Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-16
Autes ut fashion.
CHANGING STYLES.
Pointers to the Women on What to
Wear and How to Wear 1t.

Wear and How to Wear It.
The promise that this season was to
be a velvet and fur season has come
true. The latter is more popular and
| is worn more than the former.
There was a time however, when
velvet of the very best quality was
used for short skirted street suits as a
| substitute for cloth. This was done
by those who had money to buy many
gowns, and in this case was not so
fragrant violation of taste; but other
women invested their small dress al
lowance in the one suit, and appeared
in it in fair or foul weather, alike.
They wore it shopping and on all
kinds of errands in the morning,
| lunched in it, and in fact used it for
any and all kinds of occasions.
One of the most difficult tasks that
an adviser and dressmaker has is to
persuade the woman of moderate
means out of getting the most extreme
fashion for the one frock. 1t is always
the person on a small dress allowance,
who wants to invest the whole of 1t in
a suit, which should be only one Of
many in a rich woman's wardrobe.
A velvet gown then, is not advocated
for the woman who must wear it all
the time, in no matter what weather,
and who hasn't at least one other suit
to fall back on, or who has not enough
money to get new suit when the vel
vet is spotted and dusty from the
weather.
If a woman of only moderate means,
wishes to choose a striking gown for
social occasions, she can not do better
| than to get velvet gown. 1t must
not be used, though for all occasions.
| She may wear it under a fur coat, for
these garments are no longer luXuries
of the rich, but are even possessed by
the great majority, or she can wear 1t
under a smart coat of cloth or satin.
She should be quite sure about
enough invitations for luncheons, card
| parties or small dinners, before she in
| vests in a fabric that will only be
available for such occasions.
If she does decide on one, she should
choose black If it is becoming to her.
| 1t can always be made becoming by
putting dead white at the shoulders
and neck, or by mounting the white
over some color Nothing is so incon-
spicuous and as good looking, for a
length of time as black and white.
One can keep on wearing it as a COM
bination, for any length Of time,
| whereas a colored gown is recognized
every time it is put on.
Fur is as elegant a material as vel
vet, when one thinks of 1t and yet 1t
can be worn in good taste at any and
all times. In other days fur represented
an immense outlay Of money, and 1t
| was almost entirely out Of reach of the
women, who were not well off. Today
the semi-precious pelts are within the
| reach of even the woman Of moderate
| means. The price fluctuates up and
down, but there are always enough at
moderate figure to satisfy the woman
| who buys fur for the season and not
for whole life time.
Sable, ermine, either spotted or spot
less, and chinchilla real or imitation,
are among the royal furs no woman
should wear in the morning or on the
street. It must be admitted that a
| number of women do wear them, but
! nothing can alter the fact that it is
in bad taste.
The furs that can be worn every day
not only with warmth, but with sar-
torial propriety are, pony skin, o'pos-
sum, sealskin, dyed otter and dyed
| muskrat Black fox and lynx, costly
as they are, can also be worn every
day.
There is a very pretty fashion this
winter of using bands of fur as trim
ming for street suits. 1t is not new,
but it is done in a manner that makes
| it appear original. The fat fur is pre-
ferred to the kind that has long hair.
| True it does not wear quite so well,
for the reason that it has a smooth,
silky surface, but it serves the need.
Some of the smart shops have re-
Gently been showing a new fabric call
ed fur cloth. It is woven stuff, and
is manufactured, not grown by an ami
NAL. 1t is treated in such a way that
at a very short distance 1t gives the
appearance of a smooth fur. 1t is not
expensive, and is admirable as trim
oil 9th
that are to do every day service.
In keeping with the plentiful use of
| inexpensive fur on rough coat suits
of the day, is the widely adopted fash
ion of fur hats that cover the coiffure
and that are practically untrimmed.
Fur muffs of two different styles are
the accepted fashion, some are to
match stoles and others to accompany
hats, and in both there is much varie-
ty, all are large, and generally speak
ing of two shapes only, the tablier and
| the pillow. The former is mostly en-
ployed for short haired fur. the lining
| being very elaborate as it always
shows. Colored Innings are more used
than white, and often several colors
are blended artistically.
Pillow muffs are oblong instead of
being square, and if not made entire
" of fur are much trimmed. Some are
made entirely of braiding done on tap
estry, or on heavy brocade silk, and in
addition to the braiding they have
enormous motifs Of raised gold work
or passementerie trimmings of cords,
knots and long tassels
The only small muffs to be seen, are
those which come in sets, consisting of
the hat, scarf and muff, and these are
occasionally quite small, simply sim
gle skin put over a most elaborate lin
ing.
OF novelties in furs there are some
that are really unusual. For instance.
there are fur butterflies for the hair,
which are made of ermine without the
tails and the center of the insect made
of either colored beads or sealskin.