Evening star., 1953-09-20
Fashions
In FUrs

DORIS DAY really does make
the fur fly. Flying her own
plane, from city to city, advis-
ing women on their fur pur-
chases-and learning first hand
their needs-she has this to say
about choosing a fur: There is
no inflexible rule about fashion
in furs. It's a combination of
all the right things If the style |
is just right for you. for your |
figure, for the life you lead and,
of course. for your budget, these
then are the determining
factors"
Never select a fur" says this
authority, "just because it's in
fashion. because it will wear, or
because your best friend has one
like it. Your decision should be
made on the basis of what it will
do for you. Is this fur the most |
f1attering you can choose, is the
style most becoming? Is it the
best quality at the price you can
afford to pay If it scores on these
points, then it's the fur for you"
Think first of the life you
lead" says Doris Day, land
buy your furs accordingly. In
her travels across the country.
Miss Day has found the needs
of the young homemaker are not
at all the same as those of her
minded sister and the
same fur coat will not do for !
both. Neither will the mature
, woman, busy with social and
community activities find salts
faction in the same fur as her
college-age daughter.
Silhouette is another impor-
tant and twofold consideration.
Not only should the coat you |
choose be right for your figure,
complimenting its good points
and camouf1aging its faults. but |
its styling should also be right |
for the fur.
According to Doris Day, price |
Is not as limiting as most women |
believe. and such variety is |
around that even the woman |
who must buy her furs for $500 |
or less can give her fashion
sense full play. Does she favor
gray brown or black? |
A smooth fur or the lustrous
curls of Persian lamb? Perhaps |
the creamy SmoothnesS and |
luxury of the new blond furs
appeal to her. And she may |
go to any length for her favorite
fur. Under $500 she may select
the smart sophistication of a
black Persian lamb jacket, its
28-inch length so right for the
fashion wise career girl. Her
college sister may prefer the |
silver beige sheared raccoon |
greatcoat. Somewhere between
sophistication and sports, the |
young matron selects letout |
muskrat in practical and
pretty full-length coat with all
the dark silky beauty of sable
tones. Or she can have finger
tip stroller of gray Persian lamb.
If the lady has more money to
spend, her choice may be even
broader. Under $750, a young
executive can indulge her flair
for the dramatic in the opulence
of Cape of Good Hope Seal-or
she may choose the f1atteringly
soft lovelinesS of natural gray
squirrel, luxuriouSly cut. A So
phisticate may have need for the
dark drama of inky black Persian
lamb, cut with exquisite SIM
plicity - it's jet-braided cuffs
agleam to rival the dark luster
of the skins. Perhaps mink is on
her mind. She can have it
a lovely capelet, perfect for so
many occasions. College girls
can choose between beaver. in
rich glowing brown, tones frosted
with silver perhaps jaunty
jacket. Or she can have the
infinite practicality, at no sacri-
flee of beauty, of sheared raccoon
in warmly lovely greatcoat.
More unusual pelts become
available when the fur budget
can be stretched. Between $500
and $1,000 the choice seems
limitless. There's mink for the
executive, and mink for her So
cia1-minded contemporary :.
mink in capelets, jackets and
stoles. Mink in natural, wild or
silver-blue tones. Here, too. the
sleek elegance of beaver, sweep
ing lavishly. Here, the dark
gleam of velvety Alaska seal.