`€\\1`.A N \\T~l~3~\`\\ i h .Q i \%$‘» ' ~ - \. Us _-t X,”-_.vt »4.r-me `__“__ mu Immun inns 4 ""“ aonunioonur. . ,I x . f ._f"F:_4_,,’__Ay ~. J.. .V _,,v“l__ L ._-‘ S _L \ \ ' . to "\» an `\\-e‘l‘é< »~ :¢ .,_`» S . ._“_;_4““;_x,;_.\ L.. @- Q \\~". _ G ,,&x“e.~`:'\v\fe\* v_%Fl'l'\ hi W on T 6% 5” ' By Lady Duff-Gordon. T STATE of hysteria holds sway in the Paris fashion ; world. I can recall no other season when colors 4 were so rampant and the desire to srppe-or freak- - 1 ish was so dominant in the female ilireast. The Rue de la Paix, the tea rooms of the sms1't'hotels, the draw- ing rooms in the exclusive Faubourg Bt. Germain run rivers of color. _‘rust as in the days of the Commune the streets of Paris ran rivers of blood. 'Dhere are some color effects worn in daylight in the streets that actually attract more attention than those lforesaid rivers of blood would, and yet in a way we in _ Paris are becoming satlatcd with briiiiancy of ccicn with# frealtishness of design. We feel--rather 1 would say- that 'we have felt--»that there 'was nothing left to startle us. that our senses were too jaded to be tempted_with any new fad oipfsncy. _But this was before the day of the rainbow faces and painted furs. The chic Parisienne who wishes today toruakq a sensation on the boulevardes and at the hotels paints her face in various colors. She paints nowadays to express a mood. to make a contrast with the color note in her cos- tume; but always she paints -to attract attention. The saddest moment of a Parisienne’s r.-nrcer is when she realizes that the street- gsmins and the bcuievcrdlcrs no longer turn their heads to watch her go hy. That moment proves to her that she has lost her power to compel atten- tion. The rage for rainbow faces is, -however, just nt_its height. and miiadi who drives in the Champos Elysees or tairesa timid constitutional along the Bois no longer dreads the iselr of enthusiasm of the street gamln. There are days when her face is a peculiar shade of green, a grocn that verges on the purple under her eyes; other days when I pnrpis is the color note and the line under thc eyes n vivid " pomegranate. matching her lips. /` Q'lf blue faces and of deep orange faces there nrc many. The ears are always 'hidden under loops of hair, but the use slid even the neck reflect the isdy's mood. is v ._;_ R3 £1 >\~ . T ~ 5' 4/£15772/1-'51 on a Black Velvet Plaque famous "l..ucile" of London. and foremost creator of fath- icns in the world, writes each week the fashion article for this newwpsprr. presenting all that is newest snu Lent in styles for well-dressed women. Lady Dull-Gor..'<'I'. , "" " ` '. I-'. .. /'_.-,A-sf.-T-~.~.-‘;>-" -" A ujjf:-'_ ‘.-'i' ,_.€x~»;'_";»' ' /i", 'Iv-"` ff ‘-"lf f`\ ._` f ,~_ ._ f ` ,__4 °\. . \ V ,.~.-/ r ._ ‘Ar 3 ` \s ft" , "Behold the most up-lo-the - second 'Lady of the Boule-I vardcs. the exponent of the extremes of fashion. Willi NGN* chalance she wears the loop hole sliiti. .ar .,_,__,,, W”/éjaep may be blue or csllot pink. How does she do this? ' Easily enough. The chic Parlsienne has it dozen different wigs, or trans- formations. made. each one dyed a different coinr. She therefore can nratify any whim that seizes her But there :irc other freakish fancies that mm-k this very peculiar phase through which we are passing. I 'blame them nil unrflservediy on thc recent fu- roro for the vubist effects. which has so transformed the spirit of Paris. It was the cubists and their fellows who intro- duced the green faces to Paris. and fool- ish. but ever dear. delightful Paris said if such things are artistic on canvas, why not in flesh and blood? Among tlrcise other odd fancies arc the painted furs. the nose ring, thc ankle watch. the _iewelled beauty spot. the gilt- edged eyelashes. landscape veils, to say nothing of the strange, weirdly shaped and decorated hats. and the funny little hair -bustle which we wear in front ln- stcnd oi in the back. The rage lor painted furs is, i think. a purely logical sequence to the craze for other unnatural dyed and painted' fab~ rics. And why should we not dye cr point our furs to match our hair, our hats. our eyes? Furs are always dyed, anyway. Why. instead of dyeing fox brown, should we not dye or paint it' pur- pio, green or blue? This il. perfectly logical. Therefore for months we have been experimenting, and at last _ws have achieved the sup- posedly impossible. Wo are dyeing or ' painting fox me most delight ful shades of blue and green. We are dyeing fur wraps a lovely royal purple. In fact. there is nothing we dare not attempt. I have seen a de- lightful pink chiffon evening gown trimmed with bands of -pink ermine. This .fur-, by the way, being iiat, is more susceptible to paint than to dye. It is a liquid water paint, of course, and is applied with s wide brush in even, firm strokes. The landscape veils are curious, but not unploasing when 'worn with the har- monious costume. And what are these veils? Just squares of chiffon on which are painted charming -bits of scenery from the gardens at Versailles; 'bits of sen pictures or just simple flower' gar- dens-all painted in their natural colors on a soft gray, white or green back- ground. These veils, as a rule, hang free from the brim of the hai.. The effect is unusual, hut. after all. has a certain at- traction. Why should we not wear a pretty picture across our faces rather than the hideous and unbeooming splotchy veils of the so recent past? it is all in the point cf view. Gilded eyelashes are another weird at- tempt to put Dame Natuire hopelessly to shame. The lashes are first heavily 'blackened as on the shes. Then the extreme tips are touched up with liquid gold. The eifeet is really 'bewitching when the work is skilfully done. The puff-ball plume is the latest deco- ration for the wide. oddly lrrimmed hats. This plume is se high that the limousines are being made with holes in their roofs through which. on s clear day, the plumes stick upward. In tact. with *D high decorations and upstsldll kbs the wps of all vehicles will have to be curved upward. The jswshetl beauty spots are fasolmatf ina. 'Dhey are attached with the usual court plaster beauty spot, and are both _ decorative and effective. ¢/-‘_¢ run In r i 4'" / ,»éZ’¢ %/ --i; f -_ f - thc rainbow face. the pull-ball hat and painted furs..AnJ fi* /j to fit the picture even her greyhound painted in colors that match her gown. wears s mf ol icwcllcd r o s e s round his ncclr." 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