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her five foot two. It may even add somewhat to the voluminous curve of Mrs. Smith’s thighs.

It’s individuality that counts in skirts just as in other garments. Pick out the style that looks as if it were made just for you. Fig. (1) If you are slim, have fullness at at the waistline It’s easier to do this than it use to be. Fashion doesn’t turn out styles like peas out of a pod now. Creators of clothes are more broad-minded than they use to be. You can wear a pleated or a gathered or a circular skirt any season and be equally well dressed in any of them, if you adhere to certain rules regarding lengths and widths.

Considering gathered skirts first—the two-piece variety that have fullness at the top.

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