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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1915)
Ihe Omaha Sunday Bee Magazine Pag mi it n 1 And thsSfew Il f "- v..',- ItlVVfi'.Wi 1 1 Jf w r,'. "..V:. ' IfS' .". ' A raiaiv RT. irw-rv ou; fie Gorgeous Robes of j4nrienf ftif uaZ iai;e Been Adapted to the Cloaks and Capes of the Fashions of To-day LADY DUFF-CORDON, lbs fa mow "Lucilt" of Londoa.- sad fornnott citor of ftAtoo m lh world, writes Mck weak the fateioe rbcU for thb Mwpapw. pweueg at lht n acwwt tad fcoM m tryk for wsB dnixj woiin. Udy Df-Cordoa Paris estab&A eat brirtft bar into dote touch with thai ccalro of faihioa. I mention this once tnor to CtU horn tb lesson that a woman's cos torn must bo considered not ta pert, but wholly I mean that dress, wrap, bat, stocking, shoes; store and mil the Test of K mast In each casa be'a unit. Even Joseph's coat of many colors could hare been mad barmo nlous with a jlttle attention Co detail. Victorian Dolman of Bint Shot Hessallafc. Kotico the Old-Fashioned Pelerine That Ii a Feature of the Newest Wrapt. A Long Dolman of Figured D cm ask, with the Sleeves Faced at Fronts and Ends with Brocaded Rose Pattern Ribbon. Q' By Lady Duff-Gordon. UITE naturally If we go back to Victorian fashions In dresses we must go back to Victorian fashions for corerincs of the dresses. Ths distinguishing mark of Victorian styles was) fulnees. A woman had a lot to coyer her. Ths fashions of the moment are also full fashions at least so .far as ths skirts are con cerned. The wraps, therefore, which are to corer the fulnesses must be large and loose.' But besides the Victorian inspiration there are In many of my wraps adapta tions from .the churches. As I hare often remarked in these articles, beauty is universal. It has no right to be confined to any one thing, and no one 'class should hare the monopoly of it. Beauty is not a rigid' thing that must dwell only in ons place. It Is like ths wind or the water, that go where they listeth. It ts the same way with Ideas. Any Idea which is a real Idea can be taken from any place and be made to glTe full value In any other place. ' There fore It is that the stiff cope which is so solemn on the shoulders of Its wearer during ritual becomes only charming on the shoulders of a woman as you can see by looking at ths large picture at the right of this page. This wrap fits only around the shoul ders. Actually there is no collar at all. The modified pelerine breaks the stiffness. There are no sleeves. Ths anus simply come out of two holes on the side. This) wrap itself is of shot taffeta, striped after the ordinary bed Inches from the neck. And this Is a feature of all the new' collars. A few of the tailored suits have their collars close, fitting like men's, but Abe majority do not begin to fit, as I have said, until a point at least four inches from ths neck 4s reached. The collars may be as high as yon like. Some of my wraps bare them as Ugh as the eyes. They cover quit half ths back of the head. But to return to this wrap. It is of figured damask, while the brocaded rose pattern ribbons face the sleeves both front and ends. The ribbon hangs from the wrist with quite a ohurchly suggestion that has only the faintest touch of the ecclesiastical. Us feat ure is the pelerine with the charming little bow Just between the shoulder blades. It is of blue shot meSsallae. I hope you will note how charmingly the hat, so curious In itself, harmon ises with the first wrap. In this whole costume w really have a study in line and it harmonies. The cut of the wrap and the gatherings of pelerine and arm hole facings are Irregular. A perfectly stiff, plain hat would only ac centuate these irregularities, perhaps to the pitch' of dis harmony. But the hat,, with Hs extraordinary irregulari ties and its puffed-out plume, modifies the wrap Just as ths wrap itself modifies the hat. The oonsequence Is a pleasing harmony, In which .' v " O p. i'V :y.,;:: , V- . . ' i f I ..f - ; t.i- ;A ' . I j ... . V . f.-V: .'.V.-' - ! , . ' .1. ; '.; '. J4.'.. ; ' if 'if'" 'i" V'i. V.' ''. -."', '; ticking design. Uttle knots of flowers all stiffness and grotesqueness dlsap- fall from Its points and give the aeces- pear The hat is reany what might be sary touch of lightness to its some- called a bannoniser. By Intensifying what hierarchical lines. the quality of line it resolves both In the figure in the left hand corner wrap and hat Into one harmonious! the religious suggestion Is a little more whole. emphasised In the facing and ends of And Just as a plain bat with this ths sleeves, and also in ths flowing wrap would take away from ths beauty fulnesses of the wrap itself. This wrap of the wrap itself, so would a plain Is distinctly not coUariess, but It has wrap with this hat Intensify the Irreg- the new collar shape. This collar rises ulartty of ths hat and maks It at least almost to ths ears, bet It fiu tmly four partly grotesque. y " f.'-J-.- ri I i :: S ft II .. :'. . - " - X f I II I r "BSiBMBJSJBJlsBMBSJpSB ..vv . -. " ,J A .' :.fl i , ; i' f.v v. :-: v .;U'... r The Newest Cope Wrap, Which Finds Its Inspiration in the Vestment of a. Greek Priest: It Is of Shot Taffeta, Striped After Ordinary Bed Ticking Design. The Arms Come Through Two Holes Ont Out as a Dol men. The Whole -Cloak Loose and Fitting Only Around the Shoulders. o i