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Show 'it's Up to You Whether Your Cape Will Be Long or Short By CHERIE NICHOLAS j sfyx I ? A 1 t: ':V .', ' u 1 r - ! i - , I ; v I I i I-1 U f : r - 4 i ) r I- i I- ..j... colored jewels embroider the cape and the low decolletage. A draped velvet bow-toque and long black gloves make it correct for all formal for-mal wear. Capes of this type are to be seen in increasing numbers as the midwinter season advances. It is well worth keeping in touch with this new cape movement for it is rapidly developing into a widespread wide-spread vogue. In the young set as well as among the more mature, capes made of bright wool mark "last word" chic with utmost emphasis. em-phasis. Hip-length capes are as fashionable as the full-length types. The colors of the wools that make them are gorgeous and daring, such as, for instance, the new and lovely cerise, the deep plum tones, the fire reds and the Kelly greens. Black with gold is also a favorite and the younger generation is reveling in whie wool capes that are gaily embroidered em-broidered in peasant colored yarns. Typical of the long wool evening coats worn this season is the dramatic dra-matic full-length black wool coat pictured to the left in the group. On the yoke and all the way down the front opening there is an applique ap-plique of gold cloth encrusted with jewels. Centered in the picture is a coat that is marvelous for holiday parties. par-ties. Persian influence is reflected throughout the styling of this coat, which is of rich black wool, the zipper zip-per closing assuring a smooth unbroken un-broken line and extra warmth. An extravagant gold boullion and bright bead embroidery stresses Persian color and technique. So outstanding is embroidery in the scheme of things this season that even fur capes are showing embroidery done in yoke fashion. Mink with sparkling brown sequins is very effective, while jet on black broadtail or Persian lamb is in perfect per-fect tune with the new mode which calls for black on black. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) EVENING wraps are so refreshingly refresh-ingly "different" looking this season they thrill one with their newness of theme and technique. The fact that many of the smartest evening wraps are now made of handsome wool weaves is a departure depar-ture from the beaten path that is attended with excitingly new fashion fash-ion interest. Add to these richly colorful wools a sumptuous embellishment of glittering glit-tering embroidery or applique, as designers delight in doing this winter, win-ter, and the after-five fashion parade becomes a pageantry of resplendent re-splendent beauty. In this new movement of embroidered embroid-ered evening wraps, capes either long or short are the big sensation. Made of bright wool or of velvet they are given an air of newness with richly embroidered yokes that extend down over the shoulders and sometimes down each side of the' front closing. Regal looking, indeed, are the full length velvet capes that fashion-minded fashion-minded women are wearing this season. A striking version of this type is shown to the right in the illustration. This model holds a particular note of interest in that it was displayed at a fashion show staged at Copacabana Palace, Rio Janeiro, recently under the auspices aus-pices of the British Fashion Tour. Over a hundred beautiful costumes, designed by couturiers who fled from Paris to London, were shown. For this striking evening ensemble ensem-ble Norman Hartnell, the designer, uses rose-colored moire for the lovely gown, with black velvet for the stunning floor-length cape. Rich |