Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-05

I've gotten along all right wear
Ing cotton dresses size larger
than usual. Now I am faced
with the problem of buying some
thing warm that I can wear for
the rest of the time. I'll need
coat, too, and would like some
thing I could wear after the baby
arrives. I wonder If you can
help me-" Mrs. E. J. H.
Answer-In planning your pur-
chases start with your coat. be-
cause that will be your largest
investment. You don't have to
buy the coat right away, but
make up your mind now what
you want, and plan your other
purchases to go with it. Obvious
ly, your coat will have to be
straight or boXy, since a fitted
coat would not be suitable. A
Chesterfield overcoat would, I
think, be a very happy choice
and don't be afraid to buy it in
color. Bright green or red would
probably be so flattering that no
one would notice that you were
no longer a perfect size IL. If
you buy the straight, boXy Ches-
terrified In one size larger than
you usually wear you'll be able
to have 1t whitfield down to fit
after the event and have a coat
you'll enjoy for long time Next
on the list might be a suit in a
dark color-not black If you can
help it. If you can't find suit
you like, have one made. There
are patterns for eXpandable ma
ternity skirts-and with it you
can have made a straight box
jacket which Just hangs to your
hips. With 1t wear as bright
and becoming colored blouses and
sweaters as you can find. Sweat
ers, particularly, If you wear
them large enough, crinkle at
the waist and do a fine fool
the-eye job. One of your
blouses should be dressy and
pretty enough to take you to
parties in fine style. Your second
purchase land you need only
two well-chosen sarmsnts to
carry you through should be
either a softly tailored dress that
you can dress up or down to suit
any occasion or a jumper with
which you can wear all your
blouses.
will you please tell me
whether you think it would be
wise for me to choose a purple
suit to be married IMP For a
couple of years I've set my heart
on purple suit and I thought
this would be good time to buy
It," Miss H.A s
Answer-You are the second
person to ask us recently about
being married In purple. I as
sumo that you are young and
that the color is fattering.
However, even If the answer to
both is Eyes," 7 would not adj
wise your being married. in purple.
I'm sure you want to look your
prettiest and most feminine at
your wedding ana purple is not
the color to do it. Purple Is too
harsh a shade. If you're being
married in church, the dim lights
will wash out" all the color In
purple. and II you're being mar
ried at home where the light is
brighter, purple tends to make
you look hard rather than soft
and appealing. If I were you I'd
choose the prettiest, most fiat
tering soft" color In the rain
bow-a pretty shade of blue
(periWinkle blue has lots of pur-
pie in it'd or aquamarine. for
example.
t& ~
Mother and I have been hav-
Ing a disagreement about my
clothes and I thought you might
help me. I have two brand-new
gingham suits that I'm going to
wear to school in the fall. One
is red and white; the other is
blue and white plaid. With these
I shall wear my moccasins or
sandals and white socks. So far
mother and I agree. However, I
want to wear a very pretty lapel
pin, some Indian bracelets and
flowers in my hair and mother
thinks that the dresses are pretty
enough without jewelry. She says
she doesn't mind my wearing the
bracelets, but she doesn't like
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