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Show I tMuMify ' siJinernoonucr J I jf I "ft" ADY DUFF-GORDON, the famous "Lucilc" of JM 0 ' 8 London, and foremost creator of fathions in y, ' - - , . ..-s1?1 ; yf? xiV 1 the world, writes each week the fashion Jj &jjp mBwIsX j k" sS -I I artc'c or "P presenting all that .is jj 'MT '. I JW jH ( iiHB " ! I newc anc C5t 'n 'ty'" or ell-dressed women. J j f S H! o V j? 4? jj -grjj I Lady Duff-Gordon's Paris establishment brings her . - -ttl: -i iti W & ' I I j o l By LADY DT7FF-G0ED0N ("LucileT) yIIE afternoon social call, the matinee, or any of those j) dressy occasions that women find to claim their afternoon hours, bring with them their special kind of costume. Not sufficiently bizarre to define the gown as that of evening dress, yet lavish enough to take it from the realm of the morning togs, the afternoon gown finds its place. This week I am showing you three of my latest creations. There is the gown of lace, with its flowing Mandarin sleeves and its front panel of Chinese metal brocade to give it that note from the Orient that claims fashion today so completely. The foundation is made of the shimmering metal brocade. Over it is draped the silk lace with its motif design so arranged as to make a border at the sleeves and bottom of the skirt panels. The lace that opens its decorative way up the sleeve is not an insert, in-sert, but simply woven into the pattern of the wide lace and arranged ar-ranged so that it falls to give the appearance of being "clocked." The lace-trimmed hat, with its soft paradise, is decidedly appropriate appro-priate for this dressy gown. In the model of georgette crepe I am showing, its predominant feature is the uneven hem Dipped far forward at front, yet scalloped scal-loped all around, the hem sways and bobs about the ankles to display the most graceful curves. Here and there a thin scallop will flap against the silk hosiery showing the ankle curve in illusion il-lusion behind it Yon will see that the uneven hem is achieved by the additional folds of the soft crepe tacked to the skirt just below the shirred belt A cAmisole of silk in the same shade as the gown, with fine lace insertion, shows itself coyly through the transpnrenj bodice The hat worn with this gown is of velvet with a fluff of ostrich placed at a be- coming angle from under the brim Chiffon velvet is the material I have chosen for the gown trimmed in monkey fur It is gracefully draped on the figure with folds to form the waist J line. A girdle of rhinestones with a cut steel boucle A clasp silhouettes against the sombre background. jKzi The ostrich plume of the small turban hat falls IIH gracefully over one shoulder to ahow the contour m$.''' of the face J- m fjf |