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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1916)
The Omaha Sunday Bee Magazine Page urn ul) ' ja " I111"""11 miHlllWll J, vyy.aW,,,fU,W) ' , ' wn i, wa S sr4 s E$v KV C' . K" 1 t rf aim A Charming Walking Hat "Halo" Variety. How to Harmonize With the Outdoor ; Party, the Indoor Party And Why All Dresses Must Necessarily Be Party Dresses Anyway LADY DUFF-CORDON. & famou "Lucile" of London, and foremost cre ator of fashionj in the world, write 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 close touch with that centre of fashion. 1 w' air . f & a j , h , K : v j y By Lady Duff-Gordon ("LUCILE") HERE are some "party" dressed. I have heard that curious expression so often In tils country that I am tempted to write a little about It. Evidently there Is a feeling that a dress for a party ought to be something entirely distinctive and different much, in a way, like the old "Sunday-go to-meeting" clothes. All life Is a party, more or less. Sometimes It Is a pleasant party, and sometimes not so pleasant. But It always has all the elements. When you "dress for a party" you mean that you are going to put on a gown which will arouse the admi ration and interest of those whom you expect to meet. And that Is all right one ought to. But the whole day long the same conditions exist. When you are by your self In the morning It is really "up to you" to be dressed as beautifully as possible. For, after all, one's self Is one's best audience. The way you feel In the morning usually determines the whole day for you. If you can regard yourself, and say to yourself "Don't I look nice and pretty?'' you start In with a feeling of self-confidence and amiability that will give you impetus over all the bumps of the houra coming. If you are going to meet some one after your hours to' yourself. It does not matter whether you are simply going to take a walk or go to some "function," It Is still a party. And It Is your duty to dress In a way that will make you satisfied and at the same time either satisfy or raise the envy of everybody else you meet; and so it goes along until It Is time to turn out the lights and go to bed. What I want to bring oat to that there is no time of S ! - ' - mmmMimmm f A "Ptrty Dress" That Is Not for the Ingenue Type. T4 An Evening "Party Dress" Delicate, Dainty and Girlish (All " Lucile" Models.) the day or nlglit when a woman can afford to be any thing but well dressed. By that I do not mean elab orately or extravagantly dressed at all. It is not ex pensive, unless you want to make It so, to be in that desirable condition. A woman who thinks that "any old sort of thing" is all right to have on until she "has to meet people" Is the kind who gets slipshod mentally as well aa physi cally. She has one standard of conduct for herself when alone, and another fcr herself when she Is with others. This makes for artificiality and insincerity. The real person Is Bincere, simple and harmonious all the time, whether alone or not. One oughtn't to have, "8unday-go-to meettng" clothes or "Sunday-go-to-meetlng" manners, and one oughtn't to have "party" manners any more than one ought to have "party" dresses. I know that this may not seem to you much like fashion, but as I have often remarked, the impulses tbut underlie fashion do not deal so much with dresses aa with humanity. With these few thoughts for your consideration I submit to you these photographs of some "party" dresses which, are .harmonious and charming, whether ' U V I ' t' 1 jJl one goes to the orthodox party or not. Just a few words about the Summer fore. I an afraid that they are going the extravagant limit, and there Is no reason why this charming mode should be made unpopular In this way. Fur, like everything else almost, can be used perfectly harmoniously as a decora tion, whether it Is Summer or Winter. The straw hat trimmed with fur has appeared as a natural conse quence of the fashion. There are some that are charm ing. Ermine Is the garniture most in evidence, but any fur can be used If It la done harmoniously I must, however, frown upon the fur muff fnr Sum mer. Little chiffon muffs, or the flower muff both pretty. The fur muff, however, brings In a Vm;er note that Is very disharmonious to the Summer costume. The new fur buttons are pretty, and can be used with telling effect on a number of gowns. Fitch furs are attractive. I do not like for Bummer the mixed furs. Plain furs are better, and in every case the fur Itself should be subordinated to the whole effect. It is, after all, only an Interesting note. There Is no utility at all to It, and U It Is allowed to dominate 1 the whole costume It turns a pretty Summer dress Into a hybrid Winter concoction. tor 1 1 V" ( J A Dainty Gown for Country Clubs and Lawn Partie- (jrlM. ISIS. k lt fur Coupaio Oral Bni.i. sjinn fcuri