TEACH YOURSELF DRESSMAKING

“Some women dress–others merely wear a few clothes!” a witty old lady once remarked... The art of dressing is well worth studying. Many so-called beauties owe their reputation entirely to the fact that they are rich–or clever–enough never to wear anything unbecoming. Luckily the styles of to-day are so varied that there is no need to do this in order to be fashionable. “Dress up to your individuality” is a good motto. In adopting this a woman must study herself diligently, to find out the colours, fabrics, and styles which set off her good points–every woman has a few, at any rate–and to conceal her bad ones–few escape some! Aids to attractive dressing are provided by magazines, newspapers, Television, cinemas, theatres, and dress parades. Thanks to these, the provincial woman is now as well dressed as the Londoner. There are some lucky women who seem to have been born with a needle and scissors in their fingers ! These can make, apparently as easily as a spider spins a web, a frock which simply cries out “Paris” to all observers. But less-favoured ones need not despair, for dressmaking is an art which can be learnt by anyone who will apply herself to it wholeheartedly. This book has been written to explain the “Hows” and “Whys” to the woman of no experience. Dressmaking has its rules, of course, and there are standards of workmanship which must be attained if the finished results are to pass muster. But what seems so puzzling to the uninitiated is as clear as the daylight when the process is explained. It is strange that while the appellation “Home-made” is so highly esteemed when applied to cakes, jams, and other eatables, it is often a term of disparagement in connection with clothes. This, however, is not inevitable, and I guarantee that any girl of average intelligence can, by diligent practice according to the directions given in this book, turn out creditable work which will transform the despised label of “Home-made” into an enviable one.

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