You need a Foundation Wardrobe

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 35, 25 February 1937, Page 14

You need a Foundation Wardrobe

fiat back profile ' too. You want control for the wayward curve, but you want a certain amount of-soft flexibility, too. So, you .choose a Berlei corselette or longer line stepin with light front boning and plastic fabric back which stretches -up and down but never across, to let you sit and bend but never spread. ' . This, is probably the Berlei you wear most, so see that it gives you all the control and support you need to keep your shape'and to prevefat your tirtng quickly. Your evening gown definitely calls for an all-in-one, unless you've positively no spare flesh at all. Look for the longest thigh. control you can get, the flattest suspendersi and the most perfect" uplift (for all the new evening styles aceenfi the bosom). Have it in the most suppletabric your 'figure will permit. For even fleshy figures there . is all the control you want in Beriei's new satins and failles with the marvehlous in-woven stretch. And they provide the most perfect surfaee for luxurious fabrics to faJl and drape over. . - And now sinoe you're wearing Berlexs next to your skin '. . word. about washing. Wash corsets often — once per week is not too often. That ritual will prolong their life and keep them in shape. Make thick suds and have the water almost cofd. Douse the garment up and down. as you do chiffon hose. Rub any, badly-soiled spot swith suds and your hand.- Rinse-in at least three waters. Now lay it on the grass or on a clothes -horse and let it .drip ary. And give your foundation a chance to rest bet ween wearlngs by having more than one so that you can alternate them. , Thought for just euch things.as- these is what makos a woman smart instead of just ordinaryIooking, and; what makes your dress allowanee go furthest towards- making you well turneid out. You'll be buying or making new clothes soon — see about their right fouhdations first, to give rthe line and to fit the picture!