3-028-367 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Grace of Fragility: a dress of heliotrope chiffon..., 1909. '...which has over it a tunic coat of guipure lace with yoke and sleeves of finer lace. The straw hat is wreathed with flowers. Parasols are rather at a discount this season, owing to the huge hats worn. No countenance needs more protection than a thoroughly fashionable (that is to say, a perfectly monstrous) chapeau will afford just now'. From "Illustrated London News", 1909.