1938-12-13 — Page 16

I took out my fur tippet last week and say that it wouldn't do. It was the wrong size and the wrong shape in spite of being the right fur skunk

back in fashion after twelve years,

It's a fur year. Two winters ago, any fur that couldn't manage to look like velvet was out of fashion.

This year, we can drip with silver` fox or something looking very like it-and wear opulent Cossack caps made out of squirrel tails.

We carry muffs, and wear yard long scarves of sleek fur, like skunk or moleskin.

Any skin from spotted ocelot to Mary's little lamb-skin is right in 1938.

* * * Fur fashions have changed.

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 13, 1938

Every Woman Has A Secret

Whatever the weather, you won't worry in this mink marmot coat.

Small up-turned Medici collars flatter the brushed up Edwardian hairline.

Longing ...

shades of brown and beige, and for women who want streamlines,

suits the limited income.

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and warmth at the same time.

The Queen wore a sheared lamb coat at Norwich. Hers was Per- sian or Indian. Yours and mine can be Baa, and look exceedingly good.

in

Squirrel is a flattering fur.

Grey comes out of the maiden aunt class to meet the romantic You can buy sheared lamb purple colour schemes of the year. brown, grey and black. I like the You wear it with violets pinned in grey. It has a silvery delicacy and the collar like your mother did in looks far more expensive than it is. 1913.

A one skin fox tie is still your

We counted hundreds of bijou best investment if you have two

capes

miniatures in silver fox.coats and one suit to hot up. They are the best example of how- Wear it gallantly slung over one

to-make-one-sliver-fox-skin-look

Tot.

FURS!

We may dream...of mink, but most of us wear mink marmot.

a shoulder like the girl in the sketch. Some women can't wear fur. It reminds them of favourite kittens and they can't bear it.

It is a deep soft, hardwearing fur with striped markings and a best

The slightly bloused coat back seller. gives full length coats elegance.

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a new

The girl in the sketch at the top

wearing of the page is

Charles Every woman will welcome the Wayre's full length mink marmot. dolman sleeves wide at the It has one of the attractive flat armhole and narrow at the wrist. rounded collars and very wide

Any length, from a breast high sleeves. bolero, to an inch beyond the skirt

Because every woman wearing a hem, is being worn. If the Ed- toy hat wants to wear a bolero too, wardian hair fashions hold, huge we sketched one in beaver coney. at collars are a certainty, but right the same shop. now the furriers are singing amall. Sissy will be good for another sea- son if the dramatic shawl collar comes back.

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For hard wear, we liked antelope. It is a young fur, comes in soft

Or they have sensitive noses about how furs smell.

Or they want American broadtail and can only afford rabbit, which they don't like.

Treat your furs properly:— Shake them well every time you wear them.

Do not brush them with the brush you use for your suede shoes.

Do not dry them near the fire. Beat them lightly with a thin cane to remove dust,,

Have them cleaned at least once a year and, in the case of a tie, have this it relined at the same time.

Wear them with an air and, if story possible, not every day.

If I could only have one piece of fur I would choose a bolero

year.

Sheared lamb is..the new

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