The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-25
Winter Wraps.
Phiiadclp hia Press

The correct wrap with the fashionable tailor
made cloth dress is an Albert coat, close fitting,
jacket in military style if the suit is braided
The more simply severe the make o. tailor
suit is, however, the more perfect its style.
Heavy cloths, feece-ned, come to match the
lighter weights used for dresses; or where the
same cloth as that of the dress is used for the
suit the coat may be lined with flannel, to give
extra warmth. Many ladies prefer the lighter
Jacket which, in its normal state is sufficiently
heavy for autumn wear, adding chamois under
vest and fur shoulder cape, as may be neceS-
sary There is great fancy for wraps OF seal
plush-the dark brown silk plush, with close
thick pile which so closely resembles sealskln
that it has almost entirely driven imitation seal
skin out of the market This is quite as becom-
ing and much more durable than any except the
finer grades of seal, and the vast difference IN
price renders it very popular. Jackets, saeques,
long pelisses and doimans are all made of this
beautiful material Beaver fur, in its natural
grayish brown, golden beaver and dark brown
beaver are the furs most liked for trimming
Next come lynx, marten, mink and coon, which,
when dyed dark brown, is quite aristocratic-
looking fur
AS usual, it has been reported that the day of
the Newmarket over, and as usual, that
useful and becoming wrap returns with fresh
lease of favor Like all the new cloaks it is in
creased in fullness over the tournure, two very
full pleats at the back giving room for a hustle
of the most prominent species. When the gar
ment is trimmed with Hercules braid which is
loops over the tops of these pleats, and not in
frequently an ornamented cord is set in the same
place when the garment is plain or trimmed
with fur. The newest shape for the Newmarket
is called the four-in- hand, and was introduced as
coaching wrap in England, and thence import
ed to Newport where it has found great favor
Its distinctive feature is large shoulder cape,
which is cut into two parts by the pleats down
the back which this cloak begin at the neck
and are fatty stitched in the waist line, where
they broaden out into quadruple box-pleats.
Fashion nowadays calls for multiplicity Of
wraps Ladies who pride themselves on their
chic in dress have wrap for every occasion
and sometimes for every costume-some Of them
marvels of magnifcence Three is the least
number with which any woman, even on the
outer edge of society, can manage to get along
with viz, a newmarket or jacket for morning,
and shopping, and travelling, dolman or some
other handsome cloak for calling, for at
terpoon. and for church. and a third exclu-
siyelv for evening For this last purpose, the
conservative woman prefers an India shawl as
never likely to go out of fashion, and always
handsome Those who care less about perma-
nence in a wrap, select instead, a visite of bro
cade in some rich blending of color, or half
bright shade of plush, with chenille fringe to
match, while young ladies usually choose long
wrap of cashmere in white or some pale tint,
lined with quilted satin fur and trimmed
either with swans down or chenille marabout.
A handsome jacket or newmarket coat of
Jersey cloth or of chevot in one of the small
checks now so fashionable is the popular wrap
for young ladies' Many jackets and mantles are
also made to match costumes of the dress mate
rial, warmly lined and wadded