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 utter simplicity and have loose panels and tunics and coat effects.

But you want to be very careful about what you put under that pretty new frock. How about your corset? Is it making you look your very best? You know you can’t go on wearing the same little girdle that you did when you were just a girl.

Watch out for your hips. The too-light corset is a hip builder, you know. Perhaps you relax more now and don’t exercise so much—that is, hip reducing exercise that you indulged in ten years ago. Take a good look at yourself in the glass. If your hips spread, it is time to change corsets.

There are special corsets designed just for your type—for the young woman of medium build. They give a nice straight line in the back and hold in the hips.

What you wear over your corset counts too. The new straight loose dresses look much better when worn over a straight slip than over a waistline petticoat which is apt is make a break at the waistline.

When it comes to your outer apparel, you can have clothes with more trimming than your younger sister’s. Instead of the girlish styles, look for those that have a little more dignity along with their style. It can be just as dashing a style, just as becoming a style, but you might as well admit the fact that it must be a trifle older.