There is a close correlation between the grades which a student receives in costume design and her personal appearance rating, according to Miss Lillian Navratil in her thesis,  Comparison of Personal Appearance Ratings and Grades of Senior Home Economics Students at Iowa State College

Evans, Dorothy

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There is a close correlation between the grades which a student receives in costume design and her personal appearance rating, according to Miss Lillian Navratil in her thesis, "Comparison of Personal Appearance Ratings and Grades of Senior Home Economics Students at Iowa State College."</p

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16 I. S. C. COLLEGE STATIONERY 8 DIFFERENT STYLES White Ivory Grey Buff ALL WITH ENGRAVED DIES Gold Red Silver or Brown This collegiate stationery has been the choice of "Iowa State" co-eds for years and you, too, will be pleased with this high grade stationery. Priced 49c-50c-79c R:gular Size Boxes RYTEX SPECIAL PRINTED STATIONERY 1.00 Box STUDENT SUPPLY STORE South of Campus its UP for fall OUR SKILLED OPERATORS will swirl your curls sky-hi to m eet the new fall fashions. THE MARGUARITE SHOP CAMPUS TOWN PHONE 207 AMES DRESS CLUB PHONE98 ~ DRY CLEANING a" 2910 WEST ST. How Do You Rate? by Dorothy Evans T HERE is a close correlation be-tween the grades which a student receives in costume design and her per-sonal appearance rating, according to Miss Lillian Navratil in her thesis, "Comparison of Personal Appearance Ratings and Grades of Senior Home Economics Students at Iowa State Col-lege." There is, however, a much closer Look in the mirror and grade your image on these grooming tests. 1. Neatness in Dress Clothes unkempt; slov· Clotl1es frequently un-enly in appearance. tidy; careless in ap· pea ranee. 2 . Personal Nea.tness 3. Effect of Founda-tion Ga.r-ments 4. Posture of Indi-vidua.l 5. Suitabil-ity of Design to Indi-vidual 6. Sulta.bU-ity of Design to Occa-sion 7. Becom· ingness of Color 8. Suitabil-ity of Ma.terial to Design a.nd Pur-pose 9. Suita.ble Acces-sories (includ-ing shoes a nd hose) 10. Plea.s-ing U se of Cos-m~tics 11. Becom· Uncouth in appearance; skin. h air, hands, nail s, teeth dirty and unkempt. Poorly fitted; pinched or 1labby in appearance. Constrained, awkward, or slumped in appear ance. Dress design unbecom-ing; unattractive char-acteristics emphas ized;, over-ornamentation. Design of dress sug-g_estive of another occa-Sion. Colors lack h armony w ith the individual, sea· son, and with each oth er; accentuate poor Materia l inappropriate to individua l, season, oc-casion, and style; un-attractive in itself. Accessories inharmoni-ous with costume, per-son, and each other. De-tract noti ceab ly from individua l a nd costume. Artificial effect; not in harmony with p er son, press, a nd occasion; Un-attractive features em-phasized. ing H a.ir Not in accord with fent· Arrange- ure~. dress, or mode; un-ment. natul"al in appearance. 12. Design in K eeping With Present Styles Poor featnres empha-sized. Individual ma de con· spicuous by wearing clothes extr emely out of style or in style. Evidence of grooming d one hurriedly; fre-quently omitted in part. Wrinkles or l ines show-ing; frequent lack of sufficient amount. Too stiff, too relaxed, re· suiting in faulty posture in one or more segments. Dress des ign often un· interesting; neither adds to nor detracts from personal attr activeness. Design not always ap-propriate for occasion. qualities. Color harmony not al-ways preserved; fails to enh ance individua l's best quali ties. Some evidence of mate-rial poorly selected for individual, season, occa· s ion, and design; unin-teresting in itself. Incomplete h armony in accessortes, frequent ly lacking uni ty in color and des ign. Little consideration given to choice and use of cosmetics; frequently omitted or h armony. lacking in Hair n eatly arranged ; best features not em -phasized. Clothes n eat and pre-sentab le; little style. * Published by Manual Arts Press, Peoria, Ill. neat, clean well· fltted, Clothes well-made, well-pressed, perfect repair. and in W ell-groomed skin, hair, h ands, nails, and teeth. Smooth, firm; a llows freedom of movement. Erect and graceful pos-ture; appearance of ease and poise. Dress design inglr pleasing com1ng ; b est emphasized. exceed-a nd be-features Design of dress suitable to the occasion. Oolors bring out best qualiti es of individual ; s uited to season, occa-sion, and in harmony witl1 each other. Material suited to indi· vidual, season, occasion, and style; attractive in itself. Interesting accessori es, h armoni ous wi th the costume, person, and eacl1 other; adds to the whole. Applied naturally; in harmony with person, dress, a nd occasion ; suf-fi cien t to enha nce at-tractive features . Natural appear ance; con-forming to the mode, dress, and person's be~t qualities. Dress in keeping with prevailing styles; smart in appearance. October, 1938 These REPAIRED SHOES look NEW with INVISIBLE HALF- SOLING This modern method of repair-ing makes worn shoes like new again! At far less than the price of a new pair, you can h ave n ero shoe appearance and old shoe comfort at-The best place in town to wait Popular Prices L. L. SIMCOKE at TRUEBLOOD'S SHOE STORE 2544 Lincoln Way Phone 104 GOSSARD cMagic One Girdle Can't FIT EVERY WOMAN Figures are like faces . . . no two are exactly alike. That is why one model will not properly fit two different women, even though they both measure for the same size. The whole battle to stay slim and smooth, to know comfort and figure confi-dence is WON or LOST with the foundation. It is your advantag•e to choose your foundation carefully . .. from a corset shop which offers a wide selection of different models . .. and where expert corsetieres assure you of be-ing correctly fitted. The Iowa Homemaker agreement between personal appear-ance and costume design grades than be-tween personal appearance and clothing construction grades. This fact may be accounted for by the difference in ob-jectives which are to be realized in each course. Clothing construction places emphasis on the proper construction and fit of garments while costume design stresses the selection of garments in re-lation to the type of individual. According to Miss Navratil's figures in her thesis there is an especially high correlation in costume design on the posture of the individual, the suitability to the occasion and the suitability of material to design and purpose. However, improving your personal appearance is also a matter of individual attention. Even clothing courses do not insure faultless appearance. As a means toward this end, the rating scale* on page 16 has been devised by Miss Nav-ratil, Miss Regina Friant of the Home Economics Education Department, and Miss Rosalie Rathbone, head of the Textiles and Clothing Department. This rating should be made only ac-cording to the descriptive phrases under the line. No personal standards should be considered. Rate yourself honestly and with great care, or better yet, persuade your roommate to rate you. Our clothing determines how much we go into society, the places we go, and the exercise we take. Our wear-ing apparel contributes to our ability to secure jobs and to hold them, and it may cause us to miss them and to lose them. "The results of an individual's per-sonal appearance are immense although very often unknown," according to Miss Elizabeth Winterburn in Principles of Correct Dress. "We take the little we perceive as a sample of all that is back of it and judge an entire character by what is apparent to the eye," she continued. P ersonal appearance is a matter of in-dividual consideration in addition to the training which you receive in clothing classes. We Welcome You-Students and Faculty and may the school year be a happy one. You will have pleasant and happy memories if you ac-quaint yourself with Florence Langford}s Gift Shop DOWNTOWN We can help you so.Zve all your gift problems. Come in and browse about. HAVE YOU VISITED Coe's College Flower Shop? Flowers Plants Candles Pottery Cards Gifts 2530 Lincoln way Down Town 319 Main Phone 110 Ladies' SHOES, HOSE and BAGS AMES' ONLY EXCLUSIVE LADIES BOOTERY 17 

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