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To revert to Ruth Wilma Gail's personality, apart from that part of it which she keeps strictly between the ears (the best place for it), - what are the complex limiting factors in that infuriating business of buying a dress, reach-me-down? She has pretty firm ideas on what she would like but long ago came to the conclusion that it would be an incredible feat of good luck to find exactly what she wanted on a rack in a store, dead right for style, color, material, and size. Obviously the only answer is to locate a custom dressmaker she lives in hopes of

that.

Sheaths are "out" due to figure like a barrel, more politely described as middle-age spread. are low necklines. So are flapper styles. Nothing looks worse than mutton dressed up as lamb! She has strong views about skirts. The whole point about skirts is that they are pleasant and agreeable and comfortable to wear. Therefore, as a matter of per- sonal preference, there should be plenty of skirt, not just a tight sheath. This boils down to three kinds in practice, 1-floor length hostess skirts, teagowns, or full evening dress. 2- full circle bouffant skirts

what a pity that fashion went out--

it will come back some day (she still rejoices in owning and wearing a very pretty nylon crinoline of the 1950's. 3- swinging pleated skirts she likes swivel-pleats and one of her frocks can be worn over the aforesaid crinoline although it's not really designed for that.

There are sorely few. things more delightful than the tactile feel of full skirts and their movement.

This leads us to mention a book on "Clothes" by the eminent English artist, Eric Gill. It's worth getting hold of. Gill held that skirts are the proper attire for ceremony and leisure from the robes of an archbishop or a Lord Mayor, down to bathrobes. Pants are proper for working in. Hence, he suggested that the skirt/pants relationship should