Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
Large Hats the Thing
Mushroom Shapes On
the Decline The Slight
1y Rolled Brirn Craze
for Fancy Feathers
Flowers Revived Fa-
vorite Co1ors.

There was no escaping the eccentric hat
this summer. One simply had to wear
q monstrosity or go hatlees. And so the
majority of us accepted the conditions
with what grace we could muster. and
donned huge mushroom or cloche
shape Of startling proportions, like every
other Fluffy Ruffles on the Avenue. and
imagined ourselves attractive, or at any
rate stylish.
Now comes Fall, and presto! change,
We may again be hated becomingly and
sanely without losing caste In the world
of fashion. There is a variety In the fall
bats,-shapes that. turn up here anu
shapes that turn down there, and shapes
that turn neither up nor down; which
all means that various faces and figures
NAV readily be suited In millinery mat
ters.
We may classify all the dressier hats In
one generally sweeping term Of large.
There are, to be sure, some small mats,
but they are the exception that serve TO
point the rule. Beyond this one general
classification there is infinite variety.
The mushroom shapes have BY no means
died out with the summer, but the fali
variety are more modest In their pro
portions than their summer ancestors.
There Is sloping brim shape that dips
sharply In point in front, and wnich
tns soft tam crown. This Is not really
new. for something very like 1t was worn
by few exclusives In the late summer;
nevertheless 1t is worthy of classification
among the fall favorites.
But the hat whose brim turns up is
the new thing The turn often is directly
in front. Again 1t is at the left side;
still again, directly In the back. this
latter being the smartest of all. The turn
does not bring the brim up against the
crown. but is turn Of only the very
outer edge of the brim a matter Of say
two inches. Straight brims are again In
favor. and any number Of new picture
hats of the Rembrandt type, and there
are smart small toques and turbans,
these depending on the novelty OF their
trimmings for their charm
Felt and velvet will be about equally
honuiar this winter as material for the
dressier hats. Then there are various
beavers and the rich uncut velyets that
look TO the unlnitlated like corded silks.
new point is the deep two Inch binding
noticed on many of the new models.
Sometimes this binding Is but an inch
wide on the lower brim, and again u
Is equal width upper and lower side.
Another characteristic of the fall mil
Iinery is the extensive and very general
use of fancy feathers. The hats are
perfect riot of them. Cassoway, gouras
and frost feathers. and score OF styles
impossible to classify, may be noted by
the most casual glance into any of the
smart millinery shops. Most Of these
featbers can be worn by the conscienti-
ous without qualm since they are frankly
of the made" variety. Whole feather
crowns are seen, and crowns covered
aud the feathers trailing down on the
shoulders In the back Not so much os-
trich lis noted as for several seasons past,
Its place being taken by these fancy
feathers.
There is revival In the use OF nano-
some flowers this winter. The black ve.7
vet hat with wreath Of roses In shades
Of pink and red Is again welcomed In py
the scores OF women who know rull wen
that 1t is both becoming and economical
Morning giories, in all their rich shades
Of purple and blue and the reddish Pc
tunia tints; chrysanthemums. asrers ana