Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1914 — Handsome Matched Sets [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Handsome Matched Sets

MATCHED sets, in the millinery shops, mean three articles, at least, made up of the same materials and corresponding in style. A neckpiece, muff and hat, or a neckpiece, bag and hat, constitute the usual set of three pieces. Sometimes a fourpiece set includes all the accessories mentioned, but as a rule only three are made to correspond. These matched sets employ fur, velvet, brocades, silk and fur-cloths (or plush) in their construction, and are embellished with passementerie beads, silk and millinery flowers and fruits. Furs are combined with fabrics, or two kinds of fur may be made up together. Fur and velvet is a rich and popular association of material. Satin and fur-cloth is inxpenslve and as beautiful as the more costly furs. Velvet alone and velvet embellished With passementerie stands between the costlier furs and less costly plushes in point of price and are less durable than either, but utterly feminine and elegant A set of two furs combined In neckpiece and muff, worn with a small military turban, .is shown in the picture. A flat neckpiece of fine Hudson seal supports a handsome fitch skin, one of the most fashionable of furs. The muff is barrel shaped with

a fitch border at each end. Both are lined with plain brown satin. The turban needs a border of fitch fur at the top of the velvet band, or a group of small animal heads of fitch or some other decorative touch of the fur, to match it up with the other pieces. A velvet set in black is shown, with the velvet fulled on the barrel-shaped muff. Passementerie beads, tassels and buckle make a novel trimming. In the plush and fur combination plush is used in the body of the pieces and fur in the decoration. .