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Show You Must Carry Muff This. Winter, Says Dame Fashion By CHERIE NICHOLAS j " ( I ! 1 fill ' f I If f ...wrt.yt-m$ to poise as you take the speaker's platform at your club. Made of a synthetic fabric, this stunning international in-ternational dress, shown in smart shops this season, has a high neckline neck-line accentuated by a touch of white, repeated in the bow of the patent leather belt. Unpressed pleats stitched down through the waistline and over the hips give desired skirt fullness that succeeds in retaining a slim line. Soft pleats achieve blouse fullness. Zippers fin- isn on tne scoulder and sleeve openings. open-ings. Hatted in a smart Persian lamb Chechia, milady carries a muff of matching fur to give smart accent ac-cent to her appearance. Apropos of the large muff versus tiny muff see the huge affair that gives distinction to the modish outfit out-fit pictured in the oval inset. The tiny collar of this handsome afternoon after-noon coatand the muff of generous proportions are of marten-dyed skunk. The big bow so conspicuously conspicu-ously positioned on the muff is of the identical cloth that fashions the coat, the edges left casually frayed, which goes to show what unexpected and audacious whims the new muffs exploit. Fullness in the sleeves and gathers at the yoke line lend flattering flat-tering softness to this afternoon coat made of star sapphire blue tweed. The wool dress underneath and the felt hat are bright plum. This startling star-tling combination of blue and plum is typical of the out-of-the-ordinary color alliances to be seen this season. sea-son. The purpose of the new muffs is not only to be useful but they must complement the costume in a decorative dec-orative way. In creating these muffs designers are going as far as they please in evolving cunning and whimsical confections that delight the eye. Milliners are turning out charming hat and muff sets made of shirred velvet in luscious colorings. color-ings. Your frock, your coat or your dress may be gravely conservative but with one of the gaily colorful muff-and-hat twosomes it is transformed trans-formed into an animated ensemble warranted to brighten the dullest winter landscape. Western Newspaper Union. I ADY, your muff! It will never do L- to forget your muff. Orders is orders or-ders and Dame Fashion will never forgive if you go costumed this winter win-ter sans an intriguing muff using the word "intriguing" advisedly for the cunning muffs being turned out this season are just as whimsical and cunning as can be. Not only are muffs decidedly "in" (nothing less than a riot of muffs) but designers are playing them up in every mood. Big muffs, little muffs, muffs of precious furs and muffs conjured of fabric, flowers or feathers, or "what have you." Some are flat and pillow-like, others round up in modish barrel type, and others oth-ers well, you never can tell what will happen in the guise of a muff as matters are going this season. Take out the family album and copy grandma's favorite jacket-and-muff and more likely than not it will be an exact counterpart of the cunning cun-ning "set" pictured to the right in the accompanying illustration. This winsome little ermine jacket is worn over the new crinoline hoop-skirted gown such as we of this generation had heretofore regarded as belonging be-longing to the daguerreotype age but now at fashion's command we are accepting it as "latest style" with high enthusiasm. The jacket fits prim and snug at the waistline, is cut away in front and has huge buttons of the ermine. The adorable ador-able muff speaks for itself. The costume to the left affirms the continued style prestige of the black-and-white costume theme. This perfect black-with-white frock is the sort that will supply you with the lift of assurance so necessary |