Evening star., 1939-03-28

But you can say, Il snail allow
myself two dark town dresses for
the summer, three spectator sports
dresses" and so on, and leave room
for them in the years outlay.
Also, you probably intend to stick
to certain sum each month.
In this case you'll have to borrow
back and forth in the expensive
months at the turn of the season.
Here the trick is not only to look
ahead and anticipate big expenses,
like your winter coat, but to keep
that coat in your minds eye while
you're buying fall dresses, so you
won't have to scrap them in the
winter because they fight with the
coat of your dreams.
That's what we mean by planned
spending.
Here we give you 10 points for a
planned wardrobe. Follow these
rules and you'll discover you can
be as we'll dressed as you want to
without ever going into debt.
/. Never trust to love at first
sight in buying a costume.
2. Never buy anything you hadn't
planned to buy.
3. Buy, or plan, major purchases
first and build your wardrobe
around them.
That is, buy your coat. or plan it,
before you buy your dresses.
And then be sure the dresses go
with the coat.
Then buy hats to 60 with the
dresses.
Then buy shoes and purse to-
gether, and gloves last of all.
How much of your years allow
ance should go into your winter
coat? That's a moot question.
Most women spend about a fifth
of their years clothes budget on a
fur trimmed winter coat.
Personally, we think a little less
for a very good cloth coat without
fur is wiser.
Then you can put the money
you've saved into fur scarf and
wear it with both coat and suits
and dresses.
Suits are your next major eY-
pense. They cost more than dresses.
But they're really an economy
because one suit can look like sew
eral costumes with different blouses,
scarfs, furs, boutonnieres and gloves.
Then there is that good old
standby, the tweed suit with match
ing topcoat.
The topcoat, of course, may be
furred.
Keep this topcoat in mind when
buying wool dresses so they will go
under it without screaming "in-
compatibility" and you'll have quite
a repertoire of costumes, again COW
ering late fall, winter and early
spring, while the dresses alone or
with tweed jackets will take care OF
early fall and late spring.
4. Buy things that can be used
more than one season.
Buy suits that can be worn spring
and fall, such as tweed and flannel.
Buy topcoats that can be worn
with both suits and dresses.
Buy felt hats in spring that can
be worn we'll into the summer.
Buy small furs that can be used
fall, winter and spring, year after
year.
Buy ensembles of silk dresses with
tweed jackets that can be used at
the turn of the season, with or with
out the jacket, at the whim of the
weather.
Buy crepe evening dresses that
can be worn winter and summer.
S. Never buy anything however
charming If you are well-stocked
with that type of thing.
6. Buy things that are inter-
changeable to make several cos
tunes.
7. Stick to one basic daytime color
scheme per seasonal dark or neu-
trail color.
Make your major purchases In
this color, your coat, suit and
dresses, also shoes and bag.
Ring color changes with blouses
hat trimming (not the whole hat)
jewelry, gloves, scarfs, etc.
8. Avoid imitations-stick to poor
but honest purchases.
An honest-to-goodness sheepskin
coat is smarter than a Japanese
mink.
Good semi-precious jewelry is in
f1nitely better than fake diamonds
or rubies. Never compromise with
9. Buy comparatively expensive
accessories.
A 50 belt will do a lot for $40
dress.
Cheap dresses always have cheap
belts, generally self-belts with
reprehensible rhinestone buckles.
Substitute leather belt with the
imagination that goes into a Paris
import and you have something.
Exchanging a $40 clip for the
tiny rhinestone one that comes
at the neck of your $40 model will
enhance its value by about $50.
A ten-dollar satin blouse and
matching four dollar doeskin gloves
will make your little 15-dollar fan
mel suit look as if it had come
into money.
10. Try things together before
buying them.
II. Have price in mind before
you 60 shopping.
II. Beware of high styles.
High styles are the trade names TO,
whatever is the height of fashion.
And in cloth. as in everything
else, the higher they fly the faster
and harder they fall.