Evening star., 1921-11-02
WIDE VARIETY OF COAT SUITS
BY ANNE RrTTrNHoUsE.

1t is probable that women are moro
anxious over the choice Of Q tailored
suit than any other kind Of costume.
Why? Because climate varies 30
briskly in this stupendous continent
sharply in their activities that what
is flesh for one Is often poison for
the other.
Women from the south cannot wear
the warm sturdy suits that arc offered
to women who live where the snow
adored in another. Long coats are
bunglesome for the women who
stride about the streets half tho day,
yet they are necessary for protection
to women who ride In motors or
suburban trains during icy weather. So
1t goes.
For this reason materials differ,
however, more than styles. A mil
| lion women may unite in making one
| model popular for the reason that It
can be copied In serge. duvetyne. vel
may serve from Los Angeles to Ports
| mouth.
The situation In suits usually sim
mers down to, absorption in the
length OF coat, sleeves. skirt, place.
mont ana height of collar. shaping
OF Guns, quality OF ornamentation as
soon as every woman recognizes the
| limitations that her special climate
| puts urAn her choice of fabric.
| eless for the fashion writer
g., Sst fabrics. Various expert
the wsmen concerned usually make
| objection that such and such mate
rial Is unsuitable in the kind Of tenn
perature in which they live. So it Is
merely q glance at fashion, and not
q piece Of advice, to say that broadr
l In a wa 10 a. a. oh !
of fashion, that what is known as
kasha cloth, kasha duvetyne and
kasha serge are delighted in by the
smart people who want to get away
from the commonplace, that velvet is
put it in the running, and that ordi-
nary serge is on the shelf more than
in the sunlight. =
The argument about the desira-
bility Of duvetyne goes merrily on.
of it: All the emphasis was placed
on these new kasha fabrics, but on
my return to America I found out
from the big dealers in fabrics that
the demand for duvetyne continued.
It is right and wise that America
multitude of fashions and fabrics that
Paris offers. We are an intelligent
and discriminating people. and we
should know what is best and pleas
| ant 4OT US 10 wear. IL "o WANT 40EB
and duvetyne, therefore, instead OF
the newer and less abused fabrics
the shops have them. and there is nc
| verdict against buying.
| When women ask II fur Is placed
| on tailored suits one Is at loss for
a comprehensive answer. There il
fur on some suits, but the argument
| is against it because of the varia.
bility Of our weather and the impos.
| sibility Of wearing a suit with at.
tached peltry in all seasons that pre-.
cede the sultry one. 1t is better te
have fur separate, and If one w9nts
| to present q fashionable picture this
fur will take the form Of high pos.
tillion collar instead Of shaped revers
and the deep cuffs Of it will be at
tached by means Of snaps. The fash.
ion for swapping on the accessories
is in high favor just as 1t was In
other eras Of economy when women
had sashes. guimpes and extrs
! sleeves to adorn and vary frock
The new method is. to our way Of
thinking in this era, more pleasing
and gracious than 1t was. but thai
thought is common to each genera
tion.
In certain climates the fur.