Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1913 — LOOSE COATS CUT STRAIGHT [ARTICLE]

LOOSE COATS CUT STRAIGHT

Masculine Lines Adopted for the Newest Wraps That Have Taken \ Popular Fancy. » * If the pretty maids at the shore this summer, or on the steamer if you are going abroad, wear loose straight coats with “no shape or make” to them, do not look surprised—even if you are. For they will simply be wearing the newest thing in wraps—the very last word In topcoats. They are partciularly adapted for younger girls and women, these new coats, and very jaunty they are, with a certain boyish style that is most fetching. Made of the thick, closely curled chinchilla cloth, they are suitable for much hard wear and on many occasions when the “wind blows cold.” As to the cut, they are quite straight with masculine-like shoulders aud sleeves. They come just below the hips in that length that is best liked this season, and at the waist line there is an outside belt of the material, about two Inches wide, which is slipped through loops of the material. Another peculiarity is the fastening, for they button through, with buttons and button holes on the edge of the coat, and extending from the throat to the edge of the coat The button* are quite close together, and shining pearl affairs about the size of a quarter. White coats, of course, are very fashionable—very summery and very becoming, but the new blue shades (those lighter, dull tones) and the soft pretty rose tones are aIBO very smart. And maidens whose complexions will stand the test will like the bright yelr low coats, for this hue is also Included in the list.