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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1915)
The Omaha Sunday Bee Magazine Page ou; Fashions Most Useful Fancy Is Applied to Cool Summer Suits and Gor geous Evening Robes LADY DUFF-CORDON, the femous "Lucile' of London, and foremost creator of fashions in the world, writes each week the fashion article for this newspaper, presenting all that is newest and best in styles for well-dressed women. Lady Duff-Cordon's Paris establithment brings her) into close touch with that centre of fashion. .Tii yA 1 1 y By Lady Duff-Gordon ("Lucile") REJOICE, all". women-who pride yourselves1 on that 'quality to which you allude so often In America. your .practical-mlndednees. The not of utility has. been, struck fn the. newest frocks.' You? who sighed for a pocket and couldn't, har tt because that useful addendum i would Interfere with the "hang" of your skirt.' or would bulge unbecomingly from', the 'svelte jfoes of your own person." may exult. For you may' have your yearned-for pocket and yet , be smart and main tain lines at 'once' modish and grace-ful.f- Moreover.youmayven have a' choice ,of 'pockeu. or at least of pocket ; placing., . they may be' In ccnapletrotn la .the' folds of "your skirt or f may be2 placed frankly. In ?lew, on'a scant and eaadld apron., For aprons are "coming In." too, as occasional practical companions of the pocket As the lark Is the harbinger of Spring, so the full skirt was the har binger of the pocket Had there been no full skirt there would hare been no pocket Voluminous folds make that desirable adjunct possible. One or the pictures on this page shows a new pocket robe. The gown Is of gabardine, dark blue In color, but lightest weight in texture. The loose, simple, high-belted garment la Uned with cherry silk. The bodice and skirt are edged with fringed braid of cherry silk. The belt Is also trimmed with double braid. Two patch pockets depend, from the gir dle, on either side, but well toward the front They, too. are finished -; V V ;. I V t I -?.' "1 : it.'. ' Jost re OCA - Photo v;'','c.:;':'v.' If v . ? .-'.:.v,'.r.-' ,'': M '-.'' ,' V ::. ;;irY,' r ;. H . .'. m-2: l) ' ' xliii Egyptian Evening Bob of Scarlet ChlffoTi Offers Excellent Opportunities for Providing Ons of the Useful New Pockets, Zither An the Folds of the Tunic or in the foundation Sob of Laos. ("Ludle" ModeL) p-'V-; -'.''-. .. ' " 1 t rffeSAi . .... i 1 h--i'-fJiy' J Apron Suit of Whits 8ummer Serge Notice the Resemblance of a Cobbler's Apron, Even to the Pockets. ("Lucile" Model.) vim the braid, aa are the cuffs of the long sleeves. A three-piece apron suit 1s also ahowo oo this page. Of white 6um mer serge. Its skirt Is scsnt about the belt and blpa. but moderately full at the hem. As apron of the serge s remindful of that time, or those times, you have visited a cobbler's 'shop to clve him personal directions about bests tbat required straight nine, or aoles tbat demanded thick nlng. h Is of a similar shape and of the asms loose flt It baa as feat ures two wide pockets finished with Istarsl stltcblog. and Ub white, btfb lo aire buttons and black silk bound buttonholes . .. The smart black taffeta mldsuos mer robe, also shows oo tbla page, makes pocket a possibility The bouffant style of tbe skirt permits a secreted pocket beneath tbe first row of fathered silk Or the quaint silk )ackel would admit a tloy Inside pocket at the bust Us ' -J llils Bob of Bins Gabardine, Lined with Cherry Bilk and Trimmed with Bed Fringed Braid, Is Oood Examplo of the . Gown with Patch Pockets. A Pari Fashion. 1 1 ' - ' x wfwec In f , ? Hs mjj" V wJt' ""' ssst'- The Bobs of Black Taffeta Could Easllj Secrets a Convenient Pocket In the Fullness of Its Skirt. w The Egyptian effvet of the scarlet Thlffon evening robe here seen also permits within tb ample folds of Its tunic, or in tbe odd device of the lace petticoat beneath tbe tunic, e mall pocket, which will serve as an emergency vanity case. Therein can be bidden a powder puff, a ate bit or a lace handkerchief and eveasi liny bottle. of sceot, i