THE CORONATION FURS.
TThe approach of iiie lias bad one effect upon, the London fashions this •winter. It has brought ermine at one jump into the position of the proper fur for ladies' wear, after aconsiderable period during which it has been neglected, ciabies lave been "the thing," and .they now are relegated, despite their beaut* ana their costliness, to tiis oblivion tuiit one© covered the roval whits iur. The reason for the change in. taste is said to be that by the time the Coronation takes place good ermine will be hard to get. The peers will •want it- in quantities for their robes, and although fur in June in England is hardiy the pleasantest wear, there will be a great many people who will be quite willing to do penance by , dressing unsuitably if only they" can be in the fashion. As a London paper points out, the present rage for white furs is a curious instance of Easbioa preceding the occasion that gives it birth. It is not uncommon for some striking event to give wide popularity to some material or fabric with which it is connected in the public mind, but here we have a case where the popularity precedes its occasion by sis months or more. "Lords will wear ermine in June and ladies are brave in it in January." Only the Judges are constant to it all the year round. With ermine minever comes into fashion. The use of this fur is said to be a royal prerogative, but that does not prevent quite ordinary people wearing it nowadays. Everyone possibly does not inow that minever—a word which has a ■delightfully mediaeval sound —is not a natural fur. It is ordinary ermine dotted at close intervals with little bits of the black tails, and probably, since the er•mine's tail is very small, with imitation tails. For that matter there is a good deal of ermine worn nowadays that never grew on an ermine's back. " Things, as Little Buttercup remarks, are not always ■%fhab they seem, and if furs could speak, many an ermine muff would own to close relationship with the plebeian white rab--Jrit.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 11677, 10 February 1902, Page 4
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360THE CORONATION FURS. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 11677, 10 February 1902, Page 4
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