The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-03
trimmed with black velvet and roses
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There are many hats and tOQues now
that come under the head Of tailored"
The tailored hat is stitched. 1t may he
of cloth or silk or some gauzy stuff. but
stitched it is in rows or in fine tucks or
corded. The black taffeta hat is the
newest in the tailored lot, and one, too,
that will fill n long felt want in mil
linery. 1t is a good "shirt-waist' hat. 1t
is such q practical little top-piece that
it goes nicely with the plainest of
blOuses, at the same time being dressy
enough for afternoon wear. In fact, the
taffeta hat Is a good allday hat. 1t is
not at all out of place in the evening, il
one chooses to wear it.
AT present it is trimmed with black
flowers. Later it will be colorful with
roses red, or any other flower preferred.
An imported black taffeta hat, run
with small cords, crown and brlm, Is
trimmed with a fine white lace scarf.
The lace Is twisted about the crown
with a scallop just peeping over the
rolled-up brim. The scarf is punched q
little bit to one side of the front with
soft loops Of black velvet and some
black poppies with yellow centers.
While there are other shapes in the
black taffeta hats the round one, some
thing like the Spanish turban, is the one
most favored. The Spanish turban has
another name or two. One is the gypsy
turban and the other the Bendel hat.
Milliners who have just returned from
abroad, bringing with them patterns,
and ideas galore jotted down in their
mental notebooks, say that heaps and
heaps Of tulle will be used on the dressy
hats; so much tulle that there will be
a massive look. And f1owers+there will
simply be no end Of flowers. Great big
flowers will be the rule.
Besides the gypsy turban there Is the
gypsy hat. This turns up to form a
fiaring angle at the side. This fare will
be used by the milliner as a background
for flowers. A most becoming arrange
ment this to the face.
Roses will be massed against q back
ground Of their leaves In shaded tiuts,
Very smart and dressy little hats win
have no other trimming than shaded
rose leaves and loops Of black velvet.
The gypsy hat will have Q wreath
around the crown with the loops Of RIB
bon or other trimming used to give Q
little height, placed at one side. Tho
of floral decoration beneath the
tide Of the brim will be the main point
II display.
There will be need this summer for .
nat Of rustic effect This moro than
sver before, for tho fabrics that are to
most in vogue are Of q thin cotton
;ort. The close association we have
ately had with the Philippines is 70
ponsible for this. Indeed there is to be
! iat-topped hat that is distinctly and
Enthusiastically Philippine. The wives
II American officers and officials have
discovered the beauties Of the fabrics
sed by the women in the Philippines
nd their artistic possibilities. There
re pineapple cloth. banana cloth and
rass cloth. These cloths have been
ound not to lose their luster by wash
1g. In fact laundering improves their
heen.
With the grass cloth and pineapple
10th gowns a gypsy hat will be in keep
lg. And besides the fabrics referred
D, there are no end Of American cotton
tufts and linens, too, that are going to
e worn upon evening occasions, as well
8 in the daytime. So beautiful are the
otton materials that silks are no longer
ought as the only desirables. In q
Innate as mild as this when once
winter is gone there is more use for
otton gowns than for any other sort.
occasionally between spring and genu-
ne summer there is iced of a light silk
r sheer wool frock, but the dainty
woman longs for airy cotton dresses,
md usually gets into them at the ear.
list possible moment.
1t is not a daring venture to predict
hat the leading hat will be the gypsy 4
lat-the hat fiat as to crown, becoming
broad as to brim and simplicity itself
s to trimming. NJ. III. J..