| Show FASCINATE ATE FLATTERING RING FURS PURS THIS WINTER WINTER au j New v Coats Coals Do Mor han nan Keep You Warm They TIley Also 1 Make m More Youthful Y 1 By Bp Adelaide Kerr Ken Fur coats of 1940 1040 are arc with with the greatest variety they have shown w 1 p rn fn n a decade They run from waist I to length hem-length the their r I cuts range from full backed backed models to wasp- wasp princess coats and their handling varies aUthe all the way from a simple arrangement of pelts to insertions of colored suede between the skins skin But two things they all have in common common a a youthful appearance and a red look News in furs this year lies in the way they have been handled like handled like fabrics with shin shirring g and pleats The fur mart calls it manipulation Pelts like broadtail and kid are arc gather gathered at waistlines waistlines waist waist- lines Unes and below yokes to fall in supple folds Shirr Shirring Shir Shir- ring r ng appears at shoulder-lines shoulder bodices arc are laid in pleats Skunk beaver squirrel and raccoon are let letout letout out like mink slit into slender strips and sewed together to lengthen and narrow the pelts and to Rive give ive the finished coat more graceful lines Black Dla k Persian lambs and make a number num num- bor ber of these manipulated coats But brown furs ate aro more pore important than ever ver th this year ear and are gluing giving black ones a run for their money Mink sheared beaver and Safari brown Alaskan sealskin fashion hundreds of smart coats New dye treatments treatments treatments treat treat- ments have contributed further interest in brown furs with the result that mink-dyed mink muskrat fisher-dyed fisher fitch and sable dyed squirrel also are arc much in in evidence Gray kidskin and squirrel worked into smart and youthful coats are going 1 d to be seen about town to too when snow flies I The brown furs make scores of little Jackets which are still important in the mode Their de designs designs de- de signs vary widely from box and swing backed models to fitted peplum designs which recall nine nine nine- century jackets A best seller among the great variety of fur coats says one of the leading fur designers of the New York market is a two inch skirt length box coat with a little more fullness inthe inthe in inthe the back than last year The popularity of this one is a result of its practicality and adaptability By contrast there are new swing-backed swing coats designed designed designed de de- de- de signed with much rippling fullness breaking from between the shoulder blades Their lengths vary from wrist length to one which stops within a afew afew afew few inches of or the them Though more loose coats are being sold old the fashion world is watching with great interest the trim princess coats which itt it t regards gards as important news this year They are designed de- de designed designed de de- signed with soft bodices slim waistlines and skirts whose fullness sometime ripples in m front again breaks from gathers in m the back Many are belted with leather or suede Collars are small t tin on n the 1940 fur lur coats Small stand stand up up roll and shawl designs are seen most often orten By contrast sleeves are large and often worked with great ingenuity Shoulders are re generally generally generally gen gen- square s sometimes built to a shrugged line Ti T I p I i 7 t M 1 n I 1 1 p a at i i S' S Sr J Y Yam r a ic j ji i am amS i iI S I I 1 i I a 1 c I 4 t t J j t 11 M d dt S t t r y I S. S i ir 1 M r 4 II i iI jJ J j r 1 I i i 14 4 I Here is a coat which combines both the belted silhouette and the ered loo look It is gray kids kidskin finished with an inset belt and gray suede buttons T i J I 2 t H r r 11 t 1 i 4 o l f S v i iL t r L J L i F 1 k ll k t 4 I o. o J I t. i i 1 1 r v 1 ibi I t i f ft i L LI i 1 I V Vt I t r 1 The jacket holds an important place in fur fashions fashion this This one is designed of skunk let out like Ike mink It has a collarless neckline |
