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Show Ppf P?'' I ! lc3;: TM Mo OpaJescent Cowh, with Beaded Fringe. LADY DUFF-GORDON, the famous "LucilV of of London, and foremost creator of fashions in the world, writes each week the fashion article for thb newspaper, presenting all that is newest and best in styles for weU -dressed women. Lady Duff-Gordon's Pans establishment brings her into close touch with that centre of fashion. Lady Duff-Gordon's American establishments are at Nos. 37 and 39 West Fifty-seventh street, New York, and No. 1400 Lake Shore Dnve, Chicago. til 191? lDtrrnatlcnsl Femtur Rcrrlca In- v flr-ti Britain Rights Beserred MBM gli WWW www By Lady Duff Gordon ("Lucile") TO a class of robes Is applied the term "Fan Gowns. Contrary to the first thougnt of folk of youthful heart who go to tne baseball games, these robes have nothing noth-ing to do with the manly sport. They nave received the name because they are the type of gown with which fans are usually associated. The association is in the mind as well as in the hand. Frocks there are which are manifestly unadapted to the companionship of the fan. Morning wear naturally negatives the use of a fan unless its owner be suddenly overcome by a swoon and the fan be a first aid to returning consciousness. But the gowns assembled ou this page are essentially fan gowns. They are designed for evening wear. Tbey are formal attire for formal occasions. They are leisure garments gar-ments for leisure occasions. The fan is an important part of such attire. It is an almost essential part of it. As an instance of this, regard the large middle figure. The costume thus shown would seem incomplete without the stately grace of the fan. It is as much a looked-for part of it as the magnificent spreading tail is of the peacock. The robe is an opalescent one of many colored beads upon a background of net. Its utmost simplicity of line is atoned for by the magnificence mag-nificence of its shifting colors and the large though somewhat vague outlines of the design. Over the shoulders are Jeweled Jew-eled straps At the sldo and Dack is an inset of deep, graduated gradu-ated fringe. There is a long, graceful tulle drapery forming a carf. The fan Is apparent, and seems indispensable also to the back view of this really gorgeous dancing robe. To the third figure, that at the upper right-hand, also the large fan of ostrich plumes seems an essential part of Its beauty. The gown is of panne velvet, slightly draped, of ankle length in front and with a short, pointed train. The only adornment is a bunch of flowers at the belt line and a long beaded tassel at the side of the train. The fan is also in evidence in the lower middle picture. It Is carried with a jet and metal embroidered robe worn over a slip of silk. |