The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-15
FALL MILLINERY NEWS.

Frum tbs Millinery Trade Review.
The millinery market is on the qui
vive for information as to what the other
fellow IS doing. Advance models of do
nestle manufacture are plentiful enough.
at the time Of going to press, but the
Paris output has not yet arrived, al
though there are hats on the high seas
as these lines are written, and on re-
ceipt OF these. many doubtful points
may be determined; but as past expe-
rience has taught us, first inportations
are far from infallibie.
Among the handmade and reedy-to-
wear people there is much interest mani
tested in the Hindoo turban, and this
might argue that for early wear at
least the draped Oriental affects will be
popular fayorites Another term fire.
quently on the lips OF dealers in miIli-
merry, is the chapeau eloche, or bell
shaped hat. which Is not unlike the erst-
while peach basket'S and IN keeping with
the mushroom green IN our memory IN
deed, the consensus OF opinion is that the
mushroom reign is beginning again. II.
indeed, It has ceased for several sea-
sons.
OF course. the question OF the large YER
sus the small hat is again being agitated.
Some say one, some say the other, and
the safe answer and the most correct
Is that Doth viii be worn. It seems like
~ that what the brim may lose in width
the crown viii gain in beighth, for the
cloche is very high. Many shapes show
h -
are cut away or indented directly in
the front Tam crowns appear TO be
| greatly in favor, and not a few hats
/ show q tendency to softened brfIn
/ lines. ruffies. puf1nEs. and other devices
| being employed 20 soften the edge,
/ Shapes having deep side and back fare
are also good. Turbans with a deep
eoronet eurving in half way Up Its depth
and then spreading out. forming a
fange. arc often seen.
In beavers, two-tone and two-piece ef-
/ feets are strong. Beaver. both the fur
and hatters' plush variety, are among the
| good things that the trade feels posi-
/ tive about. Colored beavers faced with
/ black are very numerous, as are those
/ OF satin and novelty silks faced with
/ velvet or beaver. Among the materials
combined with velvet are satin, plain and
brocaded. boucle. silk. cashmere silks,
two-tone twin silks. and ehangeant taf-
/ fetas. Velvet hats are among the sure
| things in both large and small effects.
/ There is a 'short CROP OF velvet piece
goods.
! Among the fabric novelties ts houele
silk, a heavy corded weave, often IN
two-tone effect. and having q giace effect
/ in spite Of the roughness OF its surface
Persian and cashmere silks, while ex-
pected to be very scarce on account OF
/ their popularity can hardly be regarded
as novelties. unless one excerpts the hand.
/ loom Persians, which have an override
sign OF flowers or figures over the body
design which produces a very attractive
and unusual effect
Two-tone peau de sole is another silh
which lends itself to drapery. Taffetas
particularly in changeant and glace eff
fects, promise well: indeed. silks of al
kinds must not be overlooked In layine
in ones stock of materials, and the rib
hons that are employed follow the weave.
Of the piece goods. Twill and corded ef
feets are expected to be good. While
cashmere and Persian silks are good now
| and while the trade is showing entire
hats made Of these silks, it is to bt
! expected that they will be strong only
as a facing or accessory to hat of pIair
material.