The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-10-12
FASHION SHOW
HERE MONDAY
Will Teach People How
to Dress Better at
Less Expense

BlackfOOt'S second annual fashion
show will be given on Monday even
ing at the tabernacle, beginning at
5 o'clock. No admission will be
charged and living models will ap-
pear on the stage to illustrate what
now constitutes fashionable wearing
apparel, how to combine colors and
forms in dress for both men and
women. how best to select the colors
for the complexion and size or form
Of the individual, and how to har-
monte them thruout as to quality.
1t is not advisable for a man to
ft himself out with a fine suit and a
poor hat or good coat and poor
trousers. 1t is not advisable for. a
woman to shop around and fit her
self with cmplete outfit selected
under the advice and suggestions Of
several persons Of different tastes,
and with different kinds OF goods to-
select from that may not harmonic
ut all. The purpose Of the fashion
show is partly to. correct such things
by showing !, persons correctly
dressed with garments that harmon
ize each with all the others in her,
outfit.
In this demonstration the music
accompanying the appearance Of the
models will harmonic with the
models. II an elderly gentleman Of
dignified appearance came on the
stage as If for q morning walk, you
would feel the Appropriateness OF
It If it were accompanied by jazz
music, or If they played the Rock Of
Ages with the appearance Of beau
tfful girl dressed for party.
Most of us have not given close
study to these matters, and 1t opens
up an interesting subject. It is a,
very practical subject too, for it
affects not only particular people
who wish to be leaders In dress and
correctness, but 1t affects those OF
the small purse who want to secure
the best effect for little money.
Take for example, young woman
who has lived on the frontier and
has not had much chance to study.
these matters and nobody to in
struct her who really had good
knowledge of the subject, and she
goes shopping around, looking at
many nice things and feeling all at
sea as to which she should select.
Some garments are priced low and
others high, and she recognizes diff
ference of quality corresponding
with the difference in price in some
cases and in others she does not. II
nobody feels free to advise with her,
or If the sales people do so and she
has no reason to repose full con-
! fdence in them, she is confused and
in doubt. She tries some Of them
on, looks in the mirror and is sur
prised at herself, yet in each case
she looks unnatural both by reason
of the the new things she sees on
herself, but also on account Of the
fact that she is looking at herself
for the purpose of criticising her
own appearance and that very fact
prevents her from feeling at ease
and looking natural. That is the
hig handicap to photographers get
ting perfectly natural photos of
people. The one in front Of the
camera feels more or less embas-
rassed or self conscious by the mere
fact that the camera is operating,
and 1t is only by sitting time after
time until that feeling of self con-
seriousness wears off that perfectly
natural picture can be secured or by
catching the person unawares with
the camera.
Perfect selection in dress is &C.
complished by experts who first con-
slider the age of the subject to be
dressed. Not the age in years ex-
actly, but the age in appearance, for