Dress and Look Slender

About this eBook

Author

Wells, Jane Warren, 1886-1981

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

TT: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts

Subject

Clothing and dress

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 63017

Release Date

August 23, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Dress and Look Slender
2. 2.FOREWORD
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.CHAPTER I WHY WOMEN WANT TO LOOK SLENDER — WHEN FASHION DEMANDS SLENDERNESS AND YOUTHFULNESS — BUSINESS AND SOCIAL LIFE MAKE SLENDERNESS AND YOUTHFULNESS A NECESSITY — MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR GOOD POINTS
5. 5.CHAPTER II THE REAL SECRET OF DRESSING TO LOOK SLENDER — 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
6. 6.CHAPTER III THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE THE BIG DIFFERENCES — 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
7. 7.CHAPTER IV FOUNDATIONS THAT SLENDERIZE — 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
8. 8.CHAPTER V CARDINAL RULES FOR DRESSES THAT CAMOUFLAGE SIZE — 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
9. 9.CHAPTER VI ESSENTIAL POINTS IN CUTTING AND FITTING — 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
10. 10.CHAPTER VII FABRICS THAT SLENDERIZE — 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
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII COLORS THAT SLENDERIZE — 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
12. 12.CHAPTER IX THE LINE OF YOUTH AND GRACE — WHEN TAILORED CLOTHES ARE SMART — YOUTHFUL STYLES YOU CAN WEAR — YOUTHFUL STYLES TO AVOID — TRIMNESS IS YOUR GOAL
13. 13.CHAPTER X THE SMART LINE OF DIGNITY — 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
14. 14.CHAPTER XI HATS AND WRAPS THAT SLENDERIZE — HAT SHAPES TO WEAR AND NOT TO WEAR — HAT COLORS TO WEAR AND NOT TO WEAR — WRAPS THAT SLENDERIZE AND THOSE THAT DO NOT
15. 15.CHAPTER XII LOOKING SLENDER IS AN ART, A NECESSITY, AND A PLEASURE — HARMONIOUS PROPORTIONS—THE AIM OF EVERY WOMAN — SIMPLICITY IS THE FIRST ESSENTIAL — HERE ARE THE TEN CHIEF RULES IN A NUTSHELL

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