OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 137, 4 August 1941, Page 2

OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

DON'T BE CARELESS

I YEARS OFF YOUR LOOKS Ai woman of thirty who looks heavy and despondent, has less youth aboui her than another of fifty, who ;is quick 4o smile, light on her feet, and has that attractive thing which is the special charm of the older woman—an air of being mistress of the situation. What lends that air most? I'd say, good lines. Poise, posture, easy 'stance—they spell youth more than anything else. They gave the lie to grey hair and they make it possible to wear the trim, exacting fashions of to-day. Figures are plastic, and perfect corse try can mould and shape them in a way that is net only (latering, but has subtler effects. Better posture means better health and more self confidence. A feeling of wellbeing adds light to the eyes and lifts the corners of the mouth to a lia.'ppier, more youthful smile. Corsctry is now a fine art. Multiple fittings worked out foT every figure type, new feather-light stretchable materials that yet have surprising control, bosom uplift worked into the fabric and not dependent on the shoulderstraps—there are a hundred new innovations that make a sum of llatterv and comfort very well worth acquiring. The corsetiere is the person who can take years off your looks. She is trained to diagnose vour figure type and prescribe the foundation that will give you the maximum chic. Before buying a new or debating about a hair-do, be fitted in a new foundation and note how different you feel and how much more interesting even a simple little frock 'oolcs when the lines are clear and fashionable. It's the shortest cut back to youth—that youth that is an inward thing, with an outward message to the world.

DRESS DETAILS THAT MATTER THAT GGCD APPEARANCE, A new outfit can be spoiled by carelcssitess about details which should accompany it—and not only the actual dress details themselves but everything which is allied to a good appearance. The "way" a dress is worn may make it a success or mar it; one woman by poise, or carriage, trans-* forms an outfit into smart attractiveness which another woman spoils by a slouchy bearing. Consider shoes. To make your new coat look its best it is not necessary that shoes, should be new and of Vne most up-to-date style but it is essential that they should not look shabby wi'th, say, frayed laees. There are women who are not sufficiently careful about the cleaning of shoes. Their shoes, stylish as they may be, nevertheless always look dull—as; if the wearers have had only time to give them a rub with' a duster and the shoes had not had; a real good clean for days. Darned stockings are more or less cur common lot in thes? days but do see that your mending silk exactly matches your stockings and do not draw attention to the darn by making" it two or three shades too light or too dark. And also, always be very particular about getting the scam of your stocking really straight up the back of the leg for nothing is worse than a stocking twisting round a leg and the seam appearing round the front.

85LB. COSTUME

WORN IN THE "NEW MiOONF 1 The heaviest costume in the elaborate feminine wardrobes of '"New Moon," is worn by Mary Boland. The gown, an Adrian creation fashioned on heavy green velvet and supported by steel hoops:, weighs 85!bs and required three wardrobe girls to lift and install on hangers each evening. A special "leaning rack," designed tc> take the weight off Miss Boland's body when not appearing before the cameras, was designed for "between scene" use. The rack supported the dress hoops and allowed the actress to recline in a half-seat-ed position.