The Archive · 1923

Every Coat Has Its Day

It sounds ridiculous and almost unkind to mention such thing as a coat to Shanghai people or even to hint that such an article will be useful but unless the procession of the seasons receives some untoward setback we shall have to be considering such topics in the not too remote future, so it might be well to note that the shadow cast by the coming autumn coats is as straight and slim as a fountain pen. For-trimmed marocain was seen often at Ascot, and every variety of fur seemed to have a following—kolinsky, monkey, flying squirrel and fox. A number of embroidered coats were combined with fur and also silk capes. A new idea in an em

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