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Show SLEEVES NOW ALL-IMPORTANT By JULIA BOTTOMLEY a'. Hf r TV'i.tr &:A v-1 if ' J; ' SLEEVES, aided and ' T" y abetted by all types 4 f . ' . 1 of fur, have become tlie X -. -C- .J plaything of fashion. s Whether it be the coat, the blouse, the ensem- S'A ble, or the one-piece yyA ' " ' ' " ' frock, each and all tes- Ss'i ik tify to the outstanding L Jl Importance of fanciful vf A 4 sleeves in the mode. LjSaslaMiA The costume In the S j picture is one among I f-ntu SLEEVES, aided and abetted by all types of fur, have become tlie plaything of fasnion. Whether It be the coat, the blouse, the ensemble, ensem-ble, or the one-piece frock, each and all testify tes-tify to the outstanding Importance of fanciful sleeves in the mode. The costume In the picture is one among many instances where sleeves say "it" most eloquently. This modish ensemble is of brown kasha cloth trimmed with brown astrakhan. The front of the one-piece one-piece dress is vested with a clever insert of matching satin. The hat is one of those novelty berets which milliners, if called upon, will make of the cloth of the suit. The hemline hem-line descends to fourteen inches above the floor, a very proper and a very conservative move for It to make, considering the exaggerated lengths to which dressier hemlines are going. Pumps are worn with this ultra chic suit, because fashion has sent forth the word that pumps are very smart for street wear. And now back to the original theme sleeves and their novel fur trims. Concerning them one Is almost al-most tempted to say that there is a thrill with every sleeve. Certain Cer-tain it is that when It comes to sleeves, genius overlooks no oppor- tunity t'o exploit the unique and the sometimes very fantastic. Among sleeve vagaries one finds on the new coats such arresting effects ef-fects as bands of fur winding in spiral fashion up to and beyond the elbow. There are also sleeves, the lower portion of which develops into a wide bell, this same being of fabric-like fur. Then there is the cloth sleeve which bells over an under puff of fur, which Is snugly banded at the wrist. Gauntlet cuffs of fur which flare to extreme are featured in the sleeve propaganda propa-ganda which is now going on. Just to keep up their reputation for eccentricity sometimes only one sleeve Is furred, tlie other being quite furless. The unique in sleeve effects is expressed ex-pressed In that certain types of little lit-tle muffs are so designed that they may either be carried or slipped over the arm so as to serve as a cuff on the one sleeve, the other remaining cuffless. Very often two furs are employed in this working out of the unusual sleeves. This Is especially true of flat furs which are sewed together with as much ease as if they were fabric. Seal Is used with ermine to carry out the modish black and white touch on cuffs trimming the black cloth or velvet coat. The newest thing being that of white fur touches on black, the design de-sign exploits the idea by complementing comple-menting sleeves with pert bows of ermine tied around the wrists of the cloth or velvet coat. ((c), 1929. Western Newspaper Union.) |