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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1919)
rife -i --- -1 - Pi PI li' ' I This Store Now Has Pleasure in Bidding Its Many Friends Welcome to This Formal Showing and M tft'i - fax i'-;..4 ' . - " f-li . ill Ls&ri-w W - ! mW ' ; L-rS Jl f ill! ondav. Mareh Seventeenth ,4nZ Continuing the Days Following)! . A SPRING such as Paris has not known for four years and for which , - she has been joyously preparing Lis reflected In the cheerful color tones and fascinating modes for. Spring. Not until we had seen the first of the Paris shipments 'arrive in this country- not until the styles had i been. authenticated could we proceed with this important message for Spring. For all the world of Fashion has been overturned, wartime modes have been swept aside almost over night, as it were, to give way to a reign of the rnost feminine, alluring sort of clothes. Those delight-' ful Fashion secrets from the world's great ateiiers are here. s A Brief Resume Shows American Adaptations of Foreign Models Lanvin -Callot-Soetirs Jenny. Cheruit Doucet Preniet . 1 . - ;'-,. ' " ' , ; . Arid Clever Interpretations of Our Own Style Artists s . 0 rTVTQ beautiful Gown. fea- I rW VV i-N O turing 'suggestions of fluence predominant both in gowns and wraps. New features in materials include, Pompa dour Chiffons, Moire Taffeta, Moonglo Satins, Pauette, Changella, and Tricolette. , Shades feature: Copper Tones, Henna, , Navy, Bright Blues, Victory Red, Silver and Pastel shades. Models feature: ' Drapery, flat panels, tendency to low waist lines, new sleeve display, loose flowing, three-quarter sleeves. Trimmings: Wool Embroidery,. Silk Os trich IFringe, Beading , artistically combined r with embroidery. Keynote lovely, but not radical styles. , WRAPS BLOUSES SKIRTS Superbly original, exploiting' a host of clever style ideas. Fashion's latest edicts for Dress, Sport and Utility wear developed in , materials of unusual fineness with Russian '. blouses of Ghif f on distinctively new. HOSIERY - Not only dependable in qualitybut indi vidual in design and entirely in harmony with advance dress modes. . Lace' hose are very new and charmingly pretty and then the Marvel stripe tops and the plain thread silks in all wanted shades. Adaptations and modifications of im ported models. Soft draping silks and. wool fabrics favored. Tipered skirts that narrow at the ankle line. Some more curved than others, buttons featured, new pocket ideas ' and belts that form to wide sashes. f GIRLS' APPAREL Capes, Dolmans, Coats - and Frocks of SilksLawns; Nets, Organdies, etc. Win some styles, daintily trimmed that accentu ate the charms of youth, and a noteworthy showing of graceful Flapper modes. IT TyTQ Distinctly developed in su- vJ'i. -L O uerior fabrics of , S e r sr e i . v Duvctyne, Poiret Twill and Gabardine, . Satin and Taffeta most prominent, - Styles -ideally expressing the spirit of Spring individualized types emphasizing all -the distinctive features of fashion, but exagger ating none, so one might describe', the Suits . that make up this display. " -'I , Ultra smart box; straight lines and .blouse models, with and without estee are featured. Trimmings of braids, silk stitchings and - embroideries have preference. Brushed wool -also appears-on many of the newest suit models. The close ankle line is everywhere apparent.'1' . T ,;.' GLOVES - " . x Paris sends Veils exquisite in texture, A determining feature of the faultless pos- , filmy, flattering and fine and then' the very tume is provided forhere with extensive dis- ,,. . new "Trench Veil" duplicated with its plays of gloves which reflect dependability ' original charm isjif heavy mesh, interlaced and correct Colors and slyle." Perrin's on an almost .invisible foundation, has its French Kid Gloves and Kayser's Silk Gloves ' - first showing now. ; are most favored., The beautiful Dolmans And Dflnps nllnw an pc- J J . x tensive display of novel ideas in de signing lovely, graceful models, deep cape yokesartistic scarf and draped collars; sleeves, suggestions of the Chinese types," embroidery, fringe; collars of Changella, hew novel ideas. " 'Materials: Duvetyne, Brocades, Evora, Satins and Lamb Skin. . Newest Shades: Egyptia Ied, Fawn, Bison, Henna, Jade, Foch Blue and Taupe. ' Elaborate linings, many in contrast, both in plain and oriental type silks. , Smartest new capes, feature braid trim mings, fringe, double cape backs, smart vestees and nottl buttons. 1 ' " , ' VEILS SILKS FURS Silks present a gaja appearance, inter preting Springtime in her luxurious' color ings.. Dew Kist, Kumsi-Kumsa, Foulards, Pan-ta-si etc., and Pussy Willow linings, herald the silk section as a veritable Fairy Quite popular and decidedly quaint are the trim' little "Chokers' of one to three skins of Sable, Fisher, Stone Marten, Fox, etc. Voguish, with Dresses and Taillieur suits. t j ' The New Millinery Is Indeed Gh arming , Even more than the new clothes, the new Millinery Fashions seem to express exuberance and joy at the new condition of life. Gone is the upturned, frankly revealing Hat which had its honored, place when women were busy canteening and driving; returned- is the long, flattering brim-of the Directoirej with its graciously shortened back. - , v" -v ' Original Hats From Paris Some of the Very Few in This Country Are Here And Conceptions From Famous Designers, as Peggy, Hoyt, Henri Bedel, Josep h,Uyland Brothers, Rubin, Etc: There seems to be a decided preference for highly glistening coarse straw braids, contrasted with fine straw or silk fabrics. Milan, li-. sere, glossy sipper, chrysanthemum and visca straw braids are all used, while feathers airily merge with soft sweep of straw in-superior styles. rjt,V . (SPRINGTIME and, her joyous sister s p i r i t, Music, is the theme of our window displays. The myriad colors of flowers, the awakening of Nymphs, the music of the immortals interpreted in a most beau tiful manner and well worth seeing.' I , - I My " ' - j '. Springtime Nineteen-Nineteen " ' 1 " - lORSETS are a first aid ,to smartness and not a woman nowadays will se- lect her season's ( clothes" v without first iiaving select- ed her corset. A source of ' great satisfaction is that of knowing our corsetieres are at your service - .1. i m I I tK! - - ' . iT 1 P1-