Winter Fashion Parade Shines With Knit Coats and Plaids
The column celebrates winter style with gaily colored wool plaids, Tyrolean inspired knits, and sturdy Norwegian knits. It highlights short jackets and gun coats, plaid wool shirts, and hand knitted designs featuring embroidery and bright accents.
Petit Point Bags by Cherie Nicholas
Petit point bags are described as ideal for winter social functions. Designs by Madame Jones of Vienna feature a black Lyon velvet cape backdrop and vivid intricate petit point work, with a quilted satin coat and new bag handle enhancing an Edwardian patrician mood.
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Madame Jones
Vienna
Lyon
Beaufre La Farge Returns Home to Beaulaire
Marie La Farge leaves Beaulaire for a city life and work with Tom Santos and Jules Gareau, her former suitor. After years away she returns home at Christmas to reunite with her mother and Jules, discovering his enduring love as the village rejoices.
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Arie LA Farge
Beaulaire
Jules Gareau
Marie
Madame la Farge
Jules
Tom Santos
Quebec
Tom
Gateau
Gareau
Jules ‘Lateau
Marie la Farge
Western Newspaper Union
Velvet Proves Smartest Material of the Year
Velvet proves the smartest material with varieties velveteen, pame, lame and prints in stripes or plaids. Black remains the Paris favorite with greens reds and browns popular. Used for tailored suits under fur capes and dressy cocktail outfits with lame blouses. Velveteen coats street dresses with fur trimmed coats and plaid woolen blouses.
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Paris
Right-Sized Heel Factor for Elegant Evening Wear
A fashion note on how the right heel shapes evening dress. Heels create height and drama, while flat sandals suit coquette Greek-inspired gowns. jeweled or fabric covered heels enhance formal looks and harmonize with hair accessories and corsages.
Lamb-Trimmed Tunics Highlight Persian Lamb Borders
Three distinctly dressed women at Longchamp showcased tunic wool costumes with silhouettes accented by Persian lamb borders. One Jodelle coat featured a wide lamb border forming a bib-like front collar.
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Longchamp
Jodelle
Old Christmas Market in Nuremberg Perfumed by Tradition
The Christ child market in Nuremberg, a 238 year old Christmas toy and gift fair, preserves a traditional festive atmosphere in Germany’s famed Christmas city.
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Nuremberg
Germany
Christmas Green Decorating Ideas From Simple Sprays
Practical tips for decorating windows mantels and baskets with inexpensive greens. Create red crepe bows on sprays, add holly berries, popcorn shapes, and arrange garlands with lights for day and evening charm. Bouquets in sturdy vases spread festive color through the home.
Household Tips for Clothing and Kitchen Prep
Washing wool hosiery should use slipper trees while stockings are wet and avoid solid boot trees with a metal strip. Fry bread cubes rolled in condensed milk in hot oil for a quick dessert. Keep a snap-card to store snaps from old garments for quick access. Eiderdown needs tepid soapflake wash. Pour spiced pickle juice over ham before baking.
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By Cherie Nicholas
Petit Point
Cherie Nicholas
Amartha
Thomas
Dept
Memphis
Tenn
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Heaven
William Shakespeare
Homer
Associated Newspapers
Magnesia
Npis