Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-22
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~ from time immemorial been the |
subject for jest and song and in
truth the subject of the proper kind
Of headgear is of gravest Importance |
An ugly woman can often be given
the effect of good looks in well
chosen hat; pretty woman can be
made to look like a fright in an unbe-
coming hat. All the world realizes that !
to wear hat of unbecoming shape and |
color simply because fashion has COM
manded it is to commit an act of the |
gravest folly. Time was, and not so
dong ago either, when Fashions cast
iron rules as to millinery could not be |
evaded by her followers, and woful was
the result obtained.
Large hats are fashionable" was
the edict, and hats of exaggerated size
were promptly donned by the smallest
of women whose dainty little features
were eclipsed at one fell swoop. Small
hats are corect,'' and there was
straightway an army of big women
to be seen. on the tips of whose heads
were perched the most absurdly small
structures of lace and ribbon. Bonnet
strings were ordered, but here there
was a revolt, for there are few women
who can face an addition of ten or fif-
teen years to their appearance, and so
bonnet strings were tabooed by the
majority. the minority to whom they
We're and are becoming wearing them
withsan air of superiority most irritat-
ing to. the others of their sex.
There is, an extraordinarily wide range
of choice in the present fashions in
millinery shape, size, color and mate
rial. There is practically no limit, and
yet there never was time when more
attention was paid in choosing the be-
coming. A great deal has to do with
the arrangement of the hair. Some of
the most charming hats prove unbe-
coming if the hair be worn low, where
as the same model with the hair high
up on the head is fascinatingly smart
and be it understood a satisfactory
hat is always smart. With the hair
waved and full around the face, a hat
thought impossible when tried on with
the hair brushed smoothly back will
be found extremely becoming, and so
on indefinitely.
Don't Select Your Hat When Tired
Women who make dress their study
contend that it is a great mistake ever
to try to select hat when feeling tired
or unbecomingly dressed. Other women
prefer to choose a hat under these |
same circumstances, as they contend if J
it is becoming then it always will be- |
All of which goes to show how serious |
is the question.
That with a smart hat a woman is
able to look well dressed, even though |
her gown be shabby, is we'll known |
fact, and consequently many women
who have more good taste than money
make a great point of having always |
a becoming hat and spend on it what |
seems to the uninitiated an appalling
amount of money. "Why not buy
shape and trim it yourself?" is con-
stantly urged by kind friends who do |
not realize that genius for millinery
has been bestowed upon only the fa-
vored few and that the work of an
amateur can be detected at a glance.
Better an expensive and becoming hat
than three. or four cheap ones is the
practical advice given by one who has
studied the subject and who flies about
in the multitude of halfway hats,
serene in the consciousness of her one
and only being the smartest and most
becoming thing possible.
Small hats are coming into favor
again. and while large hats have not
by any means gone out"-that mystic
rious expression which means such a
lot-they are not now worn for any and
every occasion. The shapes that follow
the lines of the head and are conse-
up in all sorts of materials, The soft
felts and beavers are to be found In
most exquisite colorings and great va
riety of shapes Then the colored vel
vets in all the new weaves in which
velvet is now to be had are fascinating
and make up most attractiyely in the
turbans and toques so fashionable at
the moment.
There are two or three different
shapes in the turbans-the regular old
fashioned pork pie turban, as 1t was
formerly called, as the shape was ex-
actly that Of a pork pie, quite round,
with crown of one material and brim
of another. The embroidered cloth or
velvet crown and the fur brlm made
most charming combination; for in
stance xvhffa efnhrofderad an silvar