The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-10
SEAL is AGAIN POPULAR
FUR GARMENTS ARE SHOWN IN
PROPULSION IN THE NEW
YORK SHOPS.
Long, All-Envelcping Coat VIII Be In
Vogue Again During the Winter
Season-Fm Used In Frock Models
In an Unusual Way-veIvet to BE
Much Used.
(Florence Fairbanks.)

New York, Nov. although the
weather is still warm, at least toe
warm for winter garments, furs OF
every description, fur coats, fur hats
and costumes more or less trimmed
with fur are displayed profusely in
the skirt material may find place
only in the cuffs of the bodice, the
rest of the bodice being fashioned en-
tirely from fabrics which have no
place in the skirt, lace, chiffon, EN-.
broidered net, etc.
The latest models imported from
Paris have decidedly narrow skirts
1t is true, they follow the lines of the
figure quite accurately. but fall in a
plumb line from the hips, and are
sometimes arranged with a panel OF
narrow tablier front, hemmed with a
hand width of velvet or a very broad
band of silky braid. a vast improve
ment on the old mohair of years ago
and upon which vertical lines of tiny
metallic buttons, bright and shiny
make a very smart note.
The jackets are similarly ornament
ed. the velvet or galloon sometimes
running around the sides. Self-col-
ored velvet adorns the collar and
cuffs, or, trimmed with braid and
buttons, a novel aspect is given to the
neat and practical tailor-made, up to
the present the only fantasy being the
revers or lapels formed of cretonne
of antique design, lightly embroidered
with gold, on a navy blue costume,
enveloping coats of fur are here
again this season, more luxurious and
extravagant than ever, though many
good looking models are made up in
the less expensive furs.
Seal is to have another season OF
popularity, the French or imitation
seal of good quality being used for a
majority of the coats, genuine seal
having become too rare and too ex-
pensive for any general use Moleskin
is another short hair. silky pelt which
has been restored to favor and is made
up into exceedingly attractive long
coats. Big collars of long haired fur
are the rule, and often the long fur
is used also for cuffs and for trimming
on the coat bottom, the latter put on
in a straight band or rounding up and
narrowing to points in the front.
Sometimes, too, one sees the coat
fronts rounding away at the bottom
and two narrow bands of long fur set
on at a distance of eight or 10 inches
apart.
The square sailor collar in the back
with wide sloping fronts is introduced
among the fur coat models very effec-
lively, but chiefly in the supple short
haired furs such as chinchilla, ermine,
seal and mole.
Gorgeous ermine coats are trimmed
in SEAL but the handsomest of the er-
mine models are in combinations OF
plain and spotted ermine or in all
white ermine trimmed in huge col
lars of sable. The practical broad
tail is of course in the field, but here
again one usually finds the collar OF
long fur.
Australian chinchilla or opossum Is
used for whole coats and small furs
and great quantities of fox in all coll
ors are employed for trimming and
small furs. Marmot is one of the
new favorities, and skunk is still eX-
tensively used.
IN many of FUR trimmed frock mod
els the fur is used in fashion more