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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1916)
v x I ) t I 4 The Omaha Sunday Bee Magazine Pase die LADY DUFF-GO kDON, the famous "Lucile" of London, and foremost creator of lath ion in the world, write each week the fashion article for thii newspaper, presenting all that it newest and best in styles (or well-dressed women. Lady Duff-Gordon's Paris estab lishment brings her into close touch with that centre of fashion. sty h 7 By lady Duff-Gordon (-LUCILE") I HAVE heard to many people aay of tbf Mi Ion and that fashion, of tbta dreg and that dress, "it la Immodest" I always feel Ilka asking, and, Indeed, uftn do ask these people, "What la your definition of modesty In dress?" The answers I et are as saddening, a a rule, aa they are unintelligent, end I am mored to-day to write a little upon the subject of true modesty in faahlon. Modesty la not mere matter of cover ing up the human form, Tbla is what most people seem to think lu There li nothing Immodest about the tinman body If that body la beautiful There Is noth ing Immodest about anything which will accentuate of draw attention to or Inter pret the 'beauty of the buman body. "In His own image He made him," aaya tbe Bible. And surely there Is no one wttb hardihood enough to ?.y that the Creator could be In any way 1m- lodcst. To my mind" there la nothing so lacking In rrodesty as the batblng aull. which some of the i'urltan beaches In tbta country If . upon I mean the long, loose, hideous, baggy trousers and fliliis and blouses that women are forced to wear. I hone are nothing but sign boards on which a rrrtaln type of man has written, "When you look upon these clothes their bldeouenesa will make n il think of every Immodesty." On the other hand, there Is I'avlowa. Id some of ber dances she wears next to noth ing, and yet there Is no Im position of nudity, or any lack i. i 'r ill yyJJ N A . ? '? r.my7 -. III I ' !T I ' . . f Mr r mm- ' ' - , 'J ' 1 wT if pdt "M . - - V A Bide View of the "Modoaty Dresi" of clothing, or of any Immodesty. 8o It Is with some women whom you will see at evening gath erings. One woman will be very full? clad, and yet will give you a "strike of the eye," as the French say. I mean that ahe may appear shock Ingly vulgar. And another woman with only a third aa many clothes will seem absolutely proper, beautifully, harmoniously and charmingly dressed. What, then, Is a modest dress, and what an Immodest dressf An Immodest dress Is any dress wblcb Is ugly. It Is any dress which does not Interpret besuty. It Is any dress which accentu ates or falls to Tilde any de parture In the buman body away from the God-like Image In which It was created. It Is any dress that shows bad (La h ..mi r ft . I'l Ml t v ; ir.mh v X? V 7 , ' C 't' j ' J 4 f - . I IS . , III ' t 'l . x V ' . . sin" J 1 If 9 - ' E- " S I 1 f-" ',. ) rril V I ! J; ' ' i wit v'. r- . .. v. . - , l ... j t I f M ' ft t f 4 ; - - ; tr- " - " ' il if - vv- 7 4 I A ''Modesty PrasV of fmbrvUtrsd Nst tnd 8Uk. The fMbloBivbU Wtdg BklrU Arg Much la Ivldsac. C'Lucile" MoU. , A Wa.si.'i Irc of BUu Puvttrn, with One of the N HU sMiil f iraaoU ti MaUh ''s s't.isr U t'lvr ir iti A m-.itl tr tll sn.l k u. Jut If tt It only fw )i4 ll i'Murt, )tt II il inf it ai;, 4 so W tt t Mruiunlvut lu Iks rr Aa4 a t Itiwn4l hiuh It t Kk4 f a t.at:4 yr f fl.a iHa i.''r tt tv f a .'!. so l ht r m, If It nous vt N tl r.s I v ti.att-.l 1 ( ,' l. t j t., i'-i if t 4m sa ft' f - tht i f .!. A tattk'ft) din i kif- i f fv f..r t.n th "luiiit, n li.lr r at a 11 Aril bt'iMna t v- 4 I t M" . tfflKtit Ihta e wMia i')' i :.in iMit in. ta h unit lra whW h uu4 V prf r uiuiirt st dnc, 1hf Is fcsriuoay tt tit t-mitsiu't en! slruttif)ol wttla tuusi Tfctte rft t t 1 tf b taw lt -u'.4 t Kmd kt f the sns shuutii U s tu-w a vr4; h) shorl or fau tti 4r tti.Hilt . ki lhV k.-r x (! t ait Iktn rfei?ttj i' l dtf Mtt, ts ir anj th;. f4r It. U-1 J-UI-ii etk (M tk0 fv4 a Sl W M v h rfU!r,lf ft "u)tUly df An4 t tt nHfs I vrita i!Hl tMt that (. Rt. H tf th sS.'i1 tr ,i4 ta tnvrn tf Ik iw ,..ii M inl'ti.-tM 1,1 ittml t hcti, ghul.1r an arm are, IrJJ or4 br ftnthlBg ut a 4.hau.ma at. IhtuuiH KUh lt hul uiir ef th lurse sio dosit la th vp i4 lb lit'J b.i4'.. (rta the trt (trt ho IS ln; NUy !iit Cuiflr kriiiaal ltk tM 4 Uy ft stuiul.lsrt n I snu su4 ku ihit h wltol 1i'l t OtMr l ikut fj'nn f III tktrt ki4 hu I!. Rvl I i 'ally ft tiMtu Hjr aut uiUsty, t'nuu tt I h-. jvik tv-r t4ithr mUi. tttr it t; S4ii tlr Ta s. int tktt it la i.i I tht .r ' tnrin i rv fci'Jr I tnt ki,itii r 1 ih, st la vr itf. V MnttvNtt'w u4 n ftiU ait. faci Ada t In Will t8j i t 0 i U s ' act-1 bo.' n, r en Din, Inn I ttii tr, '' tt.. Illl r, Jin I uro , ll on nil i ift ar isu Hi' tl , s a; 0 t an 4 . o at ai 31 T l tl S i t a. t 1 'to.