The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
Pick Your 1941 Fur Coat From This PreYieW
BY MARIAN YOUNG

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 This is the year father won't groan when mother and the girls announce that they are about to take advantage of midsummer fur sales. Dad knows that prices on furs aren't likely to decrease from now on Also, he doesn't mind seeing the money in the clothes budget going for the things which will last for several years. Thoughtfully chosen furs will, of course.
 As for mother, and the girls = well, they're in for plenty of excite ment. It has been many a year since there has been as much real fashion news in furs. Tn fact, never before have leading designers 50 outdone themselves. They work with pelts- once handled rather stiffly - as if the fur were soft woolen fabric, pro- ducing marvels of smart drape, fit and trimming.
 ACE DESIGNER
 LIKES LOOSE COATS
 In the collection of Joseph De Leo, outstanding American designer of furs, shoulders are gently slop- ing but never dropping. Youthful, boxy lines predominate in full length coats as well as in short Jackets and quarter types. Col larless necklines are built up in front to flatter the throat and at the same time keep it warm.
 MT. De Leo, who handles fur as 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 sim pie, classic lines, believing that gad- gets, bizarre trimmings, strange silhouettes are out of order in any, thing as important as fur coat. Sleeves are full, often bell-shaped. Armholes are deeper, wide = often remindful of fyill-fiedged dolman types Pockets are deep and intended to be used. Collars are for the most part, quite tiny.
 If this is your year to have rpink, look at mink coats trimmed with puffed, bias bands of the fur. If you are young consider g. three-quarters swagger coat of suave Alaska seal skin with 8 sailor collar and intri- cate epaulette effects which give the shoulders beautifully sloped line instead of T-square one.
 Among the luxury furs, Persian lamb, broadtail, mink, Alaska seal- skin, beaver, sable and light golden blonde Himalayan baum marten are most widely featured. Himalayan baum marten is used for the collar of a 43-inch cape of matara brown Alaska sealskin and again for the huff shown with a boxy jacket of Alaska sealskin in safari brown. THIS YEARS COATS
 ARE LIGHTER
 Ermine is used for sumptuous evening wraps, ranging in length from brief boleros to fabulous floor length cape that is 130 inches round the hemline. :.
 Among the fitted coats, one of black Persian is outstanding. Its silhouette is Gay Nineties in feeling. Sleeves, however, are the graceful dolman shape.
 Fur coats seen to weigh less each year. A three-quarters beaver swag- ger feels no heavier about the shoul- ders than that boxy, all-purpose wool coat that is the backlog of your summer wardrobe. A cape-and- jack ct combination is further evidence that tanning processes have reach- ed a new peak of perfection. This, incidentally. includes a snugly fit- ted jacket with black broadcloth back and Persian front with far ing hip-length Persian cape attach ed to the shoulders.