The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-11-30
FADS AND
FANCIES OF
FASHIONS

interesting period here in New
York but perhaps unusually 90 this
year for the reason that fashions
are exceptionally ailuring. On the
one hand, they are wonderfully beau
tiful: on the other, they are often
travestied but, in spite of all, they
have an inherent fascination. Fab
RIGS are superb and colors are wonderful
and one never ceases to marvel over
the beautiful combinations and the
really artistic effects and, withal, there
is just a touch Of Orientalism that
makes its appeal Today 10 almost
as warm and balmy as spring and tn,
Avenue is a delight. The shop win
dows are making ravishing displays
of street costumes that are sunptuous
and evening wraps and furs that win be
called into use with the opening Of tine
Horse Show, let the thermometer
stand where it may. 1t is time hon
ored custom to wear furs during Horse
Show week and the fashion continues
in spite of the fact that early No
vember is apt to be warm. As has
been stated in previous letters, there
is very general tendency toward the
use of entire skins. not alone for the
making of garments but for the trim
ming of coats and suits made from
material, but there are also TO be worn
a great many fancy sets that are made
ofveivet, silkand duvetynfur-trinmed
and for these either the smaller skins
or bands make the accepted finish.
Natural fitch in its tawnv, yellowish
tone streal1ed with dark hairs is ex-
trenely handsome in contrast with
black and dark colors. A smart set
noted this morning is made of black
velvet of the softest, most pIiable
sort. 1t consists of huge muH made
soft and full, turban, and a close
choker for the neck-piece. The muH
is trimmed with band near each edge.
The choker consists of wide plating
of the velvet with a narrow band o.
the fur at the center and the hat >
banded with fur and further trimmed
with an ostrich tip. Almost by its
side was seen muf and neck-piece OF
lack taffeta with trimming of red fox,
one entire skin being curled about the
muff while another was spread over
the silk foundation to form a scarf.
Chokers are especially designed 70.
and especially adapted to young
girls with slender threats. They are
hooked closely about the throat and
make a piquant, girlish finish to a
pretty toilette. With the wonderful
adaptability that belongs 70 the
feminine world. we can wear our
blouses and coats open at the neck
in the morning with the assurance
that only such finish means comfort
and we can >put the closest fitting
chokers of fur around our threats
in the afternoon with equaiequanimity
Fur seems almost TO have reached the
limit of its possibilities. 1t is used as
trimming for negligees and for blouses
as we'll as for suits and for wraps and
bits are to be found in the newest col
lars and blouse garnitures. How long
the supply will last under such drain.
it is not the part of fashion to deter
mine but it is certain that a large
demand is being made and that even
the simplest, one-time plebeian, skins
are held at high price. Almost as a
matter of course, there are excen-
tricities in such conditions and, now
and then, one sees treatment rather
abhorreut than attractive. The whole
skins have almost a disagreeable sug-
gestion. Not few of the large scarfs
with limp heads and paws give one the
suggestion of the animal after the
chase, and even our leading dealers
will do questionable things for the
sake of novelty. A seal coat, for ex-
ample, is trimmed with red fox skin
hanging from the collar by its teeth
and covering almost the entire front
of the garment. It gives quite the
impression of the five creatures having
jumped at the wearer's throat. but
that condition seems no deterrent
1t is new and it is fanciful and IL will
be worn to some extent.
There are wonderful fur cloths, such
fur cloths az never were known in
previous seasons, and very beautiful
costumes are made thereof. Broadtai
plush 10 extremely handsome and many
of the mole plushes are real delight.
They are utilized for entire suits and
for coats to be worn over cloth, but
they are not meant to deceive. They
are simply wonderfully beautiful fab
RIGS with much the effect of fur but
they are not to be looked upon as
limitations only for they richly deservs
splace of their own. The slaort-haired.
light weight plush Is much liked for
costumes also and very great deal
of velvet is worn while duvetyn con-