Velvets and Velveteens V elvet for dresses, capes, millinery and trimmings is the fiat of Dame Fashion, which is more easily obeyed when we remember that velvet enriches all other fabrics and is universally becoming.
Velvet is much higher than two years ago, and there are many poor makes on the market.
A good velvet should have a high lustre, even and close pile and not break when folded. When velveteens first came out they were crude to what they are now in colors and finish, though they always wore well. Now they are in exquisite evening shades, as well as in black and all the medium tints. They are used for dresses, capes, evening cloaks, fancy jackets and trimmings. In using velvet or velveteen see that the pile of each piece of a garment runs the same way, which should be down.