HALF CAPED COATS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 77, 31 March 1928, Page 18

HALF CAPED COATS.

Coats which at one side suggest the dashing cavalier by reason of the cape swinging over the shoulder, and which have a plain "Chesterfield" effect at the other side, are among the new cloth street coats. Many women have already selected such a one-sided substitute for their fur wraps, ready for the fine days in early spring. As the kind of walking coat on which they are found Is required to give the wearer the maximum of freedom in movement, thft s e quaint half •w a y capes are always quite short, usually leaching to the waistline only. If

' they were longer they would, of course, restrict the movement of one arm. Sometimes the dress designers are not content with placing a single capo at o f e „l^ e of . the coat. Instead, a series each .*?•- couple of inches of the nt\ n * v °® 1 "' reminiscent •ami matwiawt ti? id ® cape " is in the or two v«r« but >ne ~m. "Tth.' 1 ' 0 "' tht "00«W-i»4 m