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By Lady Duff-Gordon ("Luetic" )
CC TEA crowns and g6wns," said the bachelor ' ;
I cosmopolitan as he declined a proffer ot
. cream and sugar for his tea and accepted . ,
two thin slices of lemon. . .
While hair unadorned is perhaps loveliest of all. '
the tea crowns seem to be of a piece with the trailing, '
cloud-like robes worn at the tea hour. !
Tea gowns growmore and more attractive. Their '
poetry and Individual significance are enhanced With -each
new season. '. " '
For example, the gown shown by the targe, .left-" ;
hand figure on this page leaves, it seems to me, noth
ing to he desired in appropriateness to the five o'clock"
function of tea pouring. ," Nothing of grace nor beauty
nor enhancement of-the charms' of the wearer. It .
is fashioned of one robe over another, or, to be more'
accurate, one robe over several other robes of chiffon
A novel drapery is secured for this gown, by; the .
cloak-like effect that you" observe. It is secured "by r
attaching the. chiffon as a sweeping veil . from . the
back of the gown at the neck and crossing the folds
in front and attaching them at the bust. The chiffon '
drapery has a border of satin, which lends what those '
who work with dress materials call "body'." generally
a desirable attribute. ...
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A "Tea Crown" of Cleopatra Inspiratloiu
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Luxurious , .
-'Tea Gown'
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s . .- Cloak -of
Chiffon
, t To emphasize- if Is to give it greater 'artistic value
and to enhance its cloud-like appearance. .The near
elbow sleeves are of chiffon and finished at the edge
' with a gold cord. "A. broad border of gray fox passes
across the shoulders and the front and back of the j
' -- upper edges of -the corsage. ; The graduated girdle' ,
extending from a- high point at the front to a low one!
- " at the back is made of intertwined satin correspond-'
. ing.to.the border, of the. drapery and metallic cloth.
- Jewelled flowers form a cluster where the fur meets
- the girdle in front. - . " ; . -.
The tight-hand figure affords us a view of a d Is-
5 -tinctlve robe. It ls inade of chiffon velvet, with an v
, , irregular arrangement'of drapery or ' gold embroidered
net Mt is fastened y' a gold clasp, with Jewelled
tassels at. the waist. The gold embroidered net dra
pery Is flBished by a piping of gold ribbon .
, - The headdress exhibited' by the i lower left-hand
picture is Egyptian:; Such i- one might have been
worn by Cleopatra when she enchanted Julius Caesar
. and enthralled Antony. A Jewelled ibis, the -sacred
- bird of the Nile, rests upon a gold band. The en-
. - vel oping veil is of copper colored net and silver.
, The upper -picture displays a more familiar Ori
ental headdress of -shot taffeta, set -with turquoises
' and diamonds; ' , ' .!.,...:....