Woman as Decoration

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he first consideration must be becomingness,-a careful selection of line and colour that bring out the individuality of the wearer. When away from one's own setting, personality is one of the chief assets of every woman. Remember, individuality is nature's gift to each human being. Some are more markedly different than others, but we have all seen a so-called colourless woman transfo

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me. "Virgin and Child"

We have here an illustration of the costume, so often show

n Art of the Renaissance Sculpture

s into her own in reds, yellow

n your perfect blond, colourf

ch cases let complexion and colour of ey

eant, if you are a yellow blond, go in for yellows, if your hair is ash-brown, your eyes but a shade deeper, and your skin inc

ld look pretty or chic, sacrificing the one for the other, or if she insists upon both, carefu

nd an insistance upon a colour and a shade of colour, sufficiently definite to impress the beholder at a glance. This type of woman as a rule keeps to a few colours, possibly

le, colour is her first consideration, multiplication of detail and intelligent expressin

emerald green and other strong colours. The now fashionable mustard, sage green, and bright m

hair is grey or white, mustard and sage green are not for her, and the magenta must be the deep purplish sort, which combines wi