WINTER FURS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1753, 19 May 1913, Page 2

WINTER FURS.

A contributor lo the "Sydney Morning Herald," writing of furs, remarks on the different way in which women wear them. One woman, will lling her stole about her lis if it were a royal robe, while another will wriggle into hers as if it were a blanket, ami, again, one may see a third dropping hers, and allowing it to trail upon tlio ground. I must not fcrget tho neutral woman, who fastens hers about tho shoulders in much iho same way as tlio generality of women pin on their brooches, for safely, rather than for ornament. A novel way of'wearing stoles is lo lay them right across the chest, crossing lliem behind, and bringing them round again to the front, cross-in;; again, either at the waist or the side. Needless 'to >ay, Hips? stoles are of a tremendous width", as they wrap, round the body, liko a. gorgeous fur coat. Tlio foundation or lining of theso stoles is of soft satin or velvet. In many cases the pelt is in narrow strips to produco a corduroy effect. They are also soft and very flexible, and one may twist thorn into any form. The mulls to accompany these stoles aro also very large, and they, too, have their diil'ereiii wavs of being carried. A littlo French woman will fold her arms into hers in/a most aH'cctionale manner. Tho careful and solid lady always puts her gloved hands in most carefully, afraid the fur might get rubbed tho wrong way, and how many women are there who use their muffs as tags for perfectly unnecessary necessaries. Although tho niuii is tremendous, tho opening for tho hands is qiii'fco a small one. f Lho lining is gathered up closely, so that tho niav he protected from the eokl. oatiu ami velvet of tlio soflest textures provide tho lining of these muffs. An origniaL idwi is to have- a two-coloured stole and muff, ores side of grey skin and the other of a white skin. In other cases the black and white scheme is.llltl'oduced. 11l fact, tho magpie effect is just as much to lhr» fore with 'the different pelts as it is with women's gowns ami links. In many, cases the skins of tlio mull are worked side-by sklo. Many beautiful CcnifHiifili fox muffs and stolw aro seep. They are of a soft, white, and the lining generally seen is a dainty wliito gathered satin. Then lliero arc the large-sized mulls of soft black velvet, with frills of velvet, softened inside wi'th a flounce of snowwhite chiffon, wliilo on tho other side a, frill of soft, laco veiled with white cluflon is seen. Often the last-named is veiled m black chiffon.