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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1914)
The Omaha Sunday Bee I f y ; 1 1 tr- On e? n.oll-'. Slmpkirt Ytt Lovolteat Gown a. Of Pal. Colors Mescaline, ft Follow the Lino f th Flour th Draper! f th Ancient Greeks. By Lady Duff-Gordon. SrMPUOSTY ! th Mghst art la drs. ft seem easy, but It la on of th tnoat difficult artt, If yon desire proof of tbta statement ratal I bow a bad dressmaker trime' and retrlms, overtrlma and overloads ; a gowaNritb trimming. Tha'excaaa of Karaltar bldaa'tba dafecU la tutting and tha faalta la Bowing or. - ao tb Inept dreaamakar tblnka.' Tha output la vlgar, Inbarmoulona a poaltlv aala to tha artistic cy. . 'TojproTtda'a'trlumpb.et aimpllclty tbaro noat ba perfection of cut To aaaure tb par' factly cut gown there inuat flrat bo aa ay aa aennltlva to the Una aa a alnger to a fala not. Tha almple gown la chiefly la on color. Or, If thera b vartatlona they, aa a rula,'ar narely different abadea of tb chief color, i If another" color Introduced It ahould be on that blend eaaily -wltti th principal on of the costume. Combination ar atwaya a risk, 'and contrast! ar nor than liable to b tuI gar. '.Approach reverently combination of color.' When In doubt adher carefully and eafely to tha one-color costume. Adopt th ama ahade aa to gown, hosiery, ahoea, glovea, wrapa. Until you ar absolutely aur of your ."color y' attempt cot the multiple colored barafd.' Tha righv use of color la aa art which only one nation haa ever perfected. Tb Chines fcave learned all that Is to t known of colore. IHudy any mandarin coat or any pair of wide ajlc trousers that bav really issued from China and you can And la them, no matter bow richly or elaborately embroidered, bo chromatio flaw. While this la primarily true of th Chinese, it Is nearly aa great a verity la regard tor Japan and India. Th Orient la tb cradle olffarfect V .s LADY DUFF-CORDON, the fusou "Lack" of . Lsadoa, aad f oreatort creator el f aihioM ia ihe world, write each weft th fatKioa erlicU fot ahis newspaper, pmcatiai iH tLat it aeweel aad beet ia etylae for wtll-Awn J wnmea. tjidy Duf-Cordoa't Paris tlalruftaMal briai her fclo doe toeck with thai team of faahioa. coloring.1 A thousand year ago th' Chinas learned all there la to know about color. The moat glaring mistake and th common est mad la color la that too brilliant one are chosen. A woman' vanity ahould forbid thla. It the color of ber gown la too brilliant It will pale ber Individual brilliance. Th over dressed . woman' personality la loat la her clothe. '( Th well-dressed woman accentuatea th not of ber own personality by ber apparel. In thla respect la a valuable lessoa to b learned from th Orient You approach an Oriental rug with the Intent to purchaa. Th color aeema to you atriklng.' Yet observe bow th dominant color blende with the next la ton and how that melts Into th next and all Into th far perapeotlve of taint background aa the mountain peak rnto Ita aurroundlng pur ple or the aun lit wavea of the eea Into the blue rim of the horizon. On color la a costume ahould alnk into another aa do the tones of a wall-modulated voice. Let there b no ahrteka 'nor strident tone In your apparel While you may learn the art of blending color from th atudy of Oriental garmenta and allka and ruga, you may go to a more available aourre for knowledi of Ka principle. Go to nature for your lessons. In my bom at Ver sailles 1 tt tor hours at my window looking out upon my gardens and learning color lea son. Or In an upper chamber of that home I ait and watch tha aunaet fade into the dreamy tonea of twilight and observe how they melt Into tha ajuipl night. It you watch tb chang- j3 JrXrc V-' f , . y 'Tay- ' ;, V: Si i ."v.;: o, :v -' TV? . - i : 1 J.viV';;.:-." ...... .V ( .-: ': J ' ' '.J . u.r-"(.-v Walking 8ult for the Early Autumn of Mus tard Colored Broadcloth in tight Weight Th Hat la of Slightly tighter 8hada. lng aea and aky and tree you will not make many mistakes la selecting the colors for your gowns and hats. Thar can be no triumphant aimpllclty with out a study of form. Consider that young girl whose attlr fasclnatea you by Us absolute aimpllclty of Una. Those llnea ar fascinating because true, and true "because they fit the na ture and th time. Women, wtoo, to their Buf fering, have been compared with many objects, seem to me to greatly resemble trees. , That young girl ia like a slender sapling. Tb person who designed her gown, whether It be a modist of Paris or Vienna or a tired mother In far-off Oahkoah, baa more or less consciously followed th fashion of th young tree. Therefor there are no curving lines, but straight ones. . No garniture "cuts" the aweet simplicity of the lines. From shoulder to hem there la no rudely Interrupting line. All Is white and quaint and aweet The only color la the maidenly costume la the delicate wreath of pink rosebuds encircling the broad brimmed whiteness of her hat That costume la not only an exquisite frame for ber fresh young beauty, but it la a lesson In exquisite aimpllclty. Fancy that rosebud girl dragging about a fortune epent in a moleskin gown! I have Been girlish beauty eclipsed, loat for the time, la such a gown. The unbecoming mag nificence caused her to look old and inelxnia cant She aought distinction and ahe achieved commonplacenesa. Fabrics play an Important part In the attain ment of aimpllclty. "Costly your hablta aa your puree." etc, doea not apply to the choice of materials. A splendid fcrocad might be a good sartorial investment tor a queen whom the demanda of state forced to wear it but it would be a crime of extravagance tor a young girl. For ber are musllna and soft allka, crepe de chines and cobwebby mulls. It la only the woman of splendid presence, with many years behind her in llfe'a path, who may assume the brocades, the heavy velveta and the weighty allka. v The first commandment in the decalogue of dress is "Dress aa becomes you." The aecond is "At all costs, aimpllclty.' CoDrrlcUt Hit br th Star Company. Great Britain FLlhi'iiiJI we fl!L Visiting 4 f! . f V"--' t : rV-v'Vv-:' - it,': MMIS; ' i a; i - v .1 - - . ... V BP )7 0' P Late Garden Party Coetume of White Chiffon Skirt Abaelutaty Without Garniture. TH Hal and Prsl Have DeJlct,Tuch ef . Griu F.lghta reserve' Pag vt u U A ... t t v ''-" - " -.' -. f ' . f .ieViiatiaiaaiitw ft tKaKNm . vrw . vear exi-.n? Toilette for Debutante, of CNffon, with Girdle and Uninge of Silk. FP v- 1 St Vt --. 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