Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-26
By Lady Duff Gordon
("LucILE")

7 TERE you see an example Of n
II models.
Perhaps you will exclaim, 'V
are wider than ever!"
And so they are.
This season the wide skirt will react
And in some form or other, at least,
1t will not leave us again. The big ,
woman who is and can't help being G
let them go. Because, curiously enough
ing that the big woman and the stou
look better in than one Of these wide
And let me put one misunderstandiI
rest Immediately. ! have heard people
why, l wouldn't dare to wear a skirt
this out on the street," My dear lady.
ever you are, these skirts are not int
for street wear. If they were you '
have to widen your Fifth avenue 4
diately. The effects are solely for ev,
dress. AS matter OF fact, the 4
clothes. the walking dress and 80 or
going to be "skimpier" and even more
Giant than ever.
have said that the wide skirt in
manifestation or other will not disa,
because the big woman and the stout W,
will not let It.
Let us frst take up the case OF th,
woman mean the wonderful creature
might have stepped from some old n
saga,
She is so big and strong and eye-f
that In average dress she seems awk
and out OF place. We think regretful
how splendid she would look in the olt
Greek draperies OF the heroic age o,
mail and armor OF another heroic age.
In the same style OF clothes that
charming on her smaller sisters she
reminds us irresistibly OF a giant in a
boys knickerbockers. She is of he
roic mold. and there is no reason why
she should not wear a dress which
would interpret all her large grace
and beauty.
"Similia simHibus cutantur"-like
cures like.
Therefore we would expect to see
such woman fit In at once with the
life around us If she were draped in
clothes that would have all her won
derful length of line and fullness. And
this is just what happens when she
dresses this way. Not only that, but
she becomes actually a goddess! Dig.
nifty and largeness OF frame are per-
fectly interpreted by the dignity and
largeness of line of her clothes. She
does not appear tremendous; she is
only beautifully impressive.
1t is the same way with the too stout
woman. The too large hips are in
stantly thrown into a proper perspec-
tive by the wide and billowing skirts.
They seem slender in comparison.
And at the same time the too full
bosom, seems no larger than it ought
to be. What has really happened is
that, as the architects would say, she
has dressed to scale.
In the smaller picture at the bottom
we see an effect like this, which you
can study at your leisure. The larger
pictures show two views of one of the
new Spring dresses, which happened,
In this case, to have been created not
for the Junoesque but for the smaller
woman Only little adaptation, how
ever, is necessary to make 1t harmo-
nious to the heroic figure.
The largest picture on this page
shows one of the newest Spring skirts.
1t is. as you see, more "bouffant,"
wider, than ever. Its effect is, never
theless,. charming, l think. II is Of
white tulle over a pink silk under
dress. Bunches OF handmade roses
decorate 1t. Beside II is a view OF the
same dress from another angle.
Please look now at the remaining
picture. Here you can see exactly
what ] mean about the reduction Of
the hips through the lines OF the skirt.
There is real dignity here, and yet
there is also given an effect OF grace
and lightness. This dress is OF white
embroidered flet over black satin.
The garniture of red roses Is ar.
ranged In long lines.