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TYLE isn’t so much a matter of the skirt being a copy of the newest fashion illustration. It’s more important that the skirt suits the wearer. Different figures require different types of skirts.

Study the person who is going to wear the skirt. If you are planning the skirt for yourself consider whether you have hips or haven’t hips, whether your waist is large or small, whether you are short or tall—that is if you want to look your best.

Suppose a dozen women went to the same store and all bought the same style of skirt. They wouldn’t look just alike—like the fashion cut down in the window that tempted them to buy the skirts. They would each have their individual differences. As a matter of fact, some of the women would be wearing a becoming skirt and some would be wearing a very unbecoming skirt. If the skirt was designed for the fashionable, tall slight figure, it wouldn’t make Mary look an inch taller than