Evening star., 1938-09-22
Clothes Make
|TheWOnan,
|'Tis Said
New Fashions Give
Modern Girl Two
Personalities.
By HELEN VOGT.

6" HERE'S something wonderful a
gentleman recently told us, about
the changability of women. One hour
of the day they are the perfect sport
type-we mean the girl who looks as
though she had just stepped of the
campus, but give them an hour anc
they emerge the delicate, fragile butter
fly who couldn't lift a text book It's
amazing! How do they make such 8
rapid changer"
In our somewhat superior way-the
result Of knowing the inside story or
women's wiles-we calmly assured him
that it isn't all done with mirrors. Ir
fact, the secret, to our way of thinking
lies in the clothes of today The adapt
ability of the modern woman to any
hour Of the day or evening is largely
due to the fact that shops feature
smart styles for all occasions.
We had this same conversation in
mind when we were prowling through
a recently opened shop the other after
noon. Certainly here was a display
that would make any woman a DR.
Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde personality-in a
nice way-in no time fiat. There were
wonderful soft tweeds that simply
shouted England; lovely ensembles
with woolen dresses and contrasting
plaid coats; smart sweaters, skirts
knitted suits, and dresses. Among the
latter We were happy to note the use
of suede in a soft version quite differ
ent from the leathery kind We so often
see. The particular suede dress to
which we have reference was lovely
shade of bright green, and fitted beau-
tifully. Hats were casual brimmed
affairs with tremendous feathers or
copies of the young mans favorite, the
squashed-down-porkpie. All of which
brought out our point that any girl
can look as if she is dressed for a day
in the country, football game, or a
horse show. Be casual? It's as easy
as pie!
On the other hand, it is Just as
easy to see how she can turn into
bewitching lady by night There
are evening gowns that give her that
cameo-like look-velvet hoopskirts
with no shoulder straps, chiffon hos
tess coats that can be used for dinner
dresses with no one the wiser; evening
wraps Of wool, lavishly trimmed with
gold; velvet evening capes with what
appear to be epaulets on the shoulder
and many others to help plain Jane
by day turn into gorgeous Jeanne by
night. No wonder, with shops like
this recently opened one, that the
transformation is simple and complete
It's no trick at all to go from the
classics" to the high styles"
Yep" our male friend had contin-
ued. "it's downright spooky the way
they change their personality. Why
the girl who runs around all day in
an office. doing a thousand and one
things, assuming all kinds of respon-
sibility, and working like fiend, is
always the one who can't move her
own chair into the table in the evening.
She becomes the most completely USE
less thing in the world. We like it,
Of course. but how does she do it?"
Needless to say, wild horses couldn't
make us divulge to a mere man the
thousand and one little tricks that
every gal knows. The only thing we
did hint, was the ability of clothes to
make a new woman out OF any of
us. And we threw in the suggestion
that he take time out for this new
shop and learn how easy it is to be
two people in the same day. He
couldn't help but be impressed!