The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-13
fashionable 5 Uss.

As With the coats. so with the Gurs OF
the season, the variety offered makes tire
most noticeable and important feature.
Liberal device as to sorts, shapes, styles
and color makes the characteristics which
distinguish this present display from those
which have gone before. Long coats
three-quarter coats, jackets blouses and
boleros Will all be. worn Stort-haired
fur lonshaired fur, brown. white, back,
gray and all The natural and dyed shades
are in fashion. SO long as it is fur it is
correct. iut it seems probable that, with
The coming OF WiHtrT weather. some bit
or touch will be held essential TO correct
style. Sable. eImine, seal. lamb. bear
and chinchilla are among the more ex-
pensiye Sorts. and are held peculiarly
smart, but mink, all the foxes, marten
and caracuie. or baby astrachan are
equally in style and quite sufficiently eie-
CANT to satisfy the most cXacting demand.
Evening and, c&rria sc wraps are superb,
and are preferably long and either loose
or hals-fitting, but are shown in all fur
and in cloth with fur revers and trim
ming. As has been slarewdly said, the
fashions Of any period reflect its events.
Recent Oriental COMPLICATIONS have mad
their influence upon these wraps and
genuine Mandarin coats and kimona
cloaks are both seen The former are
exact replicas. Those of us who have
not had the good fortune TO see them
worn by genuine Chinese potentates are
familiar with the comic opera. rspToduc-
tions. and recognize the odd shape at a
glance. Fit there is none, but the fliS:-
ing lines are good and the opportunity Of
tered for COMPUTATIONS is one to be borne
IN mind. Some OF the most costly are of
seal, lamb Or. caracule, others are of deli
cately colored cloths. out almost uRiver-
~ g.
ings of genuine Chinese make. One PEE
!. culiarly elegant specimen IS all OF seal
! and shows facinss of genuine Chinese
yellow satin. overlaid with embroidery in
the rich copper and blue shades that are
such fayorites with the cc!or-lovins East
ernersx The lining is pure white satin.
and the big buttons that hold the closing
loops in place. are made to match the en-
broidery. Scarcely anything more superb
could lie imagined, were royal potentates
to lie the wearers III place of American
citizens whose wealth permits indul-
gance in All possible foibles and fancies.
Less costly, but still elegant. coats of the
same general SORT are OF cloth With revers,
collar ard cuffs of fur. showing touches
OF the Oriental embroidery in underfac-
ings ard the like. The kimona cloaks
are loose and show kimona sleeves, but
are more often of cloth with FUR Access
+ series than entirely made from any skin.
Soft tans grays and casters are the IA
vorite coiors' with ersninc. sable, mink or
chincilla trimming as may be preferred.
ERMiNE IN GREAT VOGUE
Ermine. by the way, is expected to
have great vogue. The approaching cor
onauon is already making its influence
felt and the royal fur. has been quick to
feel the impetus. An exceedingly hand
rome evening wrap Is Of castor-colored
cloth with efniiae rerers and storm col.
lar, but wisely shows a scarf of soft yell
lcw lace against the face. Superb as the
white fur Is. 1t is trying and somewhat
hard in tone and requires lust such
touches to render the wearer at her ,est
Chinchilla, while perhaps less splcnui1. is
delicious!y soft 10th in texture and in
tone. and rests as-cinst a fair woman!s
skin with almost carcssing tenderness.
Royal ermine Is royal in fact as well as
name. in conjunction with velvet, rich
slaccs and such harimonizing fabrics as
have a softening effect. but is capable of
being cruelty unbecoming and even vul-
oAr ahen misrsed Ar 1T Ii TO be, q vel