The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-11-16
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FASHION FORECAST
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FEMININE APPAREL.


varied need than the one designed for
bafternpon occasions. When the purse
allows. it is, to be sure, apt to be ex-
trenely elaborate but It Is quite possible
for the clever woman to arrange costumes
OF the kind that are smart and handsome,
sufficiently dressy for the FIVE O'Clock
visit or for any occasion that may arise
before the dinner hour but simple enough
to allow of the trip to the dressmaker's
ifneed be, or for any one of the demands
that may be made upon the time between
luncheon and three o'clock. We are a
rushing. busy people. We work hard
over our pleasures as well as over our
duties and often the fashionable woman's
day is filled to the point of being crowded.
The costume that will perform many
duties is surely q valuable one and this
season materials and styles seem to COM
bine to bring such about, Velvet. wool
velcurs. peau de peche and peau de souris
are unquestioned favorites for the making
Of such costumes and fur might fairly
Be said to be the essential trimming, for
no handsome costume seems to be COM
plete without some touch at least. Hap
PLY, it often 10 only touch, however,
and, for with the demand that has
come for increased quantity, every skin
-is used. Today it is not the quality OF
fur but the effect and, if rabbit can be
dyed to suit the costume, it serves quite
as well as the costly ermine If we can
md harmonizing colors and can dye to
produce what we want, we are content.
We buy fur as we do cloth TO-DAY. not
with an eye to permanence or value. but
70 achieve the result demanded at the
time. AS has been stated in previous
letters, the chipmunk is extensively
used for trimming, Ieopard's skin is
employed in the same way. squirrel il
dyed to resemble closely chinchilIa. rabbit
Is made to produce such wonderful effects
that its origin could never be cuesAed
the cheaper foxes are dyed to any shade
that may be required and among the
latest arrivals must be mentioned the
htch. It is wonderfully beautiful. soft.
long haired skin but until recentIv nm.
known to the world of fashion. Il il
found IN Russia, it is found in GERMANY.
Il is found in Canada. In its natural
state, It is sometimes a light yeIiowish
tone with occasional dark lines that form
irregular stripes and sometimes dartr
brown, almost black, with a few I;ght
hairs Both sorts are being much used
Tor scarfs and muffs and also for trim.
ming and it seems almost needless to
ado that the skin also is dyed to a deem
Drown color that closely resembles tbe
skunk and also TO the variety of shades
demanded by present caprice. In COM
mon with the civet cat, natural opossum
and other skins of the sort, it has been
known to trappers and to furriers from
time immemorial. It has been used for
the Innings for drivers coats and for
various plebian purposes of the kind.
Suddenly 1t was pushed into favor and
It Is now regarded as smart in the ex-
IRENE while its beauty is not to be
questioned. In price, it averages approxi-
mately twenty-five per cent less than
skunk Is today; but skunk from being
an every day fur has grown into being
one OF the costly sorts and fitch seems
likely to follow in its wake.
HE tunic or draped skirt is essential
to the afternoon costume. the
two styles seeming to reign s,-
pfeme, but, since both are found in very
great variety, nothing like sameness
need result. Gradually, little by little.
the breadth over the hips is being intensi-
NEG and not few of the afternoon cos
TUNES are made with real Russian coats
that are distinctly full and fare below the
belt line while the short tunic can he
made single or double and can be made
10 take on an infinite number of varia-
ticns. With the tunics are worn ex-
fremeiy short coats and the bolero is to
De noted in many of the newest models
Wntie the variations of that favorite little
garment include coat back and all
sorts OF novel and interesting touches.
An exceedingly smart costume that seems
TO exemplify many of the new features is
made OF duvetyn in a wonderful shade
OF hunters green. In this case, there is
a plain skirt with slightly full, rather
tiaring tunic that terminates at a point
about the knees and there is a short,
bolero-like coat TO the lower edge of
which IS attached full peplum while the
collar and cuffs are of natural fitch in
It's lighter shade. When the coat is worn,
the peplum produces the effect of a
double tunic. When the coat is removed,
there Is fascinating little bodice of soft.
creamy lace with little of the duvetyn
introduced. to give the entire costume
idea and bits of the fitch fur to enhance
the effect. An interesting model is made
with Russian coat and plain skirt. In
tnIs case, the material is the new, soft
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