he first to report for duty in connection with the
next obligation in the business of life.

Therefore let us keep in mind a few rules for the perfect costuming of
woman:

Appropriateness for each occasion so as to get efficiency,
or be as decorative as possible.

Outline.--Fashion in silhouette adapted to your own type.

Background.--Your setting.

Colour scheme.--Fashionable colours chosen and combined to
express your personality as well as to harmonise with the
tone of setting, or, if preferred, to be an agreeable
contrast to it.

Detail.--Trimming with _raison d'etre_,--not meaningless
superfluities.

It is, of course, understood that the attainment of _beauty_ in the
costuming of woman is our aim when stating and applying the foregoing
principles.

The art of interior decoration and the art of costuming woman are
occasionally centred in the same individual, but not often. Some of the
most perfectly dressed women, models for their less gifted sisters, are
not only ignorant as to the art of setting their stage, but oblivious of
the fact that it may need setting.

Remember, that while an inartistic room, confused as to line and
colour-scheme can absolutely destroy the effect of a perfect gown, an
inartistic, though costly gown can likewise be a blot on a perfect room.

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