be used for waists,
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tiles of the figure above the waist line.
Unless quite tall, the slender woman
can achieve al effect of ~roundness by
proper treatment of the waist line. This
should not be emphasized by the wear
ing of big. broad belts. If a girdle is
desired at the waist line it should be
narrow. Better still is the Grecian or
empire effect of raising the belt an
inch or more above the actual waist
line, thus achieving a soft curve from
the shoulder to the waist line.
If the shoulders are thin there should
never be any sharp lines ending any
where near them. Pointed collars or
square collars ending just at the Shout
der are taboo. Soft, frilly collars,
round Jokes, or, if a square collar Is
desired, then one that ends an inch or
more below the shoulder in front and
four or five inches in the back will
give the soft effect.
The slender neck and wa or slight
~ sharp chin need the narrow neck
ribbon when low necked gowns are
worn. If stiff collars are desired they
should not be rigid ones that stand out
from the neck and make the thin neck
specially conspicuous, but close fitting
ones. The collar that "melts into the
neck" so to speak, is the one that will
make the slender throat appear to best
advantage.
The woman with the willingness to
spend a little time studying her needs
rather than concentrating on the shop
ping around for materials will find the
time spent wisely, for it is only the
woman herself who can perform this
task. Few dressmakers have the time
to study each individual patrons per-
sonality.