Fads and Fancies of the motorist
- Publication
- Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Jun 1914, p. 6
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- Newspaper
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- Notes
- Latest trends in automobile accessories and clothing for the driver. Cloth coats cut in the cape coat style, and full coat with three-quarter length are popular. Veils are popular with sailor hats to protect the face from dust while the net mesh covers goggles. [damaged] is the favorite color. Bottles for picnic baskets. Cravenetted serge cape, full length, is a new extra wrap in tans and wood brown shades. A short cape coat in mustard and black half inch check lined in mustard colored satin is without sleeves, decorated with pearl buttons on the front. Shepherd plaid robes with cravenetted mohair linings are used this season. Warmer than linen and weather proof. "La Promenade" is a vanity case in a long envelope shape with a wrist strap. It opens flat and is equipped with a gold powede box. Flower hats in turban form are worn as the season advances worn with shaded Liberty scarf veils. Panema hats have Roman striped scarfs or Canton crepe in staple colors knotted around the crown with the ends forming streamers down the back.
Drawing of an open touring car and passengers - Date of Publication
- 25 Jun 1914
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- Wilmette.News.295617
- Language of Item
- English
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- Wilmette Public LibraryEmail:refdesk@wilmettelibrary.info
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