Modern Screen (Feb-Dec 1959)

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and your clothes Susan's fashion diet was restricted to pale, muted colors built around large helpings of pure white to accent her dark coloring. Susan's prescription : a wardrobe both simple and elegant. Here is how it was achieved : Susan's staple dress is the basic shirtdress, shown on this page in her best color : stark white. Its full, soft skirt emphasizes her slim waistline. Suits were prescribed in the feminine short jacket and full skirt combination, waist accented by wide belting, shown on previous page. A more tailored look is the slim knit suit, opposite, trimmed in Susan's best tonic: white. For dates, the full skirted look, neither in a babydoll pastel or heavy color. Stripes, plus solid relief as shown opposite, are ideal. Scooped neckline is perfect with her long hair. Short sleeves are preferable to a sleeveless look which would broaden her wide shoulders. For sport, again it's that wonderful all-white look against a tan. Either shorts or long pants are good, but only in solids. Edith Head declares that print pants look ridiculous on anybody out of kindergarten. This outfit is smart yet ideal for sport ; no denims needed here! The school dress retains the essence of Susan's prescription: scooped neck, full skirt, tailored trim, muted color. Vitamins, tonics, medicines . . . it's easier to cure a cold than a fashion virus. But you too will stop looking sick, Carol, if you adapt your otvn prescription from the stars' dress doctor. A masterpiece painted all in whites, Susan wears a crisp cotton shirtdress by Mr. Mort, with a touch of the palette in multicolored French ribboned bodice, at $35. Seamless stockings are "barely white," $1.50, by Hanes.