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Show y ADYDUFF -GORDON, the famous "Lucilc" of London, i-' and formost creator of talons ta-lons in the world, v.ritcs cacV the fashion article for this presenting all that " in styles for well-dressed women. Lady Duff-Gordon's new lam tabl.shnent brings h.r into close touch with that centre of fashion. Lady Duff-Gordon's African establishment es-tablishment is at No. 1 7 West Th,rty-fxth Th,rty-fxth treet. NewYork City. By Lady Duff-Gordon ("Lucile"). r--iMr: ul'ra tow evening gown Is vanishing before the novelty and beauty of the charming hlecncced evening costumes It Is 'one of the slsns of a saner time and the proving mentality ot wo-ren wo-ren that extreme decolletaga ftj fawned upon as an evidence of bad taste. The welcome extended my high-necked evening gowns toy women wo-men Of the hr-t taste and most ex-qulBlte ex-qulBlte gowning has delighted me for it shows thai the pendulum of public taste i? Indeed swinging away from the doll-faced, simpering beauty to tie woman of brilliance, brains and strong character It is eternally true that you can Judge a woman by her choice of clothes The high-necked evening gown )b hieh aa compared with the candid deculietage of the past It shows the most graceful line of the cur.e from the ear to shoulder.but etopa Three cr four inches below the point where the cellar bones meet Prlsclila. the Puritan maiden, perfect per-fect example of feminine modesty, could have worn this modern costume cos-tume without a blush. The drawing on his page Illirs trats one of my ideas for effective evening wear. The dinner dress here shown has long sleeves, cover-ing cover-ing the hands znd reaching to the first knuckles. ThI? new evening model is carried out in a three-toned gown, being in black and gay. The skirt Is of soft, white charmeuse. The top part of the skirt and the corsage are embroidered In cotton bonne- work, ver this Is draped a short, full tunic of gray chiffon. A touch of black which always adds elegance to a costume appears on the corsage, in a fold of hinck satin drawn horizontally beneath the left sleeve and disappearing beneath the girdle of gray chiffon. The sleeves and drapery of the corsage are entirely en-tirely of white chiffon. This cos- tume isrendered more effective by wearing with it an enormous black satin hat, the trimming being a black tassel drooping at one side, with a button of scarlet velvet The photograph is that of one of my most popular models, a draped skirt of embroidered satin, with a wide: crushed girdle of the same material and a sash at the sides, and a sash end at the side, both outlined by black satin piping in pleasing contrast to trie coral shade of the satin. The corsage is of white chiffon, loosely draped to form the correct new "high" neck. Some dinner end opera gown ?.re still worn low, but not so low as the former fashion. I am going to add a final bit of Information to my earlier news ebout the latest neck-ruffles, and I am inclined to think that, like the postscript of a letter, you will find it the most interesting item of all. For it records the introduction of clusters of delicately shaded roses into the softness of ostrich feather boat", both of the rounded and the lancer variety. In both of which new positions the flowers seem to gain a net fascination by their close contrast con-trast with the feathers. A little Saxe blue ostrich boa, for example, will have some Bhadowy pink roses, nestled together at one side, with a guarding leaf or two of delicate green, the bouquet being so placed as to come Just beneath the left ear. whpre the boa is fastened about the Deck. And then, when the drooping lancer ruffles are to be dealt with and decorated, the arrangement of the flowers is suitably varied, a series of Bingle roses, all of different and delicate coverings, being placed at regular Intervals along the whole length of the lovely thing. OT efafire, and ;y More Modest With white feathers, shadowed at the ends with black, or else displaying display-ing the bolder "Zebra patterning, the roses will be of pink and yellow yel-low and mauve shadings, and inasmuch inas-much as a similar and happy union of flowers and feathers is to be voted on many of the new millinery models, here Is an obviously good chance to complete your Spring costumes cos-tumes In a particularly fascinating as well as fashionable way. And next I mut tell you something some-thing about the novelties in sunshades, sun-shades, with which Dame Fashion Is prepared to do honor to the very first smiles of the Clerk of the Weather. Umbrellas prosaic, unpleasant un-pleasant things that they are have had such a long turn, that It will truly be a relief to discard them, so be ell ready to do so by Investing Invest-ing at once in one of the new pagoda, pa-goda, or dome-shaped sunshades, or else one o f those still quainter, square-shaped affaire, which are like nothing so much as a gigantlo lampshade. Some of these are made In shot taffetas, covered with flower-patterned flower-patterned chiffon and trimmed with encircling ruches of satin ribbon, while others again are Just of plain Bilk, with a bordering trail of flowers, applique In folded silk and then a little final frilling of silk to follow all the curves of their Bcal-loped Bcal-loped edge. In such eases as this the very tall handleB aro enamelled to match the color of the silk, and Just toward the gradually widening and square top will have u wide encircling band of black enclosed within lines of gold though any one who is so lucky as to be able to afford the luxury--or to arrange for Its presentation-can have a still lovelier handle of ivory. j Show the. New "High-Necked" Dinner Gown with l2-iS "W Sleeves Covering the Knuckles. The f Photograph Below the Sketch Is That '31 of One of Lucile's Most Popular W Models, a Coral Irocade Satin with v. Corsage of White Chifn. |