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Quality Guides in Buying Ready-Made Dresses
Title
Quality Guides in Buying Ready-Made Dresses
Creator
Date
1934
Relation
Leaflet Number 105
Subject
Excerpt
POINTS TO LOOK FOR WHEN BUYING A DRESS
Style and fabric suited to your needs.
A label that tells what kind of fibers make up the material.
Definite information about shrinkage, weighting, or sizing, and color fastness to sunlight and washing.
Fabrics made of durable yarns, with firm, balanced weave.
Staple fabrics rather than novelties, for economy.
All pieces cut the right way of the goods.
Full cut with plenty of room.
Neat, appropriate, and serviceable workmanship.
Allowances for alterations, particularly in growing girls' dresses.
Style and fabric suited to your needs.
A label that tells what kind of fibers make up the material.
Definite information about shrinkage, weighting, or sizing, and color fastness to sunlight and washing.
Fabrics made of durable yarns, with firm, balanced weave.
Staple fabrics rather than novelties, for economy.
All pieces cut the right way of the goods.
Full cut with plenty of room.
Neat, appropriate, and serviceable workmanship.
Allowances for alterations, particularly in growing girls' dresses.
Publisher
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Home Economics
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