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A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING
Fig. (20) Match your eyes if you want a becoming color scheme.
You know, when an artist is studying color composition he learns that a repetition of a different tone of the same color intensifies it. So if your eyes are dark blue and you wear a pretty gray blue or peacock blue watch ribbon, for instance, with your navy blue dress, your eyes will seem bleur and more sparkling.
If you are very fair and have a clear skin and color, black will also become you. People with sallow complexions ought to avoid black, for it absorbs all light and doesn't give a pretty reflected glow to help out pale skin.
Of course, the blonde can wear pastel shades, almost any of them—pale blue, lav-
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