Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1918 — Coats for Zero Weather [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Coats for Zero Weather

Among the handsome midwinter coats made ready for fast-approaching zero weather, there are a greater number of garments that combine -furs with fur fabrics than in any former displays.. Although all plushes are not fur-fabrics, all fur-fabrics are plushes. Fur-fabrics designate those plushes that have colorings and markings in imitation of the skins of furbearing animals and they were at first manufactured as a substitute for furs, and from the standpoint of being less expensive. Such progress has been made in the beauty and quality of these rich fabrics that they are now considered more elegant than the cheaper furs, and as desirable to use in combination with high-class skins. Some of them, as the seal-broadtail, caracul and beaver plushes, are such close imitations of the original skins that it is hard to distinguish between them, except at close quarters. A great step in advance has been made in the usefulness of these fabrics since fashion has placed them on

a par with ‘skins In coats where the two are combined. A very successful combination of this kind appears in the coat pictured above,„ which has a body of caracul plush, very long waisted, and a skirt of natural muskrat. The wide collar and bpnd cuffs are of the fur. Honors are even in this stunning garment between the fur and the fabric. Ttye other coat is of seal plush with widfe shawl collar and deep cuffs of taupe lynx, and is as reliable for comfort and ..good appearance as a fur coat. If there is any difference in the matter of durability, it is in favor of the plush. These coats are interlined and as warm as toast. They are not the only garments featured, this season, made of furs and fabrics combined that have proved a success. There are short coats and coatees, scarfs and capes as well, and occasionally a coatsuit that compel a divining attention; the last a premonition of something new in suits which another winter may see well developed.