The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-23
MOST TEMPTING ARE THE BAGS
A FEATURE or THE CHRISTMAS
DISPLAY in THE SHOPS.
shopping Baks. vanity Bags and Theatre
IDass In Fancy leathers and EmbrOld-
cred silk which Delight WOmen The
Fittings OF the Bags Also q Delight

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cred sIIk which Delight Women The
Fittings OF the Bags Also a Delight.
If any woman finishes her Christmas
shopping this year without buying at least
one bag i will be a triumph of pure reason.
for the shopping bags and vanity bags
are attractive enough to tempt any
woman to extravaganza, whether or not her
Christ uas list calls for the purchasing Of an
expensive bag.
Of course there are cheap bags, too, and
bags OF moderate price which cannot be
called cheap; but il is in the models ranging
in price from sl2 up-the upward fight
often reaching giddy height that the
most subtle temptations lie.
In the matter of the leather there is
wide latitude of choice, for no one fad
dominates the field this season. The i'm
ported bags which. leaving out the very
high priced models made by two or three
of the most exclusive firms, are the most
novel and attractive of the new stock are
most often in morocco.
The French woman fancies a bag to match
her costume and the dyeing processes
now make this almost literally possible.
This winter the violer amethyst and other
purplish hues, so pi>, linent in dress and
millinery, are very l,uch in evidence also
among the imported leather novelties,
and the grays are equally popular. There
is much green, too, and the browns are
more varied and beautiful than usual.
A large number of fancy decorated
feathers are included in the list of imported
bags and the test Of these decorated leather
bags are so lovely that the prejudice which
has always existed here against leather of
this sort has perceptibly lessened and many
women are buying high priced vanity
bags and theatre bags of delicate hued
leather exquisitely decorated in harmonic
ing color. In the faint gtays and fawns,
decorated in some equally faint pastel tones,
these bags are particularly suitable for use
with delicate costumes and the mountings
and fittings are entirely in keeping.
But when one talks OF theatre bags and
bags for use with very dressy ~toilettes
ones mind inevitably strays from the
consideration OF feathers. There is nothing
% practical and durable and chic as a
fine leather bag and there is, of course, no
other type Of bag which admits of such
novel and useful fittings; but for handker-
chief and fan and opera glasses, for any
of the trifes which may be carried in a
fat bag, the embroidered silk bags of this
season are altogether delectable and enor-
nous quantities have been sold.
Embroidered silk, we have said, but
embroidered velvet and leather are included
in the same class, and in daintiness of color,
mounting and design these bags are far
superior TO anything OF the kind we have
had in earlier seasons. Our artist has
sketched a group Of charming models
from the many; but though the cuts may
give an idea of shape and general design
the ooloring, which is always one of the
most attractive features of such bags, is
lost in the black and white drawing.
Many Of the designs are carried OUT in one
tone effects frightened only by metallic
paillettes or beads and by the metal mount
ings. Soft gray silk embroidered in steel
or silver, with mounting to correspond. il
q favorite, and a delicate gray embroidered
in darker shades Of gray and mounted
in gun NETS al set with steel is charming.
A gray bag included among the pictured
group was of silver gray silk mounted in
dull silver and embroidered in a floral de-
sign whose tiny blossoms were formed in
the narrowest Of gray ribbon, while the rest
OF the design wa carried out in gray silk
and silver thread. This minute ribbon
embroidery when cleverly one is very
effective and appears in most Of the designs
for these silk bags.
lux VI Sttbtny Whlto NclNCt, tAdHIlNt
which was among the daintiest of The models
chosen for the sketches. was deliberately
embroidered in tiny gold beads and pail
lettes and was mounted in gold, but had
in addition little ~garlands OF the finest
ribbon embroidery IT, delicate rose and
green. Another bag Ct similar character
was Of soft heavy white silk sprinkled with
small gold paillettes and mounted in a
peculiarly fine wro Ight gold design. Minute
garllnds of silk embroidery in pastel shades
an 1 in high relief decorated the silk.
White and gold is a motif especially well
liked because il ASSOCIATES amicably with
any frock and the designers have succeeded
In achieving surprising variety in this one
color scheme. An ample little bag plated
into the mount and with a line OF gold
palette embroidery running down the
edge of each plat is effective and compare.
lively inexpensive, and another white and
gold bag not high In price is of heavy white
silk with a bottom finish of fringe made from
very small gold beads and with fine lines
of gold bead embroidery running Town a
short distance from the gold mounting.
Leather in Light color is embroidered
and made up in the same fashion as the
silk and the velvet and is at its best in white
and in pale blue. The light blue bag pic
tured here was especially successful and
was applied with an oval medallion and a
very fine little garland of real Venetian
lace. An empire wreath of gold embroidery
ran around the medallion and the mounting
was Of gold.
The fan bag OF the sketch was also of
soft leather, but in this case the color wal
cream and the embroidery was in gold
thread and in pale rose and green ribbon.
The bag was lined with rose silk, finished al
the bottom with gold tassels and suspended
by gold cords.
Fifth avenue firm famous for its leather
bead and embroidery bags has brought out
some wonderfully artistic and appallingly
expensive bags Of black velvet almost
entirely and solidly covered with relief
embroidery in dull silver and gold. The
effect is barbaric, and the mountings, heav.
lily studded with semi-preciOus stones, carry
out the same idea.
Bead bags Of the handsomer sorts are al