The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-28
FURS SEVERER IN STYLE,
AND CARACUL TIE SEASONS SPE-
CIAL FAVORITE.

20 BAhuhhNN DNNta WANNa
FtR-A Multitude OG Fur Turbans
the Favored Neckpieces N NUTS.
rurriers and dressmakers and milliners
work hand in hand nowadays, and this
season the fancy furs and the fur trimmed
frocks and coats and hats are uncommonly
attractive.
FAnciful little boleros and etons and pony
coats and p~aletots OF fur embellished with
braiding, embroidery. velvet, lace, &c, are
legion, Tut on the whole the tendency Is
towerc q certain severity in the treatmenS
Of the fur, while the lavish embroideries,
hces, &C., are left for the waistcoat.
BrAidinR is In evidence upon a large
majority OF the Partisan models, but braid
ing has q severe air which harmonizes we'll
with the chic severity Of the practical
street coat Of fur, and the gayety conoen-
trated in the waistcoat a be hidden
when not desirable. The braid is, Of course,
q fad which will probably live its short
life this wuSter. but braid trimming may
be easily removed without injury to a fur
coat.
Handsome ornaments made from very
heavy cords covered with silk are u
upon some Of the imported fur models.
and the buttons mentioned or the opposite
page and formed Of the heavy silk covered
cord with little jewelled or metallic orns-
ments in the centre are very chic upon
fur in connection with other cord orna-
ments.
An attractive little coat in the pure white
ermine which Paris prefers to the black n
white fur, since the latter has been so pro-
fusely initiated, has for it's sole trimming,
IL one excerpts the lace in its sleeves, heavy
cord ornaments Of the Brandenbourg order
set down the front and holding together
the slashed sleeve. This little coat has a
sleeve and body. apparently cut in one,
without arm hole seam at top. after a fashion
which is regaining favor and is much seen
upon imported coats.
OF elaborate carriage and evening coats
trimmed in fur there is literally no end,
and lavish hand embroidery in heavy silk
floss or chenille is frequently combined
with the fur and velvet. Imagine IL you
can a picturesque draped cloak Of soft
apricot velvet, bordered by a wide band of
chinchilla above which heavy white silk
embroidery runs up over the velvet for at
least fourteen or fifteen inches, or a cloak
OF white velvet trimmed in intricate braiding
and broad bands Of sable-but all that must
be for another story, The seasons cloaks
demand a page Of their own.
Lace costumes trimmed in fur are az
numerous as they were last year. and the
little paletot and skirt of heavy lace bor-
dered by ermine is a fair illustration OF the
character most frequently assumed by these
lace and fur costumes, though many of the
coats are longer. Some very handsome
French costumes in heavy black net or
chiffon cloth trimmed in MORE Persian
lamb and braid are shown by certain ex-
elusive importers, and combinations OF
velvet and caracul or cloth and caracul
are numerous.
Caracul is, T~ashionably speaking. the fur
Of the season. This does not. OF course,
mean that it Is valued more than such high
class furs as sable, chinchllla, &C., by the
fashionable woman but merely that there
10 always a craze for some one fur OF COM
paratively reasonable price and that his
winter caracul il the fur.
In good quality it is soft, glossy and beau
tiful and not too cheap, and the French
makers have sent over a host OF attractive
caracul coats which our furriers are copying
more or less successfully.
As the season advances little neck pieces
Of fur and Of fur and other material increase
and multiply, and though Paris decreed
early in the season that the little cravat OF
fur had had it's day and would be replaced
by wider stoles the cravat seems as ubiqui-
tous and as popular as ever on this side OF
the water.
Some scarfs or stoles, such as the fancy
one sketched here with it's a OF hand
some lace between hands Of chinchilla and
its knots Of gray velvet, are legion; and we
have seen some smart broadtah coats OF
boxed ines and tailored severity whose
-uA L. q. hoaIaoraa ha,ftana
and cravats OF black panne embroidered in
dull gold and bordered by fur.
P~eIerineIike capes Of fur reaching only
q little beyond the shoulder points and
falling in stole ends in front but running
down to the waist line in a round or pointed
back are made up in all the fashionable furs
and are considered very chic but are never
youthful models.
Among the more youthful neck pieces
are beautiful soft fox skins extending to
the shoulder points and OF the same depth
In the back. The from taper down to
about the waist line. where each side Is
finished with a little head. A soft little
fiIl Of white satin shows around this pointcs
head and the collar lining Is white.
Muffs are fatter and softer than ever and
more voluminous. The three-quarter sleeve
almost universal upon fur coats Of the dressy
: v necessitate some protection for the
gIoved arms. and deep frills and other de-
: vices for filing this need have been intro
duced in many Of the mum models.
Fur hats are, as usual, chiefly in the
turban shapes, and some very stunning
models In sable, lace and plumes are shown
by the m~iIliners. A soft crownof handsome
lace or sable or OF heavily embroidered
net, gold tissue or silver tissue, sable or
dark mink next tho face and dropping
plumes caught by a handsome ornament
on the left side-that is the formula most
often followed, but all fur turbans trimmed
IN choux Of velvet and Paradise plumes
OF in silk and velvet roses and Paradise
plumes or aigrets are we'll liked.
A sable turban with two large roses In
shaded orange posed m the left side and
a~sweeping Paradise plume in lighter orange
IL one OF the handsomest mOGels shown by