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 Your summer cottons may be gay calico, subdued ginghams, plain linen, or a frilly organdie. In silks, your choice may be transparent georgette or a heavy Canton crepe. You don’t have to consider if wool jersey is too clinging, for you are still slim enough to wear it. It is true, too, that you may choose plaid or check if it happens to appeal to you.

There are rules for trimming that even the perfectly developed woman is wise to follow. A great many lines that run around the figure are seldom pleasing. If you have seen a skirt that was braided at regular intervals from the lower edge to the waistline, you will know what I mean. It is tiresome.

Never combine two colors in a dress in exactly equal proportions. The dress will be much prettier if one shade predominates or at least forms two-thirds of the dress.

A word about jewelry goes right along with trimmings. If your dress is elaborately trimmed, don’t add ornaments in the way of jewelry. One will spoil the other. If you are planning to wear a pendant or colorful placque on a silk cord, choose a plain style for your dress. A bright red or jade placque hanging on the front of a dark blue or black dress is really all the trimming it needs. Sometimes, too, just a bright bar pin will add the right spot of color.