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The Luxurious "Wrap-Around" Stole of
Precious Russian Eable, with a
"Muft That Is Nearly Square.
By Lady Duff-Gordon
"t.uclle."
Paris, October 25. '
UItS and Jewels are, of
course, classed among
feminine luxuries, and
being luxuries may be as
'sumptuous, as expensive as ttao
bank account permits. Thero Is
'nothing, to my mind, no-array of
Jewels even, which give? a woman
so luxurious a feeling and appear
ance as wrappings of fur "wrap
pings" In a literal Benso, not merely
figurative, for .this Winter the fur
stoles are broadband long, and are
actually wrapped about the wear
ers figure.
Such a stole as I have In. mind I
am sending you a picture of. This
was 'worn by a very chic actress at
reception the other day. It Is
very long. , If it was worn in the old
manner, plainly across the shoul
ders,, the ends would sweep the
floor. But It Is wrapped about the
figure in a becoming fashion. This
fur Is the expensive Russian sable,
the lining being a most delicate yel
low. Contrasts in furs and linings
'are very smart this season.
The muff, like all the fur muffs
this year, Is smaller than for three
years, and flat, almost square In
shape. Muffs of satin and supple
velvet, on the contrary, are very
large and round, and frequently
draped. Such muffs are built of the
fabric of which the costume is
built. -
Moleskin, In spite of Its fragility,
continues to be a very great fa
Yurito. A wrap which I saw at a
recent opening, and of -which I am
sending you a picture, was made of
this' fur in what I call a chessboard
effect. It was longer In the back
than In the front, and there was ah
effect of draping which was very
smart indeed. Tailless ermine col
lar and cuffs gave a most luxurious
tquch-to the coat.
The muff, flat and square, was of
the moleskin, and, like the coat, was
lined with rose satin broche. '
Owing to thegreat advances made
by the farriers In the treatment of
skins, the furs of the moment lend
themselves to effects particularly
odi effects which were' impossible
with the skins of a few years ago.
The present are supple, and clever
fingers can do almost anything with
thm. For Instance, the new molo,
the tailless ermine and other flat
furs. One. of tne most unusual ar
rangements I call for lack of a bet
ter namo the muff gown. This Is
simply a large flat "muff" of mole
skin, which covers tho -body from
shoulders to knees. ThlB.'of courso,
is not a practical mode for every
day use, but Paris has accepted It
as a fad of the hour.
Before I tell you of the many
smaller sign posts that mark the
fashfon road this soason I must tell
you of a wonderfully beautiful even
ing coat I saw at the play one night
last week, and I was forturfate In
securing a picture of It for you. It
was very long, as the new coata
are; It hung full from
the shoulders, but nar
rowed In at the feet Tho
fabric was a lovely sage
green satin broche. A
shaped flounce of deli
cate gold laco arranged
very like a pannier waa
an unusual decorative
touch. ' The cuffs - and
dbawl collar were lovely
white fox,
' Fashion is going to lead
you, her faithful follow-
ers, over a lot of new
and strange ground during the
Autumn campaign or clothes. And
so, to make sufe that you arrive at
the ultimate and desired goal of
sartorial smartness and success, I
think I had better set up some sign
posts on the long and unfamiliar
road, where it will be so easy to
take the wrong turning.
Later on we will go more fully
Into all the smallest details of this
fascinating country of clothes, but
this shall be just a general outline
of its most important features and
fashions.
First of all, then, the most dis
tinctive and decorative fcaturo ut
the new skirts Is their increased
fulness above the knees as con
trasted with an even more accentu
ated and clinging closeness below
bouffante draperies, tiers of
flounces, bonod or wired at the
edges and pannir-like puffings at
onb or both Rides being all em-
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Lady Duff
Gordon
Explains the
Application
of Furs This
Season to
Gowns and
Wraps,
LADY DUFF-GORDON, the f
mou "Lucile" of London, and
foremost creator of fashions in the
world, writes each week the fashion article
(or this newspaper, presenting all that is
newest and best -in styles for well-dressed
women.
Lady Duff-Gordon's Paris establish
ment brjngs her into close touch with that
centre of fashion.
Lady Dull-Gordon's American estab
lishment is at Nos. 37 and 39 West
Fifty-seventh street, 'New York City.
A
"Wonderful
"Marie
Antoinette"
Evening
Coat
of Baae
Oreen
Satin
Broche,
with
Qold Laco
Flounce.
And This
It the
Surprising
"Muff Gown?
Introducing
a Unique
Way
of Usine
the
Supple
Moleskin,
ployed lor this particular purpose.
The use of fur as a bordering for
such flounces and tunics Is another
almost universal and always effec
tivedetail of -the new models;
while as to the "slashing" of the
skirts, you will find the opening
usually now directly In the front or
Just a little toward one side. And,
if anything, the extent of the said
opening is not quite so extreme as
during the past season, though, of
course, there will be dating excep
tions to this rule of moderation.
Waists are getting both thicker
and longer. It sounds alarming,
doesn't It? and rather ugly, but
actually, when one's figure is slen
der, this appoarance of width is
quite gracoful. But woe betide tho
stout woman who thinks to dlsguic-a
her "too, too solid flesh" by the
swathings and s.i3has which are de
signed to onwrap,a IIwwjhi figure
and give it an fcppearar.' i of uncor-
setted freedom! For
she will merely make
herself a monument
of ungalnllness.
No It seems that
there Is still no
chance and no fash
ion for the fat?
And as regards those sashes.
They are often so wide that they
are swathed from tho waist right
over the hips, and then tied in a
tight but careless looking knot low
down at one side, or else a narrower
girdle will just mark the waist line,
hanging down In front and dividing
the skirt by Its tassel-weighted
ends, these particular tacsel adorn
ments being of enormous slxe now.
ndays. For day bodices the details
which proclaim their up-to-dateness
are the vest effects, tho frllllngc
of tulle or flno laco and tho very
graeefully hanging "Norandy
hood" collar
SiVfA'-'
"Chess Hoard"
Wrap
of Moleskin
and
Tailless
Ermine,
Showing the
New
Flat Muff.
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