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Show Bo(,ico jfli9r T ADY DUFr-CORDON the femoue "Luc It of London and to emo.l e doe wtttBStk C"Zucie" Jlo i0 iK fcVjJr I f fl oii n the wo M w ei each week the faihon article for th newipaper .JCTtfe!jStBwfNrrrffMmai SSV P Clen n8 1 nil neweil and beil n t yler for well d eued women anBnMlfollrrffi rfT jj - " w Lady DuS Co don i Pi i citabl ihmenl br ngi her nlo clow touch w b hat cenft b Another ' Hooped ' Skirt of Flowered Taffeta ( Lac Its' Model) By Lady Duff Gordon LUCILE SHAKESPEARE Bays A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" Dame Fashion, says a. dress by any other means must stick out as much It seems to me ridiculous this outrry that one hears on all sides against hoops especially when one comes to consider that the only reason for their being ta, ooed is In the name A taffeta dress with yards of horsehair wadding and the goodness knows what ruffled into the side of it to give it the necessary stick-out effect is worn by every other woman of to-day but were It to be substituted by a light feather bone frame they would Immediately be cried off because the same frame Is called a hoop Of course every new fashion Is to be ridiculed In the papers and on the stage as is every other thing that is attractive and perhaps a little strange at first Who will ever forget the caricatures and the amusing allusion on the vaudeville stage against the enormous "Merry Widow" hats and the skin tight "hobble skirts of a few seasons ago Crinoline of to-day must run the same gauntlet of her slender sister of yesterday but to a dressmaker the really amusing part is the stout lady who would not wear the tight skirts because they showed how fat she was and will not wear the full skirts because they make her look so fat What is one to do for the poor creature if she will be fat? Also let me add before describing my little selection of party gowns that another thing that amuses me Intensely is the use of the word vulgar" applied to dress When one re calls our shy grandmother who swooned from shock regularly three times a day wearing a hooped skirt (mark the differ ence hooped skirt not hoops) and her bodice tight and pointed with both her shoulders actually bare and then think of the ladles to-day riding astride at a horse show with their cigarettes and their cocktails considering a frock called a hooped skirt as vulgar and entirely overlooking the enchant ing decorative value that it is to a gown itself It Is really amusing Let me describe to you some of the newest of these hooped effects The lady with the half black and Bllver bodice has a skirt of silver and white brocade looped up on the sides with silver1 lace giving a deml pannier effect It is attached to a frame on either hip but does not come around front and back as many of the full skirts of to-day do Her bodice is of black and silver brocade on one side the other side of flesh satin while her little bertha Is of the same silver lace as we find ' on the skirt The little dark flowered taffeta is supported the same way by a frame on the hips which gives a slender line to the bodice of plain flesh satin with a centeure of three shades of green in contrast with the bottle green flowered taffeta skirt with the tiny opening of lace In the front The little lady with the fur on her sleeves has a shaded rose tulle dress over an all round hoop made of silk wrought flowers She has a half In half bodice of pale rose satin bor dered with fichu and flesh colored tulle sleeves caught above the elbows with the same fur My remaining crinoline Is of taffeta in four shades of blue made over another all round hoop It has a little silver lace bodice and apron and is belted with blue lavender and green finished with a bouquet of "Lucile flowers For the moment leave the crinoline Have you noticed how readily New York women have adopted the Russian boot? I think them most becoming as well as most comfortable and In some cases a little more becoming be-coming when laced on the inside of the leg for about five inches Just to tighten the waist of the ankle to ones own shape These booj I have seen in enormous varieties and at the Rltz the other day a woman appeared wearing a gree i velvet coat bordered with chinchilla and a pair of green vel vet boots topped with the same fur It was enormously at tractive though of course I don t know as I should care to see the same boots walking along on the stone pavement Still when one steps from one s car stralgl t indoors they are certainly to be considered I CopjTteht, IMS br the Star Contpan |