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A Pleasing Combination of
Net and Silver.
Taffeu,
Shadow Lace
7'and TaffeU
Flower
Embroidery
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Lace,
Silk
Ruffles
and
Turquoise
Embroidery
Trim
TWi
Dance
Gown.
By Lady Duff-Gordon ("Lucile")
PARIS. October 15.
OVELTY is manifest in the trimmings of the new dance
dresses. You see it in the apparently incongruous min-
STllng of two or three kinds of trimmings on one sown.
The blending oMhem Is a triumph over odds. Ordinarily yott
would not expect to see a gown trimmed with both silk rufflei and
turquoise embroidery- Yet In tbe gown displayed on the middle
Jlgure you see them tastefully arranged. The effect would be
heary were the ruffles large or the embroidery weighty, But the
irregular, wave-like arrangement of the double row of narrow silk
ruffles passing around the skirt and extending nearly to the waist
on one side is so light tjhat Its result is purely decorative.
The motif of the turquoise ornaments is the butterfly, itself a
creature of lightness and of airy quality Were this embroidery
arranged in heavy bandings it would in combination with the rafflles
form a too ponderous garniture. The narrow, lengthwise bandings
are,. like the butterflies, of so light a character that they, too, serve
merely as what artists term "accents." The surpllce-like crossing tt
of the light silk and dark chiffon that comprise the gown is effec
tive, as Is the butterfly effect of the side drapery of embroidered
tulle. - ' . . '
The lower left-hand picture shows another curious mingling of
trimmings that in' their ensemble effect is good. The gown Is of
taffeta In self colors. . It is lavishly embrolderad tn self color and
in silver.. The skirt parts In front over a foundation robe of ribbon
and of shadow lace.
It is embellished with stuffed taffeta flowers. A note that adds
greater dignity to the sown is the turned-back facing of the skirt
where it parts-over the lace under robe. ;
The: third. illustration shows a pleasing combination' of set and
silver.. , The drapery' of the bodice and, skirt are defined" by a narv
row silver banding. . Silver embroidery heavily encrusts the bodice,
sd the panniers.
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