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The Luxurious “Wrap-Around" Stole 0/
Precious Russian Sable, with a
Huff That Is Ncarlu Square.
By Lady Duff-Gordon
•‘Luelle.”
Paris. October 25.
F URS and jewels are, of
course, classed among
feminine luxuries, and
being luxuries may be as
sumptuous, as expensive as tbe
bank account permits. There Is
nothing, to my mind, no array of
jewels even, which gives a woman
so luxurious a feeling and appear
ance aa wrappings of fur—"wrap
pings'' In a literal sense, not merely
figurative, tor .this Winter the fur
stoles are broad -and long, and are
actually wrapped about the Wear
er'S Sgttie.
Such a stole as 1 have la mind I
am sending you a picture of. Thla
was worn by a very chic actress at
a reception the other day. It Is
.very long. If It was worn In the old
manner, plainly., across tbe shoul
ders,. the ends would sweep ' the
floor. , But It Is wrapped about the
figure In a becoming fashion. V This
fur 1s the expensive Russian sable,
the lining being a most delicate yel
low. Contrasts In furs and linings
are very smart tbls season.
Tbe muff, like all the fur muffs
this year, la smaller than for three
years, and flat, almost. square In
shape. Muffs of satin and supple
velvet, on the 1 contrary, are very
large aid ' round,' apd . frequently
draped. Such muffs ere built of the
fibrlc of/ which .the i costume : js
built
Moleskin. In spite ef Its fragility,
continues to be a very great fa
vorite., A' wrap which I saw at a
recent opening, and of which 1 am
sending you a picture, was made of
this fur In whst I call a chessboard
effect. It was longer In the back
than In the front, and there was an
effect of draping which was very
smart Indeed. Tailless ermine rol
ler and cuffs gave a most luxurious
touch-to the coat. ‘
The muff, fist and square, was of
the moleskin, and, like the coat, was
lined with rose satin broche. >
Owing to tbe great advances made
hy the furriers In the treatment of
skint, the furs of the moment lend
themselves to effects—particularly
odd effseta—which were Impossible
with the skins of a few years ago.
The present are supple, and clever
fingers can do almost anything with
them. iKor Instance, the new mole,
the. tailless ermine and other flat
fur*. One of the most unusi
rangements 1 call for lack of
ter name the muff gown. T
simply a large flat ‘‘muff” of
skin, which covers the body
shoulders to knees. This, of c
is not s practical mode for
day use, but Paris has uccoc
as a fad of tbe hour.
iilerore 1 tell you of the
smaller sign posts that mar
fashion road this season I mu
you of a wonderfully beautiful
Ing coat I saw at the play one
last week, and 1 was fortuni
Wearing a picture of It for yc
was very long, as the new
are; it hung full from
the Bhpulders, but nar
rowed In at the feet The
fabric was a lovely sago
green satin broche. A
cnaped nounco of deli
cate gold laee arranged
very like a pannier was
an unusual decorative
touch. The cuffs and
Miawl collar were lovely
white fax.
Fashion fa going to lead
you, her faithful follow
ers, over a lot of new
and strange ground during tffb
Autumn campaign of clothes. And
so. to make sure that you arrive at
the ultimate and desired goal of
sartorial smartness and success. I
think 1 bad 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 tbe smallest details of this
fascinating country of clothes, but
tbls shall be just a general outiloe
of Its most Important features—and
faabloas.
First of all, then, tbe most dis
tinctive and decorative feature of
the new skirts Is (heir Increased
fulness above the knees as con
trasted with sn even more accentu
ated and clinging closeness below—
bouffante draperlea, tiers of
flounces, boned or wired at the
edges—and pannler-llke puffings at
one or both sides being all em-
Lady Buff■
Gordon
Explains the
Application
nf Furs This
V f m ^ —
Season to
Gowns and
L ADY DUFF-GORDON. the fa
mous “Lucile” of London, and
foremost creator of fashions in the
world, writes each weelt the fashion article
for this newspaper, presenting all that is
newest and best in styles for well-dressed
women.
Lady Duff-Csordon's Paris establish
ment bring* her into close touch with that
centre of fashion. >
Lady Duff-Cordon’s American estab
lishment is at Nos. 37 and 39 West
Fifty-seventh street. New York City.
ployed lor/this particular purpose.
The use ol (ur as a bordering for
such flounces and tunics is another
almost universal—and always effec
tive—detail of 'the new models:
while as to the "slashing" of the
skirts, you will find the opening
usually now directly In the front or
]ust a little toward one side. And.
If anything, the extent of the said
opening is not quite so extreme aa
during the past season, though, of
course, there will be daring excep
tions to this rule of moderation.
Walsta are getting both thicker
and longer. It sounds alarming,
doesn't Itf and rather ugly, but
actually, when one's figure Is slen
der, this appearance of width It
quite graceful But woe betide the
stout woman who thinks to disguise
her "too, too solid flesh" by the
swathing! and sashes which are de
signed to enwrap a lissom figure
end give It an appearance of uncor-
CepyrleM. tits, as u
setted freedom! For
she will merely make
herself a monument
of ungatnllness.
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 the 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
tbe skirt .by Its tasscl-weightcd
ends, these particular tassel adorn
ments being of enormous site now
adays. For day bodices the details
which proclaim their up-to-dateness
are the vest effects, the frilllngs
of tulle or fine lace and the very
gracefully banging "Normandy
hood" collar
Great Britain iUgbla
’Ciless Eodid"
Wrap
of •Moleskin
and
, Tailless
Showing the
Xcu>
Flat ilvff.
"Marie
Antoinettet”
Evening
Coat
o/ Sage
Green
Satin
n+ttnhf'
with
Gold Lace
Flounce.
And This
ll the
Surprising
•Huff Gown.’’
introaucing
a Unique
Wat
of Using
the
Supple
Hotcskin.