The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03
LONDON STRAW hats FIRST.
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DeVhfes Aise IN Ilst IN h0ose Yam.
No man need worry about The style NJ ha
straw hat this summer. lie NAV Indulge
In extremes of taste and yet he IN tho trode.
Possibly the greatest advantage ~ such
latitude les In the fac. tbat nearly evory
man may this year find q hat Incoming 20
him.
Smart hats. like smart coats and snart
boots, rome out Of London. We'll drceeed
men have been wearing London bats for .
decade because they posseaa a degree ~
modlshness that the American hat will not
acquire for a season or two.
The great objection 10 the I.ondop straw
hat used 10 be- In weight. Never inteHded
for weather No hot a. the summera lore
bring, the London straw was hoavy and tho
lining made II still warmer. The English
makers, 10 adapt their wares 10 American
conditions, ripped out the flannel lpipgs
and made their hats as light as possible.
Now all the London straw hats thai tho inn
portors bring out here are sold.
II IL the English modes OF tho year that
offer broad contrasts In style. The smart
London hat is made OF moderately rough
straw with a crown a. inches high apd a
brim less than ? inches broad. The black
ribbon is about ~ inches wide. This is the
hat for a,young man.
New York men object TO high crowns In
straw hats. preferring a broad brim and a
low crown. This prejudice has not pre-
vented well dressed men from buying
these London hats and they were az plenti-
full on the clubhouse lawn at the Brooklyn
Handicap as they have been during the
spring on the tops OF the coaches that tool
daily to Ardsley. They are best with a
plain black band.
The only other straw hat which rivals
this style in smartnees survives from a
year of success. 1t is the very broad
bnmmed. rather low crowned. soft straw
which came into fashion generally last
summer
These hats. with all their suggestion Of
bucolic comfort. nave managed 10 retain
a certain degree OF modishness for a second
season, which is greatly TO their credit.
and undoubtedly the result of the comfort
to be had from wearing them. They arc
not only smart, but also light and cool.
The men who are best dressed wear them
with the plain band. Light oolored bands
are kept for hats OF in%oonspicuous form,
unless they are intended for country wear.
Out OF town one may put as many colors
as one wants on a hatband.
These soft hats range from 81 to So in
price. TIL high crown. narrow brim stiff
hats cost from 81 to 50. The latter are
becoming to most men. Only those with
fat, round faces object to them.
London hat makers are now sending over
here in small numbers a hat which It ia
hoped will be the rage next year. Its
fate will depend on the degree to which
men are willing to adopt a revolutionary
style.
This hat resembles NEST a Panama.
but is made Of soft pleated straw. Theps
is no binding on the brim, which rolls up
just as ii does in a cloth hat. The straw
is rather more yellow than that used ordi-
narily. Many, of tho hats are made up
with a dark blue ribbon, although black Ia
perhaps most ommon.
Next summer these straw AIpinea are
to be sent over in large numbers. They
are not intended to a the place of the
Panama, as they are much lessscostdy and
than the average straws.
The Panama is as much the style as
ever, especially when it happens to be Of a
good quality, The enartest way to wean,
Oue o1 lu6S6 hats Is III Uno remarkable
fashion imported last year from England.
This requires that the broad brim be turned
straight up from the brow, while the brim
behind is turned down to cover the back
of the neck.
Panamas are worn in this way for punting
on the Thames, and the young men who
wear them up to tow keep, theRa in this
bent fashion. That has made this fashion
of wearing the Panama smart for London
| and therefore for New York.
Tho uoa rar ~ tho De n q MAJ WAN ipL,,I1a
his taste for color to any extent that a
narrow ribbon will permit. The fashion
now Is to have the ribbon not more than
half an inch broad with the colqTed stripes
show wonderful color effects for the small
space.
On the sonnet and other rough straw hats
Of conservative breadth Of brtm and height
Of crown, the oolored bands are most
appropriate. One golden rule about his
straw should be borne in mind by everY
man seeking a smart appearance. He.
should always avoid a smooth, fine straw.
Hats of this kind have not been in style
for the past ten years.
There are many varieties Of summer
headgear besides the straw hats. The
light brown derby which has been less
conspicuous for the past two seasons than
black hats, even for summer wear, is more
commonly seen this year.
The smartest color is a tobacco brown
with q darker ribbon. The light gray
derbies with the black band which are as
popular now in London as they were two
summers ago have never been taken up in
New York. Few OF them are seen n
they are not on the heads of the men who
are commonly regarded as models Of dress.
They are worn chiefly by the. coaehing
men-not by the owners" or drivers; but
the professional teachers that ooms hero
from London.
The steel gray derbies occasionally seen
on the streets are summed by we'll dressed
men. They are merely freaky without g
summer hat there is really nothing but
the brown derby.
In the soft felt hat the familiar gray
Alpine is still the premier fashion for we'll
dressed men. 1t is worn without a black
band and the heavy ribbon Is Of the same
color as the felt.
The crown is rather high and the indenta-
ton in the top rather shallower than usual.
These hats come in brown, but that tint
is this year less modish than pale gray.
Although well dressed men always select
the Alpine form for a soft hat, some of the
first English makers are sending out here
the fiat, broad brimmed bats commonly
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