Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 16, 1916, Page 19

Emou. this first rustle, as it were,\of Autumn leaves? First, An Attractive Model for a Dancing Gown for the Early Autumn. A New Note Is Struck in the Broad, Shirred Bands and Sash-Like Train of Black Taffeta. 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 Duf-Gordon's Paris establishment brings her into close touch with that centre of fashion. Lady Duff-Gordon's American establishments are at Nos. 37 and 39 West Fifty-seventh street, New York, and No. 1400 Lake Shore ‘Drive, Chicago. LADY DUFF.GORDON, the famous “Lucile” of London, By Lady Duff-Gordon (“Lucile”) NSTEAD of describing my own designs to you in our chart to-day, 1 am i going to give you & peep at a few of the first Fall fashions as they are shown in these photographs, which have been handed to me for my somment. July is not too early to consider the modes of Autumn. There is a proverb concerning the fate of the forehanded. It should include the person of foresight. Far vision is an excellent thing. A forecast of the modes permits us to survey our present wardrobe and weigh the proba- bilities of how many of our garments, or parts of them, are convertible for next season’s wearing Or whether it will be necessary to lay them aside to await more revolutions of the wheel of time to bring them up again into usefulness. An early forecast of the mext season also determines whether one shall complete the wearing possibilities of a gown or wrap, or whether she shall give it the tender and saving care which will carry it forward as material for a foundation, at least, for next season’s gowns, 1 surprised the women who came ' )m the cities and corners of this country to the Blennial Convention of the Federation of Women's Clubs n New York by my stand that I did not favor casting away a gown that had done service, provided it were still good. I said: “You can wear & gown for six seasons, provided your boots and hat are smart.” 1 meant 1t and take this occasion to repeat it. What may we.gather from this first showing of Autumn it s o that skirts will be not quite so voluminous. They will dm appearance of a plentitude of fabric, but will not halk 80 large &s to make & woman seem bullt on & much more HE TR TAstioNs | N FROM l RIS A Reversion to the Classic Motive Is Apparent in This Graceful Evening Gown of White Chiffon, Fur Bordered. Copyrighl. 1016, by the Star Company Greal Britatn Rights Reserved This Shows How the Autumn Girl of 1916 Will Look on Her Way to the Opera. The Shoulder-Wide Bow Is a Picturesque Addition to the Short, Straight Wrap of Burgundy Colored Silk. ample scale than she is. For which every woman whose weight exceede 120 pounds will be deeply grateful. Aleo the trend of evidence-is that it will be another two-or-more- - shades-in-one garment season. Combinations, as we read the signs in the fashion heavens, will still be popular. There is no indication that we will return to the somewhat Quakerish mode of one tone in & gown, unrelieved by a note of other color. The gown of dancing length shown here is a good index of the sea- son whose threshold {s still remote. It is" bullt of white embroidered tulle. It follows rather closely the-lines of the upper half of the figure. The garniture of black shirred taffeta in broad horizontal bands, and the sashlike drapery of the same material, are strikingly effective. Chic and charming is the evening wrap that falls in straight, full folds of burgundy colored Bilk, in five-eighth figure length, from the shoulders. A picturesque effect is secured by the shoulder-wide bow of black velvet, attached to which are large golden clasps, that secure the wrap at the throat. It {s & modified cape, of the graceful fulness of an Inverness. The shoulders are built widely with a lavish arrangemeént of the silk. An enormous aureole of white ostrich plumes lends further picturesqueness to the wearer, In marked contrast to these effects is the simple stateliness secured by the more formal gown pictured on the lower part of the page. It is in such a gown Venus would have been pleased to present herself to a court of adorers. Or would it have better suited Minerva's more severe style? I think it might. But it has a rare yet regal simplicity, that starts the mind traversing the wide halls amidst the marbles of old Greece. The robe is of ivory satin In chastest lines, almost rem t of the nearly forgotten tight skirt. This severity is relleved by the tunic that falls, almost slips, from the shoulders, The tunic is of white chiffon with a threeinch-wide border of sable. Such an arrangement ‘of less expensive fur would also be effective. I predict that this lovely enodel will be reproduced, say in light blue, with bands of chinchilla or mole- skin, In pale rode with borders of sealskin or mink. In green, possibly, with a border of the not to be despised squirrel. o ‘The colfture, if we accept these hints from wisdom, will be close ayd sleek, of the kind to show to advantage the well formed head. Thére may be much garniture, or little or nome, for fhis is an age when io- dividuality is-recognized. Taste reigns.