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77ie Fery Diaphanous
Gowns That Show the
Dainty Under
skirts of the
Moment
L
ADY DUFF-CORDON, the fa-
moiw "Lucile" of London, and
foremost creator of fashions ' in
the world, writer ach week lha faihion
'article for th! newspaper, preaenling all
thai ia newest and fecal in styles for well
d retted women.
Lady Duff-Gordon's Paria ettablith
men! brings Tier into close touch with that
centra jaf . fashion,
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Gray and Silver Brocade Evening
Gown, with a Modified "See-Through-TErn"
Effect.
"Lucile" Modet.
By Lady Duff-Gordon
THE Summer hai seen a recrudescence
of filmy, diaphanous dresses. We
know that the ordinary wide skirt
Is more or less cumbersome and that It
la heavy looking. A wide skirt such as
those I show on this page would be very
heavy looking if made of heavy silks and
o on. Yet the wide skirt has a charm
all Its own. How can we keep (his charm
'and still do away with the stolid, dis
heartening stodglness of the very wide
sklrtt
The answer Is In these photographs.
I have seen an enor
mous crest of rock
which in Kse'f would bo
terrlfylngly oppressive
In Its bulk that has
been made delicate and
falryUke by a little cas
cade of water falling
over it. The filmy dain
tiness of the spray has,
like magic, converted
the rock into a thing of
lightness and airy
charm
Exactly the same
transformation has been
effected in these some
what Irreverently
named "See-Through
A Very
Pronounced '
"See-Through-'Em"
Effect
of Leaf -Green
Tulle.
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A Dancing Dress Which Lady Duff-Gordon Calls "Idylle Per
siane." The Diaphanous Net Is Draped Over the Broad
Hoop, Revealing Through It the Underskirt
'Em" dresses. They are wide skirts; It Is true,
but the width of the skirts is made up by the
dainty waterfalls of tulle and net. Beneath
the waterfalls is the underskirt, which usu
ally not at all wide. The result of the combi
nation It that one gets to Its full degree the
exquisite airiness and daintiness of the trans
parent webs and at the same time the illusion
of slenderness and grace Is maintained despite
the enormous spread of the whole skirt. It ia
just like the waterfall and the rock.
And, Incidentally, let me tell yon that this
Winter will aee even a greater use of these
wide, flowing outside skirts.
Notice in the large picture that all the effect
of slenderness and lightness Is kept despite the
very wide, hoop that h61ds the net, la the leaf
green tulle-' ball drees down at the Uft hand
corner this lightness-Is even more apparent,
though the width of the falls of tulle is greater.
Of the two little evening gowns the photo
graph of the one I have named "Foolish One"
does not do Justice to the original Alas! you
cannot reveal In black and white the witchery
or color The whole skirt Is a petunia colored
tulle over a rather tight underskirt of silver.
The gray net and silver brocade gown, which
Is Its partner, shows what 1 mean better. '
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