GIGANTIC MUFFS.

Southern Cross, Volume 13, Issue 45, 3 February 1906, Page 7

GIGANTIC MUFFS.

The prevalence of elbow sleeves, which has brought so much grist to the mills of the glovers, has also benefited the furriers extensively, and has changed the fashion in muffs. Large muffs were in vogue last, winter, but they are small when compared with the gigantic models that are being sold this season. The aim of the smart furrier is to enable his customer to thrust not only her hands, but the whole" fore* part of her arms into the luxuriant depths of the muff. It is not "smart” (remarks a London paper) to ask for a boa or stole now when something warm and ornamental is required for the throat ; the new title of the fur tippet is cravat, which is made in several forms. One of them is that of a dog collar that clasps the neck snugly, and terminates in front in cravat ends, centred by bars of velvet and tiny gold studs. Another type is a turn-over collar of c-hinchilla that

falls upon a shoulder pelerine of sable or some other expensive fur, and lace is sometimes permitted to mingle with the fur to the end that a very becoming cravat may be accomplished.