Evening star., 1925-05-29
Correct Color Is Essential Detail
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

the result right, but unless the color
is correct the contour will prove dis
appointing.
Color i'm Costume.
When choosing a gown DO not be
carried away with the beauty or the
creation for yourself until you are alb.
solutely sure the colors suit your COM
plexion If they do, and you like
the gown and the price suits your
purse as well as the costume suits
your coloring, do not hesitate to pur-
chase 1t quickly. You merely lose
that precious item in life, namely,
time, by looking farther. Hesitate
long, however, before buying any cos
tune that you are not convinced Is
of the right color to bring out some
beauty in yourself.
Color and Good Looks.
A woman's looks are too dependent
upon this factor of color for her to
neglect 1t in any particular. Perhaps
she is getting a morning dress or just
bungalow apron: even so, the color
is important. We like to look our best
at all times, and a morning frock or
an envelopinC apron such as the bun.
galow type is usually worn during a
good part of each day by a busy
morning with the remembrance of
his wife in some such frock, and there
is mental picture, carried about with
him during the day, of just how she
looked then. The wife should not for
get to have this impression artistically
appealing. 1t helps to make her stand
out as attractive and charming, and
tends to focus attention on her when
his mind is not too engroSstngly ab-
sorbed in the occupation of making
money with which to provide her and
the home and family with the necessi-
ties and luXuries of life.
Becoming Color in Hats.
1t is not only in the matter of frocks
that color plays so great part. Hats
are almost as important as frocks, for.
though they are not so constantly
worn. they add to or detract from
beauty decidedly. There is many a
woman who appears at her best and
seems to have actual good looks when
wearing a hat that has a color that
accents some pleasing tone in eyes or
skin and that suits the contour Of the
face and head.
Color in Accessories.
Accessories of a costume are not of
minor consideration. Today the scarf
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color to suit the woman wearing 1t
she looses charm. Fortunately the re-
verse is true and a scarf in the right
shade for it's wearer is an accessory
not to be discounted. 1t may cuddle
the face, or float about her on the
breeze that plays with the costume on
windy day, but a becoming scarf is
always to be counted on as a beauti-
fer. This same is true of all neck
wear and of wells, too. A man has few
accessories to accent his best features.
That is the great reason why a neck
tie must be well chosen. 1t used to be
the one spot of real color, of gayety.
that was permissible for men. At the
present time color enters into mems
clothing more than it has for many
years. So men also have to be guided
now in the choice of suits. garments
and haberdashery by this element of
color if they would look their best
When it comes to color as a factor
for beauty in the home, the subject Is
too big to be treated in one short par
agraph. 1t is constantly being stressed
in the article on interior decoration
which comes out every Saturday.