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A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING

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Fig. (21) Browns are for brunettes.
through to orange and the copper shades. The one exception to this rule is the brunette with blue eyes. If you have dark hair and blue eyes probably you will find that blue becomes you.

Red is another shade that brunettes and only brunettes can wear successfully.

There are light shades a brunette looks well in but they must be more intense than the blonde wears. Here are some evening shades for the brunette—greenish blue, on the turquoise order, apricot, peach, orange, lavender and flame.

Of course, dark brown is one of the best street shades for the brunette. However, it is by no means the only one. Brickish reds and. the wine shades, which are now permissible as far as good style is concerned for the street, certainly help a brunette to look her best.

A brunette can also wear navy blue if she remembers to introduce one of her

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