Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
RAIMEN 7
Automobiles Started the
Fad and it Gains in Favor.
GLACE AND SUEDE KID
AND THREE-QUAR-
TER COSTUMES.
A Stunning Combination of Kid and
Yedda for Women Who Go in
for Winter Sports.
written for The Evening Scar by Katherine An.

Written for The Evening Star by Katherine An
derson.
Last summer. when fashions couriers
announced that leather raiment would
play an important part in winter modes, the
statement was taken not only with good
sized grain of salt, but considerable acsual
incredulity. Leather was then considered
an unfeminine fabric-the fad of the girl
who went in heavily for, sports. Today the
girl who wears the most frivolous and dain-z
ty effects in evening raiment is just as apt
to sport a frock trimmed with leather on
her shopping trip, and an aI-leather coat
for motoring.
1t is quite probable that motoring is
largely responsible for the vogue of leather
raiment. 1t is just the material suited to
general motoring equipment, and it some
how sets off a car as no costly furs or
high-priced rainproof materials ever could.
The girl who goes in for shooting rather
than for motoring, feels that the present
leather get-ups place her on terms of per-
feet equality with her brother sportsman,
while the girl who neither motors nor
shoots gets into line by trimming her
heavy outing costume with bands of Ieath-
er, or applique in the same finish.
The complete leather garments are shown
in both glace and suede finish, and the
majority of women seem to prefer the
no doubt that the three-quarter coat re-
ceives the preference, and this is worn
over an ordinary skirt of heavy CLOTH But
for the motor faddist come complete cos
tunes in leather, finished as beautifully
and trimmed as tastefuly as if they were
evolved from silk or velvet.
Flared Flounce.
The skirts are necessarily severe, and
are given a flare around the bottom by
bo Of cd oh
flounce A very effective example in brown
ooze calf has plain skirt with twelve
inch flounce around the bottom. set in
smoothly at it's junction with the skirt,
but ripping around the feet and finished
with seven rows of heavy stitching. This
f1ounce is faced with a good quality OF
velveteen. which is lighter than leather
facing. The short coat has fitted back
and sides and semi-fitting fronts with
single dart. 1t is double breasted ana
finished with dull gold buttons, the gold APP
pearing in ornaments on the turnover collar
and the shoulder straps.
Ooze calf is an extremely pliable leather,
and with big plain sleeves such a costume
can be worn over an ordinary blouse and
a sweater and still not look bulky. More
striking a combination of glace leather
and yedda, the fur novelty of the season
Yedda is in reality calf skin, with all the
familiar markings, end it affords a piquant
contrast with the glace leather. The skirt
is tight fitting over the hips. but starting
lust above the knee are two shaped
LOUNGES one below the other, so graduated
that there is a smart ripple around the
hem which is finished with a band of
yedda. The Louis QuatorZe coat. falling be-
low the knees, is also finished with shaped
hounce and the vest is of yedda, which
forms the frogs on either side of the waist
line. The full pouched sleeves well as
the turnover collar, are made of yedda ap-
pliqued with plain leather outlined with
embroidery.
For Chicago Women.
An extremely smart full-length motoring
coat recently brought from London
for the of Chicago woman who is
going in heavily for automobiling. The
material used is a handsome fur-like fab
ric which has a surface somewhat similar
to Greenland seal. This is lined through
out with gray and white squirrel. and has
a deep collar of raccoon fur which can be
turned up about the ears in stormy wealth
er. The sleeves are particularly worthy of
note. At first glance they appear to be
only the ordinary ball-shaped sleeve with
deep turnback cuff but on closer examina-
ton it is seen that they are fitted with
storm cuffs of stout silk. fitting snugly into
the wrist. In shape, this coat is very much
like the popular loose raincoat with belt
across the back.
Nearly all the three-quarter coats are
finished with a shaped f1ounce, and some
Of them even fare out from yoke pointed
back and front in which case they also
have the strapped or belted back The
sleeves are roomy. pouched at the wrist