Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

/ there are broad bows OF tulle ana
spangled butterfly wings that are inn
menseIy becoming and do not seriously
interfere with the stage view, and
besides woman can 60 about in the
street IN the evening and assume the
afr Of having a bonnet on. Another
style that is very smart and attract
i've has three bands that ht over the
hair in the back, and then at the left
side high aigrette. The bands are
made Of cut Jet beads, bands Of gold
or silver set with rhinestones, or are
of twisted satin ribbon. In the latter
case a small bow Of the ribbon Is tied
in with the aigrette. and the aigrette
is either of marabout or Of small
ostrich plume The aigrette, of course.
does interfere Just a little with the
stage view, but it is possible to see on
either side Of It. The bands at the
back of the head at into the waves of
the hair, as the neadgear is immensely
becoming, and. in spite of all protests
to the contrary, will doubtless continue
to be fashionable and grow in favor
all the time.
There are two or three separate and
distinct styles Of wearing the hair this
year, and each calls for n different
style of headdress. With the hair ar
ranged high an aigrette or high effect
at the side is as a rule more becoming,
but there are some faces to which the
broad effect of bow directly in front
of the knot above the forehead Is the
best and then this bow can be, as
has been said, of tulle or spangles or
of butterfly wings, while with the hair
arranged low the small wreaths of
flowers that encircle a knot Of hair
and droop gracefully down toward the
back of the neck are effective. This
last fashion, however, looks more as
though intended for the establishment
of ball costume, whereas the bows
of velvet ribbon and of tulle velvet
flowers make it seem more like a. thea
ter headdress possible to wear in place
of hat.
A charming effect is always obtained
by the aigrette that apparently starts
from some jeweled ornament as
though wings made of jewels or
spangles held the aigrette in the cen-
ter. Now this year the ornament is
made in colored spangles quite as often
as in white or in rhinestones, but
where real jewels are used diamonds
are always preferred. An attractive
ornament is made of flowers that are
of cloth of gold arranged to form
half wreath This looks like a bonnet.
and yet is quite correct for the thea
| ter and in fact is almost ideal for it,
as no fault can be found with it on
account of it's obscuring any vision.
for it fits close to the head and yet
looks extremely WELL
The small hats now known as thea
ter hats have not yet been generally
accepted and it remains to be seen
if they will be. In so-called Napo-
leon shapes, polo shape, Spanish tur-
ban and various other titles we recog-
nize many old friends. AS yet they
are small enough to be more on the
line of headdress than hats, but it will
only take an inch or two more to bring
them into the category of dress hats
or bonnets, and they will be worn at re-
ceptions and such entertainments quite
as much as at the theater, for it seems,
besides, as though it We're only an add
ed effort to once again introduce the
small bonnet rather than the large
hat Almost without exception these
hats are made of spangled net or lace.
most heavily spangled and embroidered
as we'll Black and white are the fa-
vorite colors, although, like the new
headdresses, the colors seen are very
smart. Those in pale gray, bronze
brown and champagne color are the
smartest, excepting always the black
and white. In white the steel, rhine
stone and pearl spangling is fashion,
able. and sometimes a touch of color
is given in the aigrette, but as rule
the all one color is preferred.
The Turban Shape Awkward
The turban in these hats is not. as a
rule, so satisfactory as the other
shapes. 1t is rather heavier and fat
ter, but for some heads 1t is the best
shape always, and here again the ques-
ton as to which is the more becoming
or the most becoming should decide
An unbecoming hat never is satis-
factory thing even though it may be
built according to the latest rules of
fashion, and the same factors have to
be reckoned with in the theater hat as
with going without any hat in the
theater. The tremendous glare of
light and the light from above it is al
ways so hard to cope with, for it
throws such heavy lines and shadows
-one reason, if the masculine world
did but understand, why women have
hated to give up wearing hats at the
play.
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