The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-16
FASHIONS TN HATS.
The Fall CoIors and styles Displayed
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The autumn millinery opening at Wanna
makers New York store, yesterday, gave
fashion seekers an excellent idea of the
pretty styles in headgear for the winter.
Loud colors seem to have disappeared
from view and demure tints to have taken
their place. The violent puppies, reds,
green's and cerises were not In evidence.
The popular shade predicted at Wanna
makers Is a beige or castor brown, a
soft tint, almost a tan but slightly
browner. Grey is also very popular, pale
silver grey.
The millinery department is in gala at
tire. Artificial flowers and gay ribbons
make the room bright. The small
salon, where the French hats are ex-
hibited, is as usual the centre of : at
traction. In this room are displayed a
number of beautiful hats. AT each end
of the room is a "setl' consisting of cape
and hat. One cape has a plain cape of
black mirror velvet. A ruffling Of pleat-
ed chiffon and scallops Of cream antique
silk edged with black chenille cord form
an over cape. Large loops of geranium
pink velvet fall on the shoulders n at
the throat is a knot of the velvet. The
hat with the cape is of plain black vel
vet, fiat brim, with a white and a black
plume. 1t is caught up in front with a
rosette of geranium pink uneut velvet.
The other set, from Lewis, Paris, is in
bluett. The under cape is of taffeta silk,
with a wide edging Of natural ostrich
feather. The upper cape is of bluett mir
ror velvet, edged with tails of the nat
ural ostrich feather. There is a large knot
of the taffeta at the throat. The hat is
a large one of bluett velvet made with a
shirrea brim and a soft crown. BIuett
plumes at the front and a band of lat
ural ostrich around the crown complete
the trimming.
A pretty hat for a young girl in the
new beige is a cloth PLAGUE, tam O.
shanter style, turned up with two
beige, and fastened with a knot of
brown velvet.
There are a number of beautiful black
velvet hats shown. One picture hat by
Virot, which attracts a great deal of
attention has a ~spangled soft crown. The
brim. which is s%ca1loped and heavily
%spangled, turns up in the front, and also
in front are eight large black plumes.
In the back are streamer ties of narrow
black velvet ribbon. Another black vel
vet hat has two ruffles of ChantilFy lace
over a roll of white chiffon on the brim.
Three black p1umes are caught from the
crown and fail over the brim. The brim
is raised at the side by small tips and a
Knot of white chiffon.
Two handsome grey hats are shown in
thn salon Goa Ioo n hrir, af xroIxaf
shirred in scallops and a fancy crown of
spangled satin. Two very large and full
plumes lie on the brim and two plumes
stand up at the side. 1t is by earlier.
The other has a rolling brim and it is
in two shades of grey peau de sole, with
a velvet crown. 1t has at the sid grey
aigrettes. 1t also is by Cartier.
A pretty hat by Esther Meyer is of
shrimp pink velvet. 1t has a soft crown
and a brim rolling from the face and
trimmed with applique of lace. The
plumes are shrimp pink and black.
A heliotrope hat has a shirred crown
and a tucked brim of ~taffeta, with three
plumes at the left side. 1t is by Heitz
Boyer: A walking hat by Virot, in beige,
has a fancy crown and a tucked brim.
1t has at the side a large bunch of nat
ural ostrich plumes and a large pearl
ornament.
Evening bonnets may more truly than
last seasan lay claim to the title. They
are more p~retentieus. One of turquoise
blue has a fancy shirred crown, with
silver ~spangles and a soft velvet brim.
1t has white tips and black velvet
streamers. A very dainty bonnet is of
white kid, Continental shape, a~ppliqued
in gold and pearl beading. 1t is trimmed
with white plumes and mink tails. There
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trimmed and untrimmed, and the styles
are, almost without exception. beautiful.