Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06
BY MARY MARSHALL.

- HOPPING for a new coat this sea
son is an unusually thrilling ad-
venture. It is as easy and divert
~ ing as buying new hat. Very
often in the past buying a coat
has been a rather dull, uninspiring
task, because unless one could spend
an unlimited amount or have a coat
made to order it was difficult to get
one Of fiattering or becoming lines.
, There was so little variety in color, cut
or trimming.
But this season coats really are
Joy. For one thing the new silhouette
Is usually decidedly flattering. The new
width at the collar and shoulders the
fur-trimmed sleeves, and the cinched-
in waistline give the effect Of surpris-
ing slenderness. Even the fur-lined
coats achieve the desired slimneSS
through the waist and hips.
Colors that you may consider for the
new coat are black. brown, red, tan,
green blue and gray. There are sew
eral shades Of brown, ranging from q
very dark tone to a warm rust tone.
The red may have the rusty tone of
Spanish tile, or it may be the new
Persian red There are several green's,
including Persian green and hunters
green. Blue Is not very usual choice.
but you will be able to find ia dark
navy or a fairly bright royal.
Paris has approved coats of several
lengthS-full length, seven-eighths
length and three-quarters-and there
has been considerable talk Of the pos
sible success Of these slightly shorter
coats. However, the full-length coat
has won out, and save in an occasional
ensemble the other types are seldom
seen.
Your daytime coat should be about
| 8 inches from the ground, long enough
to cover your longest daytime dress.
and the more formal afternoon coat
may be a trifle longer-boot-top length
If you like Boot-top meaning, OF
course long enough to reach the top
Of high shoes If you wore them.
There is seldom a pronounced flare
in the new coats. But they flare lit
tie and there is always generous over
Tapping Of material at the front which
helps to give freedom Of motion and a
graceful line from waist to hem. They
lap from right to left. Of course. but
they are always securely fastened either
by q button or belt and the old trick
of holding your coat closed Is quite out
of date. Even evening wraps are usu-
allv provided with some sort of fasten-
ing so that ones hands and arms are
left free.
Practically all the new coats. even Of
the sports genre. are made with fur
collars and these usually close with a
generous lap at the front. There are
generous shawl collars that give the eff
feet of q wide rever at the right side
and the new lei collars that give a wide
circular frame to the head. Almost
always the fur collar Is made, so that
II sets well away from the neck at front
and sides and any effort to bring it in.
in a closer embrace. will simply spoil
the effect. Because of this stand-offlSh-
ness some Of the new coats are pro-
vided with inside scarfs fastened at the
back Of the coat that are folded over
nat at the front inside the large out
side collar. Frequently these are made
of smooth, lightweight fur.
Sleeves of the new coats are usually
made with fairly generous. deep arm
hole, but with a slender line at the
Shoulder which Is usually hidden be-
meath the spreading fur collar. There
is q gradual fullness toward the elbow.