December 1917

This makes me want a veil.

"Nothing is kinder to a woman than her veil: it bestows upon her an air of mystery, the greatest asset she could possess," we're told. Meanwhile couturiers such as Premet and Lanvin are credited with making "the Parisienne's frocks with that same war-time simplicity that nowadays invariably characterizes her street costumes", "tunics and coats are long this season; and rabbit fur is very short – it's been clipped, in fact," and "not since Victorian days has the muffling scarf of wool been so honoured a member of the mode; it even forms an integral part of the coat".


~Sarah