Styling tips from Avonlea's women folk

   "The right hat"                                 
By: Miss Sara Stanley
                   
"Wear a hat that suits your outfit, and one that you like. If you are wearing a puffy sleeved blouse, and a poofy skirt, wear a smaller hat than in the photograph shown. You don't want to look, well, rather fat. Thus, if you wear a slim outfit, it looks a lot more attractive if you wear a larger, feathery hat. You don't want to look too scrawny either. For simple, more casual outfits, wear a straw hat with a colorful ribbon around it. Just the touch for a simple, but elegant day!"


          "Another dress"

Gus and Felicity

                     
            By: Miss Felicity King

"You can't always walk around in your best Sunday dresses, but you don't want to look frumpy when you have guests coming over either. So, always have a second best dress in you closet. Not too fancy, mind you, just chic enough to look fabulous and you can still prepare dinner without worrying about destroying your favorite dress while cooking!"

Hair done up nicely

"Hairstyles" 
By: Janet King

"Choose the hair style that you adore. There are sooo many choices! Once you have found one that you like, stick to it. Or, find another one that you like better. Some women in Avonlea, style their hair the way the new trend is, but, that's not always an option for everybody. Things change all the time, but you don't. Don't change the hair styles you like, just because they're out of the trend. Just be you. That's the real hair style."

Cecily King

"Your girl's dress"          By: Mrs. Olivia Dale

"Every girl should have the right to look just as pretty in pink as her older sister did. Let the child pick out her own dress for a change, she is growing up you know. Of course, every mother wants her child to look cute and sweet and " Oh, what a pretty little thing!" And, you don't want the child to choose an ugly, horrid dress, either. In the child's point of view, if the mother chooses the clothing, she will feel babyish and will dislike the clothes bought for her. I am certain that you, dear reader, have been in that situation more than twice. Don't let your child go through the same things you have!"


"A boy's clothes" 
By: Miss Hetty King

"Every pupil of mine comes to school with clean clothes. Some of them may be in rags, but I make sure that they are clean rags. The lads wear usually a brown, blue, red, grey, or dark green clothes. (Or whatever they find handy in their closet that morning. Typical.)  And they always wear a cap, with a button on top, on their heads. Sundays they wear a suit with bow tie. But when it comes to chore time, they are in coveralls and they are as dirty and sloppy as can be! But, as they say, boys will be boys!" And that, will never change, no matter how hard you try to keep them neat! :}"