Richmond times-dispatch. [volume], August 15, 1920, Image 50

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The Beauty
of This
Charmeuse
Gown
Is in the
Simplicity and
Perfection
of Its
Drapery.
A Dancing Gown of Silver Brocade
Against a Background of "Satin.
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* A Dinner
Gown of Which
Charmeuse,
Chiffon and
Shot Gold Cloth
Are Parts.
tADY DUFF-CORDON, the famous "Lucile" of London, end foremost creator of fashion*
in the world, writes each week the fashion article for this newspaper presenting ell
that is newest and hest in styles for well-dressed women.
Lady Duff-Gordon's Paris establishment brings her into close touch with thet centre
of fashion.
Lady Duff-Gordon's American establishments are" at Nos. 37 and 39 West Fifty-seventh
street. New York, and No. 1400 l ake Shore Drive, Chicago.
\
By Lady Duff-Gordon {"Lucile")
EVENING gowns seem to mo moon.fiowers,
beautiful blossoms that bloom not in
tho strong sunlight, but beneath the
pale moon. Thoy are o? all gowns Uio most
poetic. Romance exudes froni their gossamer
folds.
Three typical moon-flower gowns aro exhib
ited for your pleasuro and profit on thia page
to-day. That in the middle is so flower-Uko
that one can fancy that ho hears the flutter
of pale petals beneath tho moon, that he can
see those petals in dim, eiusivo play with tho
moonbeams themselves.
% Tho centre picturo reproduces a gown that
is of silver brocado against a background of
satin. It is so draped that it is supported by
jeweled bands at tho shoulders. A handsome
cord and tassel on ono sido is a punctuation
point, so to speak, of tho gown's beauty. It is
filled in about tho decolletago points with
chiffon, bordered by a full ruchlxig of the
chiffon.
Simpler, yet of much beauty, Is the long
sleeved gown shown on the loft-hand figure.
It is of cliarmeuse, caught at the hip with a
jewelled clasp of sapphires set in cut steeL
The beauty of the gown is in Its elaborately
careless--or seemingly careless?drapery. Tho
surplice effect in front is becoming to all save
the most slender <typo. Relief from the one
ton o scheme of the gown is afforded by the
turned-back folds of satin at the neck and
sleeves. ' Tho huge ostrich fan strikes a mag
nificent noto in the color harmony.
The right-hand figure displays a dinner gown
of which charmeuse, chiffon and allot gold cloth
form parts. Chiffon is draped over a skirt of
charmeuse. Tho blouse, with its kimono
sleeves, is mado of tho shot gold cloth." Tho
striped wide, crush sash is of metallic silk.
Note the Oriental effect produced by the large
circular jeweled ornamont of the corsage. The
jeweled band of the low girdle, loosely lying
about tho hips, is. of decidedly Oriental appear
ance.
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