A modern buying guide, helpful and as accurate as possible now that there is no longer a static, definable quality, based on sight, touch and price. She takes wool, silk, linen, cotton, rayon, weaves and finishes; she analyzes the properties, elasticity, durability, strength, performance, cost, etc. She discusses the fashion racket. She goes into shopping for a man; into bedding; into secrets of wear, cleaning, laundering; into the role of advertising and the Federal Trade Commission.