Wars or no wars, women must be clothed, and desirous of having them smartly and appropriately adorned. Maison Arcus was one of the first style salons to reopen after the summer holidays. Its ready-to-wear department has a new collection of smart sports togs from $66, charming evening dresses from $125 and posh [costumes and coats from hand-knitted materials, These band-knit, cut to fit suits are 100 per cent. swagger, tweedy in appearance, or like a woollen with a brushed wool finish, in the Schiapacelli tradition. In a grey-green skirt, the jacket is made of the same tones in different design and trimmed with collar and sleeves of diagonal green stripe. Another—knitted material shows the smart brown-black with its velvet collar and The robes manteaux here show that the coat dress is just as popular as ever and you really must see the wonderful Rocher wool fabrics for afternoon and evening. A bright red woollen trimmed with red seef-appliqué a dark blue rich silk mar-recoin, trimmed with dull "milk" beads, a dinner dress in black, with jacket, trimmed with cording in white and so the dress parade goes on. And never forget that the Vassarette is Becessary: do make the dress look its Hancock for Hats It is rare good sport this time of year to go gunning for hats in some of the shops which have a wide choice of styles, Mrs. Hancock's millinery shop is a fine place to study the trend of modern art as applied to feminine headgear end all types are well represented here, the trig sports hat, the coquettish toque, the high and low crown, up-shooting brims, and the new cocktail and dinner models.
Felt, velour, velvet and silk or even tweed are used in hats this year and a complete picture of the fall millinery is given in this shop which carries childrens hats as well Besides the ultra-modern hats there is a section devoted to "comfortable" hats for the not-so-young who do not care for extreme effects. All colours are to be had here but the. black models outnumber the others. for everybody must have a black hat, no matter what else one buys. Prices range from $7 to $25 so that different purses as well as personalities may be suited.
Veils are used tellingly here. You mpy have yours long or short, but cover the face at all but fall gracefully round the shoulders.
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