3-086-260 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Ladies' Page: a new race-coat, 1898. 'In this week's Illustrations will be found as an indispensable vade mecum of smart race-meetings the latest thing in race-coats, being a glorified version of the dust-coat of our defunct affections. Frenchwomen have been wearing it for the past six or eight weeks, but we are only just making acquaintance with this very chic garment over here. The curved cut-away in front, to give a wedge-shaped glimpse of the dress beneath, is de rigueur, and separates this style from all former effusions of the fashion. A chiffon toque, with black wings set low, crowns it very completely'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.