Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
Various Skirt Lengths
to Suit Occasions Are
Now Settled - Ar.
ticles Bought Under
Favorable Con d i.
tons Will Be Ap.
propriate for Spring,
If Chosen With Care.
Types for r e sor t
Wear.
BY MARY MARSHALL.

~ nee upon a time February
was a month when women
usually made plans for their
~ spring clothes while they
wore their old ones. To APP
pear in a new dress at this time OF
the year seemed like bit of foolish
ness any way you looked at it. If you
had bought Winter dress so late In
the season it seemed absurd, since there
would be only short time to wear 1t,
and If you appeared in a new Spring
dress you were accused OF rushing the
season.
Nowadays every one who can possibly
afford to do so wears new things in
February. Nothing helps quite so
much to brighten up ones point OF
view on a gray Midwinter day as a new
dress or a new hat or some smart new
accessories. And there are few times
of the year when tempting things can
be bought at such reasonable prices.
You will find charming things of the
Ynarked-down sort that it is really an
extravaganza not to buy--evening dress
es, afternoon dresses, blouses, sepa-
rate skirts and ensembles that have
been in stock for several weeks, pos
sibly several months, and are now
offered at an amazingly low figure
Possibly they may be a little shopworn,
but a trip to the cleaner plus little
mending that you can easily do yourself
will restore them to their original
freshness.
THEN there are the new dresses and
wraps and suits and everything else
primarily designed for resort wear. We
used to think of these advanced models
as being very high priced-out Of the
question for woman who had to make
her dress allowance go as far as posi-
ble But you have only to look at the
price tags on some of the cleverest of
these new dresses and suits to see how
mistaken that idea Is at the present
time
Actually do not know that prices
for these new things are lower than
they will be later on in the season, but
certainly they are no higher, and be-
cause these things are chosen for an
exacting group Of women you viii often
find little dresses and suits among them
that are exceptionally smart.
If you see something's that especially
attracts you among these resort clothes,
at a price that also attracts you, our
advice is to buy it on the spot If you
can possibly afford to do so. Don't pass
it up with the idea that later on you
will come and buy something like 1t for
Spring, because when Spring comes you
may not be able to find anything you
like half so well.
CERTAIN points of fashion have been
very definitely settled, so that you
can buy now without misgiving. Dress
lengths, for instance. For street wear
your skirts should be IL inches from
the ground-a tride more if you are
very tall or trifie less If you are very
short. Sports clothes are Of the same
length or possibly an inch shorter.
Your afternoon dresses may be any
where from IL TO inches from the
floor This will depend on the style of
the dress and the occasions for which
you will wear it. The more formal the
occasion, the longer the skirt.
Informal evening dresses follow the
rule of afternoon dresses, and formal
evening dresses should be of instep or
moor length. Don't forget these simple
rules and don't let any one persuade
you TO wear longer dresses for street or
shorter ones for evening. And don't
wear dress of the wrong length SIM
ply because you do not want to go to
the trouble or expense Of having it
altered.
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