Richmond times-dispatch. [volume], September 05, 1920, Image 49

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RICHMOND, VA, SUNDAY, SEPTKMHKR 5, 15-20.
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Soft, Clinging Poplin' Is
the Material of This
Girlish Frock.
ADY DUFF-GORDON.
the famous "Lucile" of
P London, and foremost
creator of fashions in the
world, writes each week the
fashion article for this news
paper. presenting all that is
newest and best in styles for
well-dressed women.
Lady Duff-Gordon's Paris
establishment brings her into
close touch with that centre
of fashion.
< Lady Duff-Gordon's Amer
ican establishments are at
No?. 37 and 39 West Fifty
seventh street. New York, and
No. 1400 Lake Shore Drive,,
Chicago.
A Draped Gown of Satin
Brocade, with Chiffon
Bodice.,
<0) 1020. International Feature Service, Inc.
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By Lady Duff-Gordon
("LUCILE")
Paris, Soptembei 1.
IIEHK is no more delightful thno toi
country club pleasures than the early
Autumn. The excessive Summer heat ha-j
passed?and with it languor'am! indifi'erenco to
the lure of exercise in the out of doors. The first
wine-like tang of Autumn sharpens the air li i.s
the time for new pleasures and new gowns
A costume smart as the fresh apparel seen (it
Longchamps and not so startlingly extreme is- the
country rlul> suit which you see reproduced in
the right-hand picture. It is a clonic suit of
Y . serge. The broad stripes givo to it its sports
? character Variety is supplied by the,?arrange*
"v ment of the stripes, those on the skirt being
lengthwise, "while lengthwise and horizontal
stripes are artistically combined in tho cloak.
Large ivory buttons in doublo rows on tho front
of tho bodice and on tho cuffs lend it distinction.
Notice tho waistcoat effect in front produced in
eatin and extending below the girdle.
White satin collar and cuffs Rive a furthot air
of smartness. Tho hat is of taffeta, with a facing
of lighter cliiffou.
For. tea on the veranda qt tho country club
Great Britain Right# Bwerved.
This CJoa'c Suit Is of
Scr^e in Stripes of
Contrasting Colors.
what i i'd be smarter tl;nn the afternoon t:och
which l:< rophv.ent' I l>y tbe lair.e middle figure?
Tho draped r.hirt i:i of tsatin brocade. The iooso
hangi-if: i I > of chiffon, wish a double bund
ing of the r At in brocade on the'sleeves Over the
shoulder* an; t :im!of sti.ri and velvet, finished
by largo diamond slupod ornament * of tho cut
iteol Those support tho double box pleats of
tho skirt in front What may termed 'a. slipping
belt, characteristic of the mode, tops ihe skirt
The hat, made of satin and georgette crepe, has
the wide, transparent brim th .t is so smart The
satin band >*< an elegant touch, one. of those
tone he:; of eleganco that set the smart chapeau
apart from the many
The third (inure, that on tho left hand, dis
plays a girlish gown It is -of the soft, clingy
poplin that, hi becoming incn?n.da?ly smart Tho
sash girdle is of Bulgarian embroidery, tied in a
loose bow ami knot in front The cliicness of the
hut is produced by the combiua Uo? ut colored
quills uad ostrtca leuthora.