Top Coat Should Have Priority in Winter Wardrobe

Evening Star, Issue 26154, 16 July 1947, Page 9

Top Coat Should Have Priority in Winter Wardrobe

TOPICS FOR WOMEN

A top-coat should have a No. 1 priority in the good winter wardrobe. However captivating frocks and suits may be, they are hidden much of the time by the warm coats which protect us in bitter weather. But, as well as being comfortable, coats can be well cut and smart. Gone.are the days when women enveloped themselves in .shapeless and voluminous overcoats to greet the frosty mornings. This season all the newest style trends can be exemplified in coats. The soft and rounded shoulder line, nipped in waist, skirt fullness, high, round necks, and “ push-up” sleeves .are all to be found on , the smartest winter coats. • Tne classic - tailored- coat is always' a favourite, and so, .tod, is the furtrimmed style. A fur collar or fur trimming strikes just the right note of warmth and comfort, combined with a ‘‘ dressy ” air which so many heavy coats have lacked in the past, while the fingertip • length or

‘‘shortie" fur ’coat is particularly becoming to tiie teen age for evening wear, and a favourite of all for both day and evening wear. One of the most satisfactory , ensembles for everyday winter wear is the suit and matching coat, or match-? ing coat and dress. Such an ensemble can be particularly smart and attractive' in the new tweeds now ,available. Many women will find relief .m gayer colours from the past drabness of heavy coats. 1 Teamed • with dresses in toning shades,' these vivid coats will brighten the winter scene this year'. Tweed coats are good choice, as long as the wearers guard against the “horse-rug" effect.'-which is sometimes achieved.) when bbld, large;, checked tweed is used for a bulky overcoat. ' ■ ' \ Top Coats must be planned with as much care as suits, for they can no longer be straight hanging, or swagger type—they must have a good line and flatter the figure.