Mary Brooks Picken

more than 10,000 words in “the language of fashion”—

You who would know fashion and use it to express beauty and charm in your own clothes will find a study of this book invaluable.

Fashion writers should find this book an inspiration.

frugality and extravagance.

book, Economics of Fashion

FASHION writers delight in unusual words, making it desirable for the average person to be able to look up these words as he reads.

When you read about fashions, keep this book at hand and use it.

the gain in your speech, and consequently find all fashions more interesting and yourself able to discuss them more intelligently.

There are more than 750 line-cut illustrations.

THE pronunciation of individual words not only varies throughout the world, but even in different regions within the United States. Many words are pronounced in two or more ways,