Dress and Look Slender
Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
JANE WARREN WELLS
PERSONAL ARTS COMPANY
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
Copyright, 1924
By the Personal Arts Company
All Rights Reserved
International Textbook Press
Scranton, Pa.
The desire to be attractive, to feel the assurance that one is correctly if not beautifully dressed is inherent in every woman. With the advent of the “slim silhouette” the full proportioned woman or girl has had a problem. It is unfashionable to appear over large—and one cannot help feeling conspicuous when out of Fashion’s range. But, fortunately, there is a plan by which the proper selection of dress can actually aid you in overcoming the handicap of weight.
There is magic in the principles of “optical illusion” and rightly applied it is a kind of magic that one can make a permanent reality. But magic is subtle. It requires skill, watchfulness, and a close abiding to the rules if every “trick” is to be a success.
Jane Warren Wells
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Dress and Look Slender
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
WHEN FASHION DEMANDS SLENDERNESS AND YOUTHFULNESS
BUSINESS AND SOCIAL LIFE MAKE SLENDERNESS AND YOUTHFULNESS A NECESSITY
MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR GOOD POINTS
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS—SEEING IS BELIEVING
LINES THAT SLENDERIZE AND LINES THAT DON’T
A SIMPLE TRICK THAT TAKES OFF TWENTY POUNDS
MAKING YOURSELF TALLER THAN YOU ARE
LINES THAT SLENDERIZE TUNICS
APPLY THESE RULES TO EVERY ITEM OF YOUR ATTIRE
SECRETS EVEN THE SLENDER WOMAN MUST KNOW
WATCH YOUR STEP
WHAT YOUR POSTURE CAN DO FOR YOU
SHOES AND STOCKINGS MUST BE SELECTED WITH CARE
NECKLINES ARE SLENDERIZED BY CORRECT JEWELRY AND COLLARS
PURSES, FANS AND OTHER ACCESSORIES
NEATNESS AND CLEANLINESS ARE ESSENTIAL
COSMETICS EITHER ADD OR DETRACT
THINK OF THESE LITTLE THINGS BEFOREHAND
THE ART OF SELECTING YOUR CORSET
HOW TO KNOW WHEN YOUR CORSET FITS EXACTLY
WHICH IS YOUR TYPE OF CORSET?
THE BEST KIND OF BRASSIERE FOR YOU
THE IMPORTANCE OF SMOOTH, PERFECT FITTING UNDERTHINGS
REMODELING YOUR PRESENT WARDROBE
SELECTING NEW CLOTHES THAT WILL SLENDERIZE YOU
THE TRUTH ABOUT SURPLICE FRONTS
SLEEVES FOR LARGE ARMS
SLENDERIZING FLESHY SHOULDERS
DISGUISING WEIGHT FROM THE WAISTLINE DOWN
NECKLINES MAKE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE SLENDERIZING TRIMMINGS
HELPFUL HINTS FROM A LEADING NEW YORK DESIGNER
THE HELPFULNESS OF DARTS IN CERTAIN PLACES
HOW TO HOLD THE DRESS UP ON THE SHOULDERS
WHAT THE LONG UNDERARM DOES
THE BIAS CENTER FRONT
HOW TO ADD FULLNESS WITHOUT FLARE
FACTS TO KNOW ABOUT MATERIALS
WHY AVERAGE “BARGAINS” ARE NOT AN ECONOMY FOR YOU
CHOOSE THESE SLENDERIZING FABRICS
MATERIALS YOU CAN WEAR
HOW TO LOOK SMART AT ALL TIMES
IF YOU MUST PRACTICE ECONOMY
WHAT COLORS NOT TO WEAR
STUDY COLOR “FAMILIES”
CHOOSE THESE SUBTLE SHADES
A COLOR GUIDE TO AID YOU IN ATTAINING A SLENDERIZING APPEARANCE
RULES TO REMEMBER
WHEN TAILORED CLOTHES ARE SMART
YOUTHFUL STYLES YOU CAN WEAR
YOUTHFUL STYLES TO AVOID
TRIMNESS IS YOUR GOAL
DRESS SMARTLY, NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE
IF YOU ARE SHORT AND STOUT
FOR THE TALL STOUT FIGURE
SKIRTS FOR DIGNITY
SLEEVES FOR GRACE
TRIMMINGS TO AVOID
HOW THE MATURE WOMAN CAN APPEAR SMART, ATTRACTIVE, AND CHARMING
HAT SHAPES TO WEAR AND NOT TO WEAR
HAT COLORS TO WEAR AND NOT TO WEAR
WRAPS THAT SLENDERIZE AND THOSE THAT DO NOT
HARMONIOUS PROPORTIONS—THE AIM OF EVERY WOMAN
SIMPLICITY IS THE FIRST ESSENTIAL
HERE ARE THE TEN CHIEF RULES IN A NUTSHELL
