Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-25 | Page 33 | Jewelled Crowns for the Evening

r . JujCady Duff pdrdoit :.. . jjA I , ; ADY DUFF-GORDON, the famoiis "Lucile" of London, y "'. ' and foremost creator of fashions in the world, writes ) : ' JL-J cach week the fashion article for this newspaper. -4:'V:,v: . .presenting all that is newest and best in styles for well- t drpMed women. Lady Duff-Gordon's Paris establishment, brings. her. into':' 4 : close touch with that centre, of ''fashion. ' -SL'' Lady Duff-Gordon's American establishments, are at. :f .' Nos. 37 and 39 West Fifty-seventh street, New York' -and; . . ' No. 1 400 1 .ore Drive, Chicago. fJ- .u ;f t J T ..:-.1.:T.:.-.. j S- T has 'been said that In America every woman I is a (iueen. Color Is lent to the assertion by the Jewelled crowns which American "Vvomen.wear in the evening. Some o them axe as gorgeous as any worn by a European queen. They have the other and perhaps greater value of . . being well chosen. They are becoming to the wearers' type. No queen to whom a crown has been trans-mittod trans-mittod can have that delightful consciousness. Inherited crowns are proverbially ugly. Ameri-can Ameri-can queens choose their own crownB, whereas for Hj the poor queens, tho few remaining ones of Europe, their crowns are chosen, often by an ancestor . whose choice displays glaringly bad taste. At the left upper side of this page you see a re-production re-production of an American crown of Oriental sem 'blance. The crown 1b formed of a bandeau worn low upon the forehead and two loopB that are worn By Lady Duff-G ("LUCILE") about the ears and vanish In the puffs of hair behind be-hind the ears. Tho foundation Is a soft velvet band embroidered with diamonds. Narrower bands of velvet hang from the crown, the diamond encrustations being against tbe wenrer's soft, youthful cheeits. It is a mode that tjhould not be adopted by a "Woman of more than thirty-five years, unless she looks as though she were Iobb. Even tho boudoir caps, which began as Blmple things of a bit of Bilk and laco, have evolved into jewelled crowns. Tbe large upper right-hand picture pic-ture displays sucb a cap evolved into a crown Although two generations removed from the un sightly nightcaps worn by our grandmothers, this is still a laco boudoir cap. Fashioned of lace, it is drawn over the forehead, whore tho iridescent band introduced into it is most effective. Metallic flowers Buperlmposod upon tho lace and bead structure strike an added note of magnificence, Tho small middle figure is a pioture of a third of the American crowns. It is an adaptation of the Roman- headdress worn by the moja of ancient Rome. Across tho brow is drawn a band of ribbon. rib-bon. Its edges are finished with a border of motalllc thread. Above this in fitted well upon the head a flat arrangement of embroidered tissue ornamonte. Tho fourth reproduotion, tho small lower right-hand right-hand picture, displays a bandeau of pearls, rubles, and brilliants. This is of all the quartette of headdresses the most magnificent In color. f';M 2 Diamonds are embroidered upon a foundation of velvet for the bandeau and similar bands arc drawn about the cars. 2 An adaptation of the head dress worn by men of an cient Rome. 3 A boudoir cap of crown-like resemblance. 4 A bandeau of pearls, rubies, and brilliants. iC) 1020. laicriittlonal Feuturo Sorvlcc. Inc. Great Britain IUchU Reserved, v j . -" --if' -y ''''if