The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-03
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The plain black wool dress can
go week-ending with a eolored
tweed Jacket, and. dofting me
Jacket can appear at cocktail
time with pearls looking like no
relation 10 lis former self.
NeUer bay a costume an
less you arc satisfied II can
derelop a dual, Il not a
triple personality.
7-Stick to one basic DAYTIME
! color scheme per season.
dark or neutral color.
Make your major purchases in
this color. your coat. suit and
dresses. also shoes and bag.
Ring color chan ges with
blouses, hat trimming mot the
whole hatl jewelry, gloves,
>carfs. etc.
Never buy costume that
launches you into a whole new
and unprecedented color scheme.
What with accessories and all.
il will blow your allowance
higher than kite before you
can appear in IT.
And if il won't pair off with
anything else in the wardrobe,
you will get terribly tired of wear
ing ii in solitary state without
ringing changes on it.
Shun any dress that UiH
irdlk BY its lone in your
UdrdrObe.
o-Avoid limitations stick to
q poor but honest purchases.
An honest-to-goodness sheepskin
coat is smarter than japanese
mink.
GOOD SEMI PRE- IOUS
WELRY is INFINITELY
BETTER THAN FAKE DIA-
MONDS OR RUBIES. NEVER
COMPROMISE WITH QUAIL
ITY.
O-Buy comparatively eXpens-
i've accessories.
A three-doliar belt will do lot
for a 10-dollar 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 some
thing.
Exchanging $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
m ching four-dollar doeskin
gloves will make your little SIS
flannel suit look as if it had come
into money.
IN-Try things together before
~ buying them.
The stores respect women who
want to try the effect.
Obliging milliners will put
touches of two colors on black
hat so you can wear il with a
black skirt and two different
jackets.
II-Have a price in mind be-
~ fore you go shopping.
Develop kind of conscience
about what you think you should
pay for a silk dress. wool dress,
an evening dress, a coat, a suit,
etc.
Io-Beware Of high styles.
High styles are the trade name
for whatever is the height Of
fashion. And in clothes as in
everything else, the higher they
fly. the faster and harder they
fall.
ON THE OTHER
HAND. THERE ARE
CLASSICS.
They're the things we new
grow tired Of. They're presented
in new editions every season.
But basically they're the same:
the black dresses that are the
backbone of the Frenchwomans
wardrobe, the cape frock in the
spring, the sports shirtmaker
frock, the black compromise eve
ming gown to wear when you're
not sure that your escort is dress
ing.
The classics are the things we
can't get on without. And YOU
can wear your classics year after
year.
They are conservative but none
the less attractive for that.
o-Remember that colors, ex-
- cept for sports and eve
ming. are for the rich
There are three good reasons for
this. Colors are more perishable
than neutral tones. They involve
more changes of accessories.
They cannot be worn as often
As neutrals because everybody
remembers colorful ensemble.
And you. yourself, get tired of IL
more quickly than of a neutral
color on which you can make
changes.
Anyway YOU look at it, colors
mean an extensive wardrobe-and
expensive. too-for subtle. pleasing
colors come high.
ITO Be Continued)
Copyright, 1882
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