FRENCHWOMAN’S CHIC
CAT-SKIN PROTECTIONS The question of how to dress warmly is one of which all Parisians are studying at the moment, comments a writer in the London Times. The Frenchwoman is ordering her new wardrobe carefully, as she realises that health and comfort depend upon her choice of winter clothes. The dressmakers announce a demand of simple woollen frocks and jackets to match, or frocks in dark colours with tailored jackets in some lighter contrasting colour. Tailormades are going to be worn indoors, and big topcoats will be wanted for the street. Many fur-lined cloth coats have been ordered, and spotted cat-skins imported from China are used for coat linings by Fourrures Weil. These pelts make specially warm linings, while purchasers are reminded that cat-skins are, it is claimed, a cure for, and a protection from, rheumatism. There are some practical hiplength trench-coats now obtainable in Paris which have fur linings and round fur collars that can be turned up to cover the ears. These have been designed for women drivers.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21037, 13 February 1940, Page 3
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