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 mental picture of the general lines of the style for the season.

Knowing the styles is really a most important step toward having “style sense.” Go back to our second rule in selecting a really stylish garment on Page 2. The dress must suit the season.

Now try something which may prove a little more difficult. Classify the styles. Turn to the first page of the magazine and decide for what purpose and occasion each costume is intended. You may be surprised to find out that you haven’t been observing in times past. If you are in doubt regarding any of the pictures, refer to the rules of Clothes Etiquette.

If you want to select a style for yourself, it’s a good plan to mark the designs that suit your purpose and that also will be becoming to your type. When you compare them, eliminating those that are not suitable for your purpose or your appearance, it will be an easy matter to make a choice.

Here is where making your dress yourself is going to help out. You can adapt the style to your purpose or to suit your individuality. In fact, the placing of a waistline one inch lower, the shortening of a collar, or the lengthening of a tunic may be the difference between a becoming and an unbecoming frock. If you make your own clothes, you will have stylish