The Arvada enterprise., 1912-01-25

a YEW YORK.-Furs are of the
! greatest interest this year. al
IL though, owing to the unseason'
able weather. many of them
| have not yet been taken from storage.
| they are always chief delight" OF
woman. but until this season they
| have been considered SO much lux
| lry in themselves that little effort has
been made to vary the monotony OF
| heir fashioning.
Coats, muffs and scarfs have fol-
| owed, year in and year out, certain
Our or five models with. each year.
Iome three or four pelts pronounced
fashionable, which sent the prices OF
ihem upward, leaving the others SO
| lar down in the scale that they were
ignored utterly. Now. however, there
Is scarcely skin that is not In the
reckoning, and that is not used to as
excellent advantage as any other.
Leopard and MoIeskin.
To last years seal and pony skin
coats have been added astrakan. leop-
ard skin and mole skin, and no two
| furs could be more totally different
than the latter two-the daring char
acter of the leopard skin and the
| shrinking, timid charcter of the mole
skin. One could hardly fancy both OF
them appealing to the same person.
The coat of today's sketch repre-
sents one Of the choicest offerings OF
an uptown establishment The little
skins, beautifully cured" are applied
in alternating stripes, effected by the
up-and-down Of the fur, with a deep
border fashioned in saw-tooth pattern
around the bottom, striking a splendid
note of distinction. The collar, square
cut across the back, is terminated in
long. crossover tabs, the outside one
of which fastens well toward the side.
with two large moleskin buttons.
Muff In Diamond Shapes.
A scarf and nun set from the same
department is put together in a se-
ries Of diamond shapes, and another
set shows a surface Of regular squares
arranged in diagonal rows, the fur in
the squares alternating up and down.
Still another alternate stripes OF
whole skins with those composed Of
| ulhulouu Shapes.
Although most of the coats one sees
are long, that is, full-length. there is
no denying the chic Of the three-quar-
ter or the one that is trifle shorter,
especially II its corners are rounded
and trimmed with wide band of its
own fur or Of skunk. Next year this
medium length will be very much
more in the running than the alien
veloping sort. Then there are the
short coats-those that reach from
three to six inches below the hip-lne.
They have a dash quite impossible to
the full-length coat which always
thrusts its utilitarian aspect forward.
The shorter Of these models is in
varibly severe. The fronts are usual
ly cut straight, and, while there is
generally collar Of contrasting fur,
that is all. Cuffs or fur around the
bottom spoil the line On the other
hand, both cuffs and banding around
the bottom are distinct addition to
the three-quarter coat, often times q
great shaw-collar being continued in
an unbroken line or down into this
band
Ideas From Paris.
Fearfully and wonderfully involved
are some Of the fur fashionings that
have reached us from Paris. One
model, for Instance, that barely es.
capes the ground as its wearer walks,
Is composed Of two furs, the lower
half being seal. while the upper Dor.
ton, gathered into It In a sort of dol.
man effect, Is Of baby lamb Another
has an ermine panel section set IN
the length of the back, from collar tc
hem. with an ermine collar lengthen
ing into stole ends that reach to the
foot in front
Still another and more plausibl,
idea, that is said to have originated
In the French capital also, is found ir
n cloak, likewise very long and Incl
dentally quite narrow. that is of seal
velvet, and ermine. The coat itsell
is of the seal. banded about the fool
with four-inch ermine. although les,
expensive skunk would do very well II
ono felt the price of the ermlne pro
hibitive. Down the back, falling quite
to the waist line. is a velvet collar
which is extended into a shawl cola,
in front. The fronts are straight
Seal Trimmed With Velvet.
Some OF the most beautiful of tn,
seal coats this year are trimmed witt
velvet, and not always black at that
for duh greens and emeralds. all of tn,
browns, the rich. deep reds, and
where a very real dash is liked. sew
eral OF the blues are introduced with
real telling effect II goes almost
without saying that coats OF this typs
are much more dressy than those of
all fur, although not necessarily any
less appropriate for day as well n,
evening wear. The fabrics, naturally
permit OF moro variety in the matte,
OF draping, etc, although, as a matte,
OF fact, the pelts themselves, skill
fully treated as they are nowadays
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