The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-22
THE NEWS OF WESTATLANTIC CIT
Boardwalk
Presents Mirror
" OF Fashion

door Costumes
SMALL HATS OF
FUR ENSEMBLES
Shaved Lamb and Shaved
Goat Seen Everywhere
Shoes of Unborn Calfskin
-Tints of the Grape In
Gowns
The Boardwalk is a cross section
of fashionable America. Smart
women, who come to the resort from
the great cities. parade the
"Herringbone Trail" in attire fresh
from the ateliers of Paris. Others,
equally chic, wear adaptions of
French ideas suitable to our climate
and life. The luxurious beachfront
hotels provide an indoor setting
against which both gowns and
wearers are shown off to perfection
Blue skies and green-blue sea sup
ply scintillating panorama of
highly keyed color, the ideal back
ground for outdoor costumes which
are supreme in the Amazon realm
called Fashion.
action" characterizes Boardwalk
clothes. The salt air is full Of
pep" and one gladly obeys the
urge to ride, golf or walk. In more
languid moments roller chairs and
sun decks bring relaxation, the
counterbalance for hours of sport.
An embarrassment of riches con.
fronts the chronicler who would
describe the high spots of Board
walk fashions. 1t used to be easy
to separate the sheep from the
goats in society, but this year both
sheep and goats have graduated
from the ranks of social climbers.
Shaved lamb and shaved goat are
received everywhere. In fact. they
associate intimately with most
exclusive debutantes, when these
furs are reincarnated as sports
coats in shades of beige, gray, black
and brown.
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small hats of Mephisto or aviator
Inspiration with ear tabs cut in
one with the cap, a tailored coat
and tiny barrel muff are conspicu-
ously new. These ensembles appear
in the aforesaid shaved goat and
shorn lamb, in moleskin dyed in
horizontal stripes Of beige and
brown, in stenciled pony and chip
munk. Baronduki is The fashionable
incognito of the latter fur Cheap
monkey" a foreign furrier pro-
nounced this, with perfectly seri-
Gus countenance that found no Ie-
Election in the face Of his listener.
Fur footwear is the latest novelty
observed ON the Boardwalk, No,
fur shoes do not make slender feet
resemble those of polar explorer.
They are as neat and sleek, as
trim and neat as shoes can be.
Hair cloth" is the official name
of the material from which these
shoes are constructed. Unborn calf
it really is, as shiny and flat as
leather. These shoes have appeared
on the Walk in black and various
shades of brown and tan, in
pump, strap and oxford models.
The distinguished members of
the fox family hang around the
necks of our best beauties. Red fox
is especially effective on cloth
coats of navy and black, in deep
shawl collars and generous cuffs.
Bacchus tints that speak of the
grape appear frequently in a
gamut of shades that reach from
blush purple through the Burgundy
tones to light magenta. An especial
IL effective sports frock of blue
violet combined with red-violet was
observed in the Ritz restaurant,
which overlooks the sea, The skirt
was blue-vioIet jersey with box
pleated front. 1t was bordered with
a two-inch band of red-violet SILK
crepe. The overblouse repeated the
red-violet crepe and was cut with
a v neck, finished with tie faced
with the skirt color. A huge bunch
of yiolets in the. blue tone was
perched on the left shoulder. A hat
of blue-yiolet soleil velour, hose OF
pale beige with matching bag and
shoes of beige -haircloth" COM
pleted colorful costume. "a dress
of wine and thou" old Omar might
have put it. 1t would seem that
since France may not get beyond
the three-mile limit with some
other of her rouge-tinted products
she is sending over many wine-red
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