"If the coat is lined, demand to sce the leather. Real seal has a white leather, and there should be no seams, for'as a rule the-coat is} made from the whole skin.
""Musquash' and coney' seal are smaller skins, the former' about 8in. square and the latter from 12in, to} gin. Their leather is dyed.
"Real seal is more silky and brighter than musquash,'—_and in comparison, is woolly and Seal musquash generally, wears} better, ard natural musquash, if. you! can get it, is more durable than either.
Mink is imitated in marmot squirrel, and rabbit, but the rule for detection are much the same.
"The darker sables are the better they are. If you. suspect. that an attempt is being made to palm off fon you a light skin dyed, or top ped,' as they say, blow on it. The roots of the hair will be almost white instead of the natural grey if the dyer has been ar work, But find an all-white hair in your] sable and yon can be dead sure it is the real thing.
"In fox you always go for length] and silkiness of pelt, in nut tin depth] of pile, in Persian lamb or astracklilian closeness of curl, in seal texture and depth of colour.
"Ermirio is hard wearing, but soils easily and is apt to yo yellow, Grey squirrel waars: less well and deteriorates more quickly,—going brownish after a time.
"Chinchilla is lovely but so delicate that it does not last. At the! other end of the scale is skunk, for AIL wear until you are tired of IN HARMONY, The universal turning towards the pink-beige, brown colourings has resulted in series of these tones every sort of garment. It is most difficult to buy -gno garment} in these colourings whick does not] harmonize prefectly with another. Even shoes have abandoned the yellow-brown tones and have taken fon a reddish tinge. Alone gloves Jag behind as regards colouring.
Only this season have gloves been produced in any quantity which Teally harmonize with the rest of the clothes. Tie rest are all in the tan colourings, while dog-skin gloves fre almost too thick-and too heavy ud too. beefy in shade to look well with reddish-rest and. terra cotta. The new gloves are made in cotton and thread to look like suede {in the pink-belge tones. The trouble with them is that the moment they are at all soiled the lofty aspect of them becomes. apparent.
The new leather gloves im the fashionable colourings are still very expensive. They are, however, the making of any dress. They from rather pale earth-colour to a soft brown which is. almost chestnut, though even a little redder. For ceremonial occasions a thin snide is used in these colourings, bhut so pale as almost t be white For smart tailor-mades the love should match, or be only a shade or two lighter. "For the grey series of clothes there.are various kinds of loves, though the exact grey is not So easy to find. Generally. speak ing, the kind of grey that goes with astrakhan of that c: léur is the most'
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