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LADY DUFF-GORDON, die famout "Luefl.' of
London, and foremost creator of fashion m the
world, write etch week the fashion article for thit
newspaper, presenting til thtt it newest tnd best in stylet
(or well-drewed women.
Lady Duff-Gordon Parit etttblithmenl brings her
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Ltdy Duff-Gordon' American establishments ire at
Not. 37 and 39 Wert Fifty-seventh street. New York, and
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A Simpler Specimen of the
Girlish Gown So
Generally Becomingly Worn.
The Silk-Covered
Cords Decorating the Skirt
Are an Innovation.
So Is the Fan-Like
Arrangement of the Fulness
of the Skirt
Above the Girdle.
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l time In thy flight,
'-'Make me a child again"-
runs the old song.
But the old song adds "Just for to-
pllcity of gowns made after
schoolgirl models. Amailng It
is, too, bow many types and
ages adorn themselves in such
costumes'.
The beautiful girlish gown
represented by the largest fig
ure on this page It suitable for
afternoon wear or for the din
ner or theatre, according to per
sonal preference. I prefer it for
afternoon wear, for I like to see the
arms unveiled at evening. The gown
would be of too severe simplicity were
it not for the elaborate motif of the
garniture Introduced to add richness to
Its beauty. Around the skirt, about
knee length, is a, double shining of silk
of the same peach pink as the gown.
Above this undulating sWred trim
ming Is elaborate silk embroidery in
floral design. The tleevef are of all
over lace. They are full, the fulness
being gathered at the wrist into a close
curt of the silk embroidery. A cluster
of ribbon flowers of many tints Is fast
ened Into the corsage above the high
girdle.
The little net hat, with Its small lace
brim, worn with this costume le of the
little girl type.
The other gown reproduced In the
picture at the top of the page Is of
elmllarly girlish, design, but simpler.
Like the first one. In the larger picture,
it Is built of taffeta In a gray shade.
Like that. It Is girdled at the normal
waist line. Instead of the elaborately
embroidered motif, however, are two
groups ol Bilk-covered cords, two in
each group. In fan-like effect above the
girdle, in front, is gathered the fulness
of the skirt upon a background of a
quaint, tight-fitting bodice. The ruffled
edge of this fan-like decoration Is car
ried down the front of the skirt on
either side to meet the oords. The
decolletage Is outlined by double
niching of maline.
The very short sleeves have a close
ruffle of the plaited maline. With this
Is the ever present note. In decorative
gowns, of a bunch of flowers, these
night," while the ballade of fashions of being of black and yellow velvet
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This Is a Specimen of the Most Elaborate of the Little Girl Type of Dresses That
Are So Popular Thia Winter. The Severe Simplicity of a Taffeta Kobe Is
Relieved by the -Elaborate Silk Embroidery in the Same Shadea and by
the Full Sleeves of Net Gathered Into a Tight Cuff of the Bilk.
the Winter of 1916 to 1917 has It "for
at least this season."
The "little girl" gown Is exceedingly
popular. There are several reasons for
Its being. One Is that fashion Is a radi
cal. She leaps from one extreme to an
other. After two seasons of grand
mamma styles, among them stiff, metal:
lie brocades. It Is pleasant to glide to
the other end of tfie arc and feast the
eye upon the vernal freshness and sim-
The inclination toward flowered silks
Is apparent In the third of these little
girl gowns, that shown at the bottom of
the page. It is of sparsely flowered
black silk, the motif being pink rosebuds.
The skirt, scantier than usual, Is slightly
draped at the sides, but, as is suitable
in the case of flowered silks, has no
other trimming. The gathered girdle,
narrow at the sides and long at front
and 'back, is of the flowered silk. White
maline forme the sleeves, the cherq
Isette and a wide, turnback niching at
the neck.
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