Her New Years Resolutions in 1937 - My Clothes

<b>For today's list our Delineator corespondent looks at her wardrobe. </b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkb0BZqKCAxxIdDcj8w2wFs1dpFcge6-P6u5xKs0OlmTXf9AANITTZG6HnEGYIvcoD1gxb3ckiSbDbdTyLrxdImRtqCdXuTOFXRw8S1QwtF6fCO7cbQ7HF7zC0gQe4te53KnFbldo4M10y/s1600/DelinetorJan1937-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkb0BZqKCAxxIdDcj8w2wFs1dpFcge6-P6u5xKs0OlmTXf9AANITTZG6HnEGYIvcoD1gxb3ckiSbDbdTyLrxdImRtqCdXuTOFXRw8S1QwtF6fCO7cbQ7HF7zC0gQe4te53KnFbldo4M10y/s1600/DelinetorJan1937-3.jpg" /></a></div><h3><b>                                   My Clothes</b></h3><div><ul><li><b>To develop enough sales resistance to wave away that "too, too divine" feathery  hat which will make me look like an Englishwoman on the Riviera.</b></li><li><b>To own at least one dress or negligee which makes me feel feminine, clinging, luxurious and slightly wicked.</b></li><li><b>To wear good clothes, that fit, even if I have to learn to make them myself. </b></li><li><b>To be firm with myself at the first sign of "doo-dad" disease (the yen to wear all my bracelets, earrings, clips, ect., ect. - at one time). </b></li><li><b>To wear, always, the kind of underwear I'd be proud to claim as my own after the train wreck- if any. </b></li><li><b>To face myself critically in a long mirror before I leave the house and deal promptly with yawning plackets, undecided hemlines and skirts that bulge over the derriere.</b></li><li><b>To risk having runs in my stockings rather than crooked seams due to loose gartering.</b></li><li><b>To get a lift in time at the shoemaker's when my heels start to run down.</b></li><li><b>To keep some dark gloves on hand so I'll never be compelled to carry the light pair that's too smudgy to wear. </b></li><li><b>To get rid of shabby clothes before my economical streak convinces me they're "good enough to wear around mornings."</b></li><li><b>To tell neither my husband nor my friends what I spend on clothes.</b></li><li><b>To buy six pairs of silk stockings at one time.</b></li><li><b>To pay real money for a foundation garment if my figger needs a lift.</b></li><li><b>To have a tailor press my suits at least once a month.</b></li><li><b>To sew fasteners in my clothes to keep shoulder straps from slipping.</b></li></ul></div>

Her New Years Resolutions in 1937 - My Clothes

For today's list our Delineator corespondent looks at her wardrobe.                                     My Clothes To develop enough sal...

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