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'H'l Elements of StvleEDITH HEAD's FAsHroN covvmdvrxts

l) () \ "1' let .your clothes he .fitted too tightly.Even a perfect figure looks better if it doesn't resemble a sausage.

Only bathing suits should "fit tight."

f) () N'"1- u,ear u date dress u,lzt,tz .you're arriuinq for a tlay's utork ut tlte office.The dressy dress, the low-necked lacy blor.rse. the glitter sweater,

allof the -elitter category belong to after-dark.

f ) () \ "l' be too rliffirent.You don't want to dress like the herd, but you don't want to look like a peacock in a yard

fullof ducks. Beins too much an individualist is not beins well dressed.

l)OVT J'eel thut u,hen.you r( rloinq to a purt.1'.you nzusl look "dressed-ttp"--

a sirnple dress is saler if there's a question of what to wear.

and you will be much more comfortable sirnply dressed than overdressed.

l) O \''l he a.f'raid tct u,eur o becotttirttl t'o.sltttttt' tnun.y,

t'netl)t times. It's an old-fashioned idea that yor.r

have to have a new dress for every occasion or party.

Even if you have the money to do so, it isn't necessary.

The modern approach is to chan-ee accessories.

Excelptecl fiom Zrc Drc:;.s Dtx'tot'; Prc.stri pt ious.f iu' St.t'lc, .fittu t

,,1 to Z, by Edith Head. to be pLrblished in Octobel by CollinsDesign. an irnprint of Harper Collins; O 2008 by the author.

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Bendet Eisner has earned a legion of lans with her Alice &Olivia label, which has grossed more than $50 rnillion. Withrnultiple stores in L.A., N.Y.C.. and one slated to open in Mi-ami later this year, this niini mogul lists her favorite things. . .

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