The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19
The Fashions In Furs.

Seal remains the fashionable fur for
sacks, and is also much used for mex
penslve sets, consisting OF a muff and
boa. Seal sacks differ from those of last
season in being more shaped to the
figure. and in having from two to four
inches additional length. A stylish sack
ls from twenty EIGHT to thirty-one inches
long. The neck is finished with full
reverse collar. The sleeves are quite
large, and some models are wide enough
to allow cuff of the fur beneath. Pain
trimmed with otter furs are most fash
ionable; hence ladies who have short
plain sacks left over from previous sea-
sons are having them heightened by add
ing three-incn band OF some other tur
as a trimming.
A seal-skin boa that is to be worn
with seal sack, should be only yard
and a half long; but if it is to be worn as
part of set, it should be two yards
long. Seal muffs are of medium size,
like those Of last winter, and are
trimmed with ribbon bows that are en-
broidered; others have tassels, and
some are perfectly plain.
4 Among the most desirable wraps are
those lined with fur, while the outside
is very heavy repped black silk OF else
Sicilienne. The shape mostly worn is
the plain circular, from forty-siX to tifty-
four inches deep, and forming perfect
semi-circle. They are made of silk Of
extra width, manufactured lor the pur-
pose.
Notwithstanding all changes of fash
ion, the crown Russian SABLE remains
the choicest fur; it is as hign in price
as ever, aud becomes more difficult to
obtain yearly.
Perhaps the most dressy of all the
fancy furs introduced lately is the silver
fox-a light blue gray FUR, interspersed
with those "silver points," or white tips
that are now thought to add 80 much to
the beauty Of any l1r.
Another fashionable gray fur, for sets
and also for trimming is the africa chiE-
chilla.
The sets of fisher tail fur that were so
highly priced last season are very diff
cult 10 procure. now.
Sets of black marten fur, sometimes
| called Alaska sable, remain the prevail
ing choice in low-priced iurs.
The demand for mink furs becomes
more limited every season, yet the fine
dark grades are still worn by those who
do not care for changes of fashion, and
consider instead durability and comfort.
Ermine,, which was considered the most
dressy fur, looks pdssee now that Tex and
chinchilla iurs are used.
Astrakan, Russian lamb-skin, krim-
mer, and other black furs, though no
longer novelties, are still liked for their
soft, rich fur, and may now be obtained
at very reasonable prices.
| Fur trimmings are the most fashiona-
BILE garniture tor sacques, cloaks, and
| heavy wraps of all cloGhs, silks and vel
vet. There is an endless variety of
trimming furs, some OF which we have
already guoted, but the caprice OF the
season is for dark furs that have white
| tipped hairs; and 80 popular are these
that furriers have resorted to sewing
gray or white hairs in the dark furs
when nature has not supplied them. OF
the latter is fancy fur called silver Of
| ter, which is black fur with silver hairs
sewed OF even pasted in.
| The new seal hats are no longer tur-
| bans, but are shaped precisely like the
| English walking hats now worn in straw
| or felt, except that the crown 10 round,
in Derby shape. A long ostrich feather
of sea!-brown color begins In the front,
passes over the crown and drops behind.
The hat costs from $1S to $25