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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1915)
The Omaha Sunday Bee Magazine Page terar ram Ml V .0 V'V" v (Q) yly 0dmL Y :Y ' . Y , Y i7jg$t v- Y'Y :vY I Y n ,'Y .i ! .. The Extraordinary New Headdresses That Frame the Facey and the Charming New " Waterfall" Dresses LADY DUFF -GORDON, the famous "Luclle- of London. And foremost creator of fash ions in the world, mites each week the fashion article for this newspaper, presenting all that is newest and best in styles for well-dressed women. Lady Duff-Gordon's Paris establishment brings her into Jose touch with that centra of fashion. By Lady Duff-Gordon "LUCILE" HERE is an odd and interest ing headdresa. The big mass of the plumes sits on top of the head somewhat, it has been suggested, like the top of a picture frame. And certainly the drooping tips make a charming frame for the lovely face within them. The other part of the head dress It looks like a skeletonized Dutch cap is rhinestones, or dia monds it you prefer and can afford them. Down In the right hand corner you can see the dress that the headdress goes very well with. It is one of my very newest, and I am more than a little proud of it It is all of black net and fine lace. The little light bodice is of black satin. The net falls from the hips in gauzy, "waterfall" effect, and under the net is the fairly tight Citing underdress also of black. The big, old-fashioned brooch and pendant carries out the old-fash- V Y ' H i S ri V ,V',.l Y' ' ' ' I ,ri5i) Y jiVvN ' tv'; r ,A A-y j, , .... i x - ucw, she is at the tame time always loath to leave tha old until some more courageous sister shows the way. Now, I belleva that when an idea comes to us from the Great Source and that idea is, as it must be, laden with good, if we will only under-, stand and accept It, that we ought not to dismiss It Just because it is new or "hasn't been tried." Wa ought to study it ourselves, find its meaning and use it, even If it does take courage. If we don't we'll find sooner or later that the Ideas dont come so readily or so often. And why should they it wo dont appre ciate them? For Instance most people would not think of making anything out of anything except accepted dress fabrics. There are the con ventions, the mechanics of the art, and they mustn't be disturbed. Nonsense! Some times I see a pleoe of cloth that is Intended for upholstery a covering of a chair or a sofa perhaps, and the Idea comes to me: "What, a marvellous thing to use on a dress!" Do I heaKate because that fabrio was designed for a chatr or a sofa? I do not. I use it aa the Idea dictated, and lo and behold. It makes some woman beautiful I Or I will see some window curtains, and If the Idea suits ma those curtains appear with perhaps the most wonderful of hand-woven fabrics upon some beauty, and the humble curtains are made glorious.. The philosophy of life, or one part of K, as I see K, is to take the good wherever you .And It and (f by chance It lent In. its proper place, or would be better In another place, put It there. When you do that you work la harmony with the Oreat Source, and It doesut matter whether what you work with la cloth or humans the principle is exactly the same. And that Is the reason I always advise women to stick to the fashion1 that they have found best suits them unless, of course, they find another fashion which-sults them better. One of the dresses I wear, the "Curat," I designed tea years ago. And It is still not a bit "old-fashioned." It suits me, and I have it made up In a number of colors and fabrics. It suits me, and I stick to It, and will until I find something better no matter what the "fashion" of the moment may be. What we all must do is look for the best In dress as In everything else. And when we And it we must take It to ourselves, bo matter what it la or what the setting In which we find It The photograph above shows the new "Picture Frame" Plumes, with their Imposing "top" effect and charming faee-enclrcllng feathers. The photograph In the lower right hand corner shows the dress that goes with the plumes. It Is of black net and fine laee. The little tight bodice (a of black aatln, with diamond ahoulder straps. The net falls from the hips In the effect called "waterfall." The dress at the left comer Is another "waterfall" of black tulle and black jet embroidery. All "Luclle" models and creations. ioned note and also the dlimonded part of the headdress. The effect is quite lovely, I think. And that phrase, "picture frame plumes," leads me to a little dis sertation upon framing a applied to the face In general. I don't see why the framing Idea isn't an exceHent one to be devel oped. We frame a picture to bring out its full effect an effect Impos sible without the relief of the franue, although there are pictures that look better without frames, and so, quite naturally, it follows that there are faces that would be better without framing. But what I mean Is this: 8uppose one has really the loveliest eyes. Why not call attention to Chemf Of course the "beauty patch" was designed for jut that. But it has been used ao much that ho one notices it any more. It has outlived its useful ness. But a feather, for Instance, falling down from the forehead and cunningly accenting one of the eyes bow it calls attention at once I There are artful ways of "framing" eyes, a beautiful ear, lovely mouth yes, even an ex oulslte nose that will leave notb- j -Y I L Piling- . ""' V Ing of the grotesque about it and will only be most charming, I am more than half in earnest about it yes, fully three-quarters. It Is only the novelty of the idea that may sound a Uttle absurd. But here is the face and here Is the frame and see bow very nice it all is! Down in the left hand corner Is another of the new dresses. It has the "waterfall" effect, too, but not to the extent of the other. It Is all of black tulle and silk and Jet embroidery. Both dresses have the cunning little disguised hoops that I Invented especially for this season. The bodice Is caught up with little diamond eboulder straps. Here I bark back again to "pic ture frames" for our faces. I have said that it is only the novelty of the Idea that causes one to hesi tate and be a trifle perhaps shocked. It Is a curious thing that fashion, which Is ever chang ing, should be at one and the same time the most radical and the moet conservative of Ituman phe nomena. I mean that although woman is ever seeking something