FEEMININE REFLECTIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 442, 25 August 1928, Page 23

FEEMININE REFLECTIONS

Perfect Dressing

Helps to Its Attainment

“Take Care ! Beware !”

THE first rustle of spring has been felt among the tissue paper wrappings of the new hats and dresses awaiting display in our city windows. Now is the time when every good girl comes to the aid of her wardrobe.

But before she starts her spring dance among the cool glades of the latest attractions,” which ends in the ancient rite of purse-emptying, a word of dull-commonsense may be in season. A walk down town at any busy hour will suffice to show how many girls who spend thought on their clothes lower the standard of their whole appearance *by carelessness in some small detail. All the accompanying errors are simply rectified; it is just a matter of taking care, and attention to such details often makes the difference between a girl of acknowledged smartness and a dowdy one. There is no beauty in the uncovered knee. The girl whose skirt does not cover that joint will add 50 per cent, to her chic if she lowers her hem two important inches. A peep of bloomer as she walks mars the smartness of many an otherwise careful dresser. There will be seen, on that walk, the girl who tries too hard. No woman is well dressed if she is fond of “gadgets." A sports outfit loses all its point if a bead necklace or a brooch is added by the wearer. Re-

straint shows far more taste than adornment, as one dress expert expert expresses it: “Smartness depends on how much a girl has left In her dressing table top drawer." Nothing may be gained by covering the eyes by wearing a hat too low in the brim. Byes are too valuable to hide; they represent too much of the character and personality of the wearer to be left out of the scheme. There is no charm, only a remarkable Irritation, in talking to a woman who has to raise her chin to peer under her hat. Protruding ends of hair at the back of a brimless hat are seen frequently; it may cost a little to visit the barber a little more often, but it is worth it. A crooked stocking seam, and worn heels, are common evidences of carelessness for which there Is no excuse. This spring, coats worn to the hem of the skirt will be very popular, but before the first yard of material Is measured for such a costume, let the buyer register a vow that coat and dress hem will be perfectly even with one another when the ensemble is completed.