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OW often have I beard persons
say of some woman. "Oh, yes;
she dresses well, but not quite
like a lady." And, unfortunately, it Is
often quite true. Then, sometimes,
Just to see what they will say I ask,
"Well; just what is it that lsnt 'Quite
"like a lady?"'
Usually the answers are vague.
There, is a "something wrong." And
this is too had, also, because while
taste is oftentimes not articulate, It
would be better for the world If it
were, . mean that while there are
many who know taste when they see
It.. and who can express it in their
own dresses, there are not many who
can express It In words. And the
more people there are who can ex
ftress themselves clearly, the fester
the world moves along the paths of
clear thinking and clear seeing.
The art of dressing like a lady Is.
Indeed, an art. Like all art Its foun
dation la simplicity. It Is the art of
linking one's self with the great har
monies. All law Is harmony. The
world and the suns and the nebulas
which are to become worlds and suns
move only by harmonious law. So
does the lowest creature In the scale
of life. When It becomes et odds
with the harmonies of law It dies
whether It be lowest creature or
greatest solar system. The Great
Source of all Is harmony, and har
mony rules all the way along the tre
mendous stretch from that Great
Source to its smallest manifestation.
Worlds end suns, angels and hu
man beings, pyramids, paintings and
dresses are all alike in this one
thing that they must obey the har
monious law. in this all things are
really equal. And In the conse
quences of their disobedience they
are equal. In this we have all of ex
istence. When we say "She dresses like a
lady" we really say, "She dresses iu
harmony with eternal law." When
we say "She doesn't dress quite like
a lady" we really say "She has not
yet mastered the harmonies."
But if she has not mastered the
harmonies of dress she has not, in
all probability, mastered the har
monies of life. "Fine feathers do not
make fine birds" runs the old saw.
But fine feathers DO make fine birds
to put It in better form a
woman who has mastered the art of
fine feathers has actually made her
self a fine bird. Site could not en
compass the harmonies of the one
taking it In the sense of artistic
dressing without moulding her In
ner salt harmoniously at the same
time.
It la an art to "dress like a lady"
but It Is not really a hard art to mas
ter. . It may seem odd to you to
speak of dress the frivolous as a sym
bol of the 60ul but that is really
what dress, woman's dress is. If a
woman thinks right, thinks truly,
without fear or malice or hatred of
anything or anyone, she cannyt be
unhappy. And if she thinks always
In this way she cannot be unhappy in
her dress. The sense of order, of
beautiful simplicity, of harmony that
Is In her heart will be reflected la her
dress. Therefore the first step in
acquiring the art of dressing like a
lady Is to have the hee.rt of a lady
and 1 use the term not in any bense
of social order or social tlas, but in
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A Perfect Example of "Dressing Like a Lady" An Exquisite Costume of Pervenche Blue
Chiffon with the Hoops Covered with Mauve Satin. A Lace Fichu and Yellow Satin Hat
Its brt sense of the highest mani
festation of womanhood.
There are the harmonies of age,
the harmonics of figure, the har
monies that we call personal charm,
the harmonies of face all these are
part of the harmonies of dress. The
first Ipesod Js simplicity. A woman
who dresses with entire simplicity
and by this I do not mean crudeness
or without a touch of imagination
cannot help dressing like a lady.
After she masters this art or tlm
pllclty, the control of the first har
monies, she can progress to what 1
call the acceleration of simplicity
This Is the dress that seema simple,
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that in Its effect Is simple but which
Is extremely complex in the thought
that has gone into it to give it the
effect of super-slmpllclty.
There is the complexity that heaps
ornament upon ornament and this
Is the complexity sinister. And there
is the complexity that refines and re
duces to the subtlest point and this
is the good complexity.
There Is one broad rule If you are
In doubt that your dress or hat Is In
harmonious because of too much or
namentation too gTea elaboration
strip It of the doubtful factor. You
are seldom in doubt as to whether to
add something.
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Here I show a few dresses that I
believe conform, to the formula of
drasslng like a lady. I have not
space to analyze them that you
must do for yourself. They are ob
ject leesonB.
The large photogrsph In the centre
of the page Is from my monthly ar
ticle In Harper's Bazaar.
This Is a perfect example of dress
ing like a lady. Here every harmony
Is observed.. The dreBS Itself Is
tailed "Love s Garden of Roses." It
Is all of pervenche blue chiffon with
the hoops covered with mauve satin.
A lace fichu and yellow satin hat
complete the picture, Hers jou do
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A Lady Dress Apricot Chiffon Tea Gown Over
Underdrest of Apricot Satin
("Luclts" Models)
not see a jarrtog note
All Is slm-
pllclty and harmony.
And so It Is also In the other
photograph. This Is an apricot chif
fon tea gown, opening over an un
derdress of apricot satin. Bands of
satin, hemstitched la silver, adorn
It. and a little aprar of flowers ii at
the corsage, iter again you
studied and beautiful simplicity.
In the little sketch in the left hand
corner is a sample of what has been
called "accelerated simplicity." Hera
a touch of the barbarlo has been
worked Into the creation. tlll Us
Implicit has not been destroyed.
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