The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-30
lime to Pick a Fur Coat
from Midsummer Previews

ner PreVIeWS
-once handled rather stiffly
-as Il the fur were soft woolen
fabric, producing marvels Of
smart draps, tit and trimming.
ACE DESIGNER
LIKES LOOSE COATS
IN THE collection Of Joseph
De Leo, outstanding American
designer Of furs. shoulders are
gently sloping but never droop.
ing. Youthful, boxy lines pre-.
dominate in full length coats ~
well Is in short jackets and
three-Quarter-types. Collarless
necklines are built up In front
to flatter the throat and ut the
same time keep it warm.
Mr.. De Leo, who handles fur
as a fine dress designer might
handle silk, often Is compared
to Paquin, whose collections
of furs used to hold Paris SPELL
bound. He likes the boxy coat
because Of its youthfulness.
He also feels that there Is the
right loose coat for every figure.
This designer sticks closely
to simple, classic lines, believ-
ing that gadgets, bizarre tr1m-
mings, strange silhouettes are
out of order In anything as i'm
portant Is q fur coat. Sleeves
are full, often bell-shaped.
Armholes are deeper, wide
often remindful of ful-fledged
dolman types. Pockets are deep
and intended to be used. Col
lars are, for the most part, quite
tiny.
II this is your year to have
mink, look at mink coats trim
med with puffed, bias bands of
the fur. If you are young, con-
slider q three-quarter swag-
ger coat Of suave Alaska seal
skin with q sailor collar and in
tricate epaulette effects which
give the shoulders q beautiful
ly sloped line instead Of a T.
square one.
Among the luxury furs, Per-
sian lamb, broadtail. mink.
Alaska sealskin, beaver, sable
and light. golden blonde Him
alayan baum rnarten are most
widely featured. Himalayan
baum marten IL used for the
collar Of q 43-inch cape Of mat
ara brown Alaska sealskin and
again for the muff shown with
a boxy jacket Of Alaska seal
skin In safari brown.
THIS YEARS COATS
ARE LIGHTER
ERMINE ID used for surnpt.
uous evening wraps, ranging In
length from brief holeros Ia. a
fabulous floor-lensth cape that
is 100 inches around the hem
lire.
Among the fitted coats. one Of
black Persian Is outstanding.
It's silhouette is Gay Nineties
in feeling. Sleeves, however,
are the graceful dolman shape.
Fur coats seem to weigh less
each year. A three-quarters
beaver swagger feels no havier
about the shoulders than that
boxy, all-purpose wool coat
that is the backlog Of your sum-
mer wardrobe. A cape-and-
jacket combination Is further
evidence that tanning process
ses have reached new peak Of
perfection. This, incidentally,
includes Z snugly fitted jacket
with black broadcloth back and
Persian front with q flaring,
hip-lensth Persian cape attach
ed to the shoulders.
WORD HAS BEEN RE-
CEIVED that Mr.. and Mry. Wal
ter Lashley (Marjorie Roys) Of
Stamford, Conn.,, are In South
Carolina on q trip combination
business and pleasure. Some
time before September Mr..
Lashley expects to have his
business headquarters transfer-
red to indianapolis, and they
will then make their home there.
MRS. GRACE BROWNING
Of Hollywood, Fla, will arrive
this evening to spend the rest
Of the Summer ~ guest Of Mr..
and Mr.. Paul w. Schanher,
FRATERNAL ORDER Of
Eagles will hold Ofhcers' Prac-
tise in Aerie hall, ut 8 o'clock
Thursday evening, July 81.