What Shall I

Beatrice (33-B-2 FPE)

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Wear?

For the past several months, we've talked about general principles of design and color. Nevertheless, there have been introduced several words or phrases with which you may or may not be familiar. In an effort to associate names and styles of first, necklines, then waistlines and then skirt styles, to better guide you in your clothing selection and/or description of clothing, we draw your attention to the accompanying sketches. These are just a few of the ways a part of a garment may be changed.

NECKLINES

Anyone who buys a dress without considering the neckline and the ways a neckline will help or hurt her appearance, must have wasted much time and money on past purchases. Two points one must always look for in a garment to find it suitable or not are the neckline and the hemline. Incorrectly placed, either line can throw your look out of proportion.

First you must determine whether your neck is short, medium or long. To measure, take your tape measure and find the distance from the bony section of your head just behind your left ear lobe, straight down alongside your throat until it touches your clavicle. You have a short neck if you measure less than five inches, a me- dium neck if you measure up to six and one half inches. And a long neck if you measure up to eight inches.

You probably already know how much you measure around your neck, so place yourself in the slender throat category if you measure less than thirteen inches, heavy if you measure up to fifteen inches. Thereafter, you will find you fall in one of the following categories: short and slender or short and full; medium and slender or medium and full; long and slender or long and full.

Now that you have the facts, here are some sug- gestions for each group:

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