The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
SOME CHIC PARTISAN HATS.

The hats prepared for the coming
season at Trouville are many of them
in leghorn and manila most of them
trimmed rather dark. One of the for
mer has an immense bow of black
velvet with double series of loops at
the back of the crown a little to one
side-under which are fastened the
limp stalks of a dozen large king cups
divided equally between white, yell
low and black, dropping forward over
the crown to the brim in front. An
other in manila has broad band Of
deep violet velvet crossing it from
side to side and coming from under
this both back and front, punches Of
purple grapes, with a few small
like some of the cherries shown ear
lier in the Season, are made Of a
particular sort Of very short-piled
velvet. Both of these have very wide
brims but there is certainly a much
larger proportion Of medium sized hats
among the latest productions than
there has been for some time Many
Of these are capelines converted MIN
iches by having their brims bent
down over the ears at the sides and
turned up at the back. A white ta-
gal Of this shape is trimmed with two
very large royal blue wings spread
out and set up 50 that their shorter
front and the points sloping back
ward behind. A piece of wide otto
man ribbon of the same blue folded
across the front forward of the wings)
passes under them at the sides and is
tied in small bow at the back.
Some of the autumnaI looking hats
exhibited are also trimmed with but
terf1ies made of gummed feathers and
small wings variegated in color. These
only measure about five inches square,
but they are put On by the dozen on
some Of the fairly large shapes, ar
ranged all around the crown. For a
hat of brown English straw the col
ors Of the gummed plumage are black,
white, gray and pink, the wings be-
ing white flecked with black.
A good many toques are shown COW
cred entirely with ostrich black. white
oxidized silver gray, bright beige and
other shades of light golden brown
and yellow being particularly fancied.
The shapes are selected to match the
pletely, even the shelving bit of brinl
in front At the sides and back they
are cut off short.
Rather dark shades of gray are
promising colors for late Summer
straws including some of the very lat
trimmed with a single amazon to
match, attached to one side of the
crown and arching over it. All ecru
and yellow shades are at present in
vogue and likely to remain so. The
last few days l have seen several ecru
chip hats trimmed entirely their own
color some with flowers only (blos-
nainsook others with bows of ribbon
or ostrich feathers. Also some very
smart niniches built up of hemp braids-
One of these has three cordOns of tiny
pink roses sewn on it at intervals and
huge sky-rocket bow of royal blue
taffeta ribbon on the left side stick
ing far beyond the shape which
shelves back from the front
If one can argue from the first felt
hats shown, ecru and deep yellows
and yellow browns should be fashion,
able colors for them later on 1 was
shown some untrimmed, soft felt. fiat
topped, tall crowned shapes shelving
over the face and turned up at the
back, admirable limitations Of reindeer
and undressed seal, the outer side of
a yellowish hue and the underside
brown.
One of the very few trimmed felt
shapes I have come across is a round
hat with a rolled brim and peaked
crown in soft creamy white felt in
termixed with slight amount Of taw-
ney yellow showing more on the I'M
der side than the upper. 1t is trim
med with a band of gummed plum
age of the same yellow round the
crown and a cockade of the same sur
mounted by an aigrette of tiny white
contedux.
Toques and small sized hats, entire
ly or partially covered with gummed
plumage are on show at most of the
milliners. White and black seems
to be the favorite combination with
here and there one all olive or blue
green or else deep navy blue.
Some of the hats have sugar loaf
crowns covered with white conteaux
and rolled brim in black plumage.
black velvet and even black straw. |