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The Fashions In Furs

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
November
Year
1875
Copyright
Public Domain
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[From Harper's Bazar.] SABLE SETS. Not-vithstandiDg all changes of fasbion, the Crown Russian sable remams the choicest fur ; it is as high in prioe as ever, and becomes more difficult to obtain yearly. The set consists of a boa a yard and a half or two yards long, and a muff showiDg three dark stripes, i made of well-matched skins, Mne sets cost $1,200, but desirable sets can be liad from $700 down to $200. Hudson Bay sable is not used as extensively as formerly, but is chosen by these who want a liandsome dark sable and cannot afford to buy the Russian. Tlie flnest dark sots are $300. Lighter grades begin as low as $75 for the muff and boa. SliVKR-FOX. Perhaps the most dressy of all the faucy fors introduced lately is the süver-fox- i light blue-gray fur interspersed with those "süver points " or j white tips that are now thought to add so much to the beauty of any fur. The muff and boa cost from $75 to $200 ; a band of silver-fox trimming costs from #10 to $16 a yard. CHINCHILLA. Another fashionablo gray fur for sets j and also for trimming is the Arica chilla. This rich and velvet-like fur is : beautifully shaded, and looks especially handsome when associated with velvet. The muff and boa cost from $60 to j $75; the trimming is from one and a half j to three inches wide, and costa from $8 to $15. FISHER-TAIL SETS. The sets of flsher-tail fur that were so highly prized last season are very diflicult to procure now. This is a dark, I ricli, warm-looking fur, costing from $75 to $150 a set. The trimming ranges from $12 to $18. BLACK-MAlïTEN SETS, ETC. Sets of the black-niarten fur, sometimes called Alaska sable, remain the prevailing choice in low-priced furs. The long round boa and muff cost f rom ! $15 to$25 ; trimmiug costs f rom $1.50 to $4 a yard. There are also various lowpriced fox furs which to some extent riviil the marten and seal sets chosen by ladies of liinited means. Seta of blue fox cost from $30 to $40 ; trimming to match is $6 a yard. White-fox sets are t even less than this, ranging from $20 to ! $25, while a border of the same is only 1 $3 or $4 a yard. Lynx is a glossy black long fur that is very handsome for ladies in mourning ; lynx borders for cloth sacques cost from $1.50 to $3 a yard. MINK AND ERMINE. The demand for rnink furs becomes more limited every season, yet the fine dark grades are still worn by those who do not care for changes of fashion, and consider instead durability and comfort. The prices range from $20 to $75 a set. Ermine, which was considered the most dressy fur, looks pasnco now that fox and chiuchilla furs are nsed. It is, however, the most suitable fur for eveniug, and will never lose its prestige en tirely. A set of muff and boa, such as I formerly cost $50 or $(50, can now be I bought for $25 or $35. ASTBAKHAN, ETC. Astrakhan, Bussian lamb-skin, luimmer, and other black fiirs, though uo longcr novelties, are still liked for their soft rich fur, and may be obtained at very reasouable prices. Cloaks of these furs in long Saeque shapos are chosen for traveling and for long sleigh-rides in col.i neighborhoods. The sets. are cspecially likod for mourning. Sergt. Bates is reportad still becalmed in Canada, stationary for want of mouey. The man who leuda him uiiything', ühder these oircumstanoe, will merit everlasting obloquy from Auiericans.

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