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not depend on the sex of the wearer, but on the oc- casion. He did not say that men ought necessarily to wear the same clothes as women. He did say that the whole situation meeds to be radically re-vamped. Although he makes no mention whatever of TV as such, his angle on things will no doubt be well received among us.

Maybe there's a lot more to be said about skirts. Ruth Wilma Gail knows very exactly what she wants, next time she buys a dress. She's a little weary of flowered arnel prints off the peg. She'd like a red one, plain red, in something maybe not quite so stiff as taffeta, with a very full skirt and a great big white or gold collar on top, right across the sholders, with a V-front, and a great big bow in front where some people wear falsies- (but she doesn't). And where in heck is one to find any- thing like that off the peg? We mostly have dream dresses in the back of our minds; sometimes one may find something in a store that appeals, and it gets taken into stock. It may establish itself as a firm favorite. But it is still not what we really wanted, and we keep right on searching for what we really long for. It's not surprising - a dress is so im- portant as an expression of personality, and it must be just "right" it's not a matter of getting into any old thing.

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Shopping for the supporting evidence is much

easier

no problem at all. One simply walks into a store, no questions asked or as in one New York store - frank and friendly acceptance of the fact that one was choosing lovely frilly nonsense for oneself.

Shoes are something else again. We like heels, as high and spikey as they come. We haven't set foot (or heels) in London for quite a while, but there are shoe stores there which indicate that they have private fitting rooms. The Continental in Edgware Road may or may not be still in business,