The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-01-16
| HO15 ITS PROBLEMS AND INTERESTS
EVENING COATS
Some Suitable for This Season May Be
Adapted for Summer Wear.

An evening wrap unless of fur, can
be Of use the year around, fer even in
midsummer some one warm cloak is al
most necessary to have at hand. In
purchasing such a coat at this time Of
the year it is well TO look ahedI and
get model suitable also for the early
spring festivities. At the same time
many OF the fur trimmed garments are
| SO beautiful and are now so ridieulously
| inexpensive, that it is well worth while
to take advantage of the prices asked
for French importations and thus have
an opera cloak of the very latest and
nTost approved model.
Brocade and satin opera cloaks have
been extremely fashionable this year.
Very smart also are the lace wraps EN-
broidered In gold or silver. Embroid-
cred cloth clOaks are always effective.
but are seen more at the theater than
at balls or opera. Chiffon is not so pop
ulart this year as last, but neverthe-
less some exquisite wraps are seen ia
white, cream. yellow, pink, blue, or Law
ender chiffon, trimmed either with sable
or white lynx. Altogether. the hand
soonest cloakS this winter are of lace
laid over a white. silver. or cream
ground. the design Of the lace being
picked out in either silver or gold thread
I
deep canary yellow chiffon or satin COW
cred with gold embroidered lace and fin
iShed with sable fur at collar and cuffs
There is nothing 50 serViceable for an
evening wrap as handsome black
cloak. This coat may be OF embrOid-
cred brOadCloth or of satin or brOcade
! bat ii must be smart If worn at all. for
| there are so many cheap black coats to
be had among the ready-to-wear gar
ments. White fur is, perhaps. hand
somer with black than with any OF the
| light shades, and neither fox nor lynx
Is so very expensive at present. in fact,
| amy sort Of fur can be had for far less
| than month ago.
This black coat, TO be useful, must be
quite long; that is. II should reach very
nearly TO the hem of the gown itself \
white satin lining is best. although the
figured silks in light colors are sure TO
| finish a wrap attractively. This cloak
| is smarter II fitted al the back and
side, although a box front is still most
| frequently seen. The sleeves should be
! large and at least a long three-Guarters.
/ With such a style of coat as a plain
| long broadcloth wrap the sleeves are
| permissible full length.
In the light shades are seen many per
fectIy plain. long. fitted coats relieved
| only by large FUR collar and cuns Of
white or black lynx. In such shades as
gray, old rose, pink, pastel blue and red
/ these coats are almost as seFYiceable
as in black. A bright red cloak is pretty
and. particularly for a debutante. more
/ becoming than black. II the coat ~
double breasted il may be fastened with
/ large fancy buttons OF rhinestone. steel,
or metal.
Just at present the empire style is
initiated in every department OF the
/ trousseaU. An empire cloak Is always
| good for while the fitted yoke is beCOm-
| ing the material hangs SO full that il
cannot possibly injure the most delicate
gown. In silk, as we'll IS cloth and in
all the fashiona BILE shades, the empire
5ps are now made up.