The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-03


planned spending.
Here We give you ID points for
A planned wardrobe Follow these
rules and you'll discover you can
De as well dressed as you want
to without ever going into debt
Never trust 10 love at first
sight in buying a costume.
Since were the kind Of women
who find clothes irresistible, we
know the wisdom Of being choosy
rather than promiscuous.
Things look 20 different when
YOU get them home.
So the old recipe for marriage
applies very we'll here.
II vou can lire icitbout a
man or a dress don't 90 for
either.
o-Never buy anything YOU
L hadn't planned TO buy.
This involves much thought as
to what you need.
You begin. of course. with the
life you're going to lead. Where
viii the accent be
On business or leisure. town
or country. indoors or out
doors. dayt lime or evening,
home or travel:
Then come climatic conditions.
You must build up 10 winter and
down again to summer through
not Just fall and spring but early
fall and late fall, early spring
and late spring.
You really need two major
DAYTIME costumes for each sea-
sonal change of temperature,
except summer. when YOU need
several.
Your evening wardrobe is more
flexible depending upon the extent
of your night life. And the same
holds true of active sports clothes.
The point here is. no matter
how fascinating a cruise coat may
be. it's going to look awfully sea-
SICK among landlubbers.
So beware of specialized clothes,
Buy only lChdt you set
ont to buy.
Buy, or plan. major pur-
y chases first and build your
wardrobe around them.
Today clever women build ward
robes as carefully as architects
build skyscrapers, laying a solid
foundation with the major pur-
chases, and then tapering off to
froufrou at the top.
That is, buy your coat, or plan
il, before you buy your dresses.
And then be sure the dresses go
with the coat.
Then buy hats to go 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
fifth of their years clothes bud
get on a fur-trimmed coat.
Personally. we think a little less
for very good cloth coat without
fur is wiser.
Then you can put the money
you've saved into a fur scarf and
wear it with both coat and suits
and dresses.
Suits are your next ma jor eN-
pense. They cost more than
dresses.
But they're really an economy
because one suit can look like sew
eral costumes with diff eren
blouses, scarfs, furs, boutonnieres
and gloves.
Then there is that good old
standby. the tweed coat with
matching 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 you1l have
quite a repertoire of costumes,
again covering late fall, winter
and early spring, while the dresses
alone or with tweed jackets will
take care Of early fall and late
spring.
Well. you get the general idea
Of building your wardrobe around
your major purchases.
Buy or plan the big
things first but sore plen-
~ for the dresses because
dresses are harder to bun.
d-Buy things that can be used
more than one season.
Buy suits that can he worn
spring and fall. such a. tweed
and flannel.
Buy topcoats that can be worn
with both suits and dresses.
Buy felt hats in spring that
can he worn well into the sum-
mer.
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 without the jacket at
the whim of the weather.
Buy crepe evening dresses that
can be worn both winter and sum-
mer.
C-NeNer buy anything how
- ever charming II YOU are
weli->tocked with that type of
thing.
II you have two costumes IN one
category, put temptation behind
you unless it's summer outfit IN
which case as We have said. YOU
need more changes. Or your ward.
robe will get overbalanced IN that
direction. and youE look mono,.
onous.
buy things that are inter