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I ADY DUFF-CORDON, the famous Luci!M of London, and fore
I most creator of fashions in the world, writes each week the fashion
article for this newspaper, presenting all that b newest and best in
styles for well-dressed women.
.Lady Duff-Cordon's Paris establishment brings her into close touch with
that cenA-e of fashion.
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By Lady Duff-Gordon ("Lucile")
THE old adage that "Clothes make the
woman" was never more true than
it is to-day. In the period of tall
(women their femininity was entirely lost by
ery high-walsted, sweeping clothes and '
their towering hats and headdresses. Never
were women so "quaint" as when some
eighty years later .the little heads and feet
of the "Victorian, women appeared..
Two or three seasons ago the brilliant
(color and flamboyant designs which were
being worn before the war made all the
debutantes Inothlng mora nor less than '
sophisticated women,' while to-day the hoop
pklrts and again the small heads and tiny
pralsts are making them, to my mind, the
most charming, dignified and refined little
ladles, within the memory of any expe
'henced' chaperon: . They are "quaint" and
ithey fascinate.) .These pictures will show
duet how they do fascinate..
; To begin, with, the colors
are much more soft than
before,, with the exception
lot the spiciest touches in
some concealed place of
either shrill young green or
jemon yellow; "Quaint" '
skirts concealing the actual
outline of the limbs are much
(more modest and tantalizing
than the close sheath skirts'
of the last few years, while i
the) tight, bodice and bar
'shoulders are the most be
witching setting for the tiny
head with the close clusters
of curls and braided bands
which every woman and girl
has adopted at the momentA
These dresses also are less'
vulgar In the way of tinsel
and Jewelry than before, aa
fashion tells us they must
stick out and at all costs. The
weight of diamond and pail
lette trimmings would' only
tend to pull tbem closer to.
the figure, and therefore for
them has been substituted the lightest of
silver laces and the et Iff est of shot taffeta
In the daintiest of colorings, with clusters
of Spring flowers or moire stripes
Yet even with these "sticky-out" mate
rials, the hoop Is necessary underneath, and
very attractive they are. tor besides being
made In plain material, they are all of sil
ver, gold and In some exaggerated cases
made of bands of diamonds
This week I present for your Inspection
three little dresses ot this type. The first
Is of flowered striped taffeta draped up at
the sides. Although It has no actual pan
nlers. It Is In a pannier effect, showing my
neatest little yoke almost suggesting an
apron coming from the tight bodice of pink
satin, which Is tied across with two shades
of china blue, the little net fichu being
edged with skunk and caught together with ;
its
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Mtliw QMlit? Jrtar5uis4'Tffta, witK Tiikt,l1icA and TannUr
a rlumer ot flowrrs 'The hat I ot stiver Isrt and loops
ol bloe ribbon representing the m flowers in the
brocade ,
On the lowrr l-ft hand aide is a dress not unlike
sc nt of the "Oreuse'. pictures, It shows a petticpat ot ,
lace and embroidery made over hoops-with-the, light '
bodice and pannier of striped is (t eta. the pannier being ,
caught oarelesslt up and draping almost around. lo the
bark again so Urge Is II Another tiny - bouquet of
flooera complete the line at the waist ,
Look at her close little head ' Do. yon not see how
much more II brings out lite tharacter of her face than '
he frtstea and curls and peyrhes that one aeea around
us In the restaurants and stalls of the theatres
My last little picture is e bridesmaid a dress of prim
rose colored lulls made three-decker fashion and bor
dered with rows of satin of the ssme shade, headed
with the single ruffles of small garlands. The laced
bodiew la of the aame satin, while the fichu represents
the aame trimming as on the skirt The tiny cap te of
lace worn well on the back of the head, caught across
the forehesd with a little garland of blue flowers, which
Is tied with a narrow string at Ihe'back and rails al
most to the wslst
Her shoes are flesh to match ber stockings, while
Mgti blue heels match the blue la the flowers. 8he
wears neither glovee nor mittens, and should a bouquet
be found necessary the smallest cluster of blue and
yellow flowers would answer the purpose better thaa
any of the msgniAcent sheaves of orchids that are,
thank goodness, quickly going out of d . 1 ' ,
"Three-beckar'' BridsmuI Dreis
tf Primrose Tullw
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