Evening star., 1939-02-18
Girls Notice
The Clothes
Men Wear

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Careless Grooming
Or Loud Costumes
Are Inexcusable
BY JOAN FORTUNE and NORTON
HUGHES JONATHAN.
If you men are under the sad delu-
sion that you can wear "just any
thing" and get away with it-if you
believe that the girls you date never
notice the clothes on your back,
you're in for a bad shock.
The girls do notice! What is
more, they have very decided ideas
on the clothes subject. Today's
column features the candid remarks
Of a spunky miss, most of whose
criticisms. though rather on the acid
side, are fair. Read and learn:
DEAR COLUMN1sTS:
"Why not start a campaign in
your column to make some members
OF the male sex in their teens and
twenties more clothes conscious? II
they can't get the idea without help,
give them boost in the right direc-
ton. I know you'll have the CO.
operation and sincere thanks Of
every girl who dates often-and
I'm not joking.
my observation is that only a
relatively few fellows really dress
we'll. realize, of course, that many
OF them haven't much money to
spend, but they don't even make
the most of the clothes they do
have!
Most lads aren't dressed at all
They're thrown together, rag by rag
A girl dresses up in her incest
clothes-then her date shows up in
baggy trousers, a sweater, dusty
shoes and a long Impressed suit
coat, minus hat and overcoat, un-
less the weather is very cold. Then
he wonders why the girl doesn't
seem enthusiastic about going some
where to dance.
"As long as boys tie and hand
kerchief do not war, he mistakenly
believes he is well dressed and readj
for any occasion. Boys certainly
overrate the importance of comfort
in dress. Foundation garments
often are more uncomfortable for
us than stiff shirts are for them
but We wear the darn things be-
cause We want to look our best.
"Since the manly masculines don't
hesitate to criticize our clothes and
makeup, may girls be permitted te
say that they don't like mussed
suits, sloppy socks, dirty shoes
leather jackets when worn in the
evening. sad-looking hats, dirty
nails, untidy hair, screaming ties
white socks and shoes worn in colo
weather, corduroy pants, and trou-
sers which reach only to the ankles:
Also stray, unmowed bristles!
Our pet enthusiasms are: Forma
clothes. Well-fitted suits, especially
tweeds-crisp- looking white shirts
jaunty hats, knitted ties and pole
coats.
"Since boys do a lot Of the talk.
ing, girls have a lot of time in which
to observe them. It's puzzle tt
me why many of them can't gel
the same kick out of dressing wei
that girls do.
PLAIN JANE"
This militant gal has something
there" It is a lot of fun to dres:
as we'll as you can. Knowing thai
you are correctly dressed can give
you confidence in yourself and ir
your ability to make a good i'm.
preston.
It's important to remember that
to an important degree, clothes
don't make the man. Instead, thu
man makes the clothes. Fellow
who like clothes-and take care o.
them-always dress well. But ever
clothes fashioned by Fifth avenue
tailor will look badly on any on
who wears them carelessly
A looking and serviceabl
wardrobe isn't expensive to buil'
up, garment by garment, from prac
tically nothing at all. Be sure t.
buy clothes for you. Clothes whicl
. will compliment your physical per
sonality, bringing out your bes
points and concealing the bad one.
That's a trick the girls learned lon
ago. It's one of the secrets of smar
dressing. Shop around until yo
find something you really like an
use a little imagination when max
ing the selection.
Curb your primitive instinct.
Save your lurid neckties for mas
querade parties and that red shir
for the flremen's ball. Avoid dress
ing as though you were Christina
tree, covering yourself with hard
ware-chains, pins, watch fobs an
other insignia.
Fads in clothes are all right whel
working around the house or whel
tinkering with the family bus-bu
when you call on girl don't wea
an old tie to hold your trousers VI
and q sweater which the moth
called home all summer.
The girls dress up for you, so b
correctly attired when you tax
them out. You'll rate hearty ap
proval as a four star escort If you dc
(copyrixht. 1939)