Modern Screen (Dec 1931 - Nov 1932 (assorted issues))

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YOUR , 4 ♦ The Hollywood stars and one of New York's ace fashion writers combine to help you plan your fall and winter clothes. With patterns! Don't miss this! WE all know that some of the best dressed women in America — in the world really — are well known movie highlights. They buy their clothes from the very best designers, they wear them exquisitely, and their taste and smartness is above reproach. So, what could be a better plan than to study their plans for autumn wardrobes and to pattern your own clothes after their general principle? They have had, for the good of their profession and the play of their personalities, to work out the very smartest schemes. Then your task — and mine — is to scheme in the same direction and possibly to another end — that of economy. It can be done. See, for instance, the patterns on page 69. If you make your clothes yourself or have them made, there is one simple path to an extremely smart end. Then, see Janet Gaynor's little dinner dress on this page. You can have a pattern for this, too, if you want 66 By MARGERY WELLS it. It will serve all sorts of purposes. Without the cape, it is a, formal evening dress. With the cape, it becomes a dinner gown or a Sunday night frock. So many girls want a dress just precisely like one that is worn by a popular star herself. Here is their chance to satisfy that desire. For each month, Modern Screen will offer a pattern of a dress from a Hollywood star's wardrobe. Now for that all-around, satisfactory autumn wardrobe — one which will fill every need this year and be cleverly enough planned to carry on for at least a part of next year. HERE is a hint toward that last essential : choose your clothes from among those that have the most advanced lines instead of those lines that are reaching the end of their style value, but avoid all "trickiness" and "novelty touches." Keep your clothes conservative and they will not only be smarter (Continued on page 103)