3-085-675 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Ladies' Page: a fur-trimmed cape, 1898. 'It would seem as if jackets and mantlelets were not to have it all their own way in Paris, seeing that this uncommon version of the ever-useful cape we illustrate has just found its way to the wardrobe of a well-bestowed friend from a modiste of well-qualified merit by the Seine side. The garment is made of drab, or more properly, light tan-coloured faced cloth, with band and lining of thick, soft, white satin. This latter is braided on the outside with untarnishable silver braid and edged with dark otter, altogether making most presentable cause as a smart wrap. The muff to match enlivens it into a possible and sufficiently "dressy" performance, even for dark day calls; and a black velvet hat, with white feathers laid on in the flat and clinging persuasiveness of present modes, will seem smart and suitable in any atmosphere but that of a London fog, as those who enjoyed the murky gaiety of last Christmas Eve will probably agree.' From "Illustrated London News", 1898.