Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
FALL AND WINTER HEADWEAR
Architectural Designs Noted in the
Millinery Trade.
NoBBY DECORATIVE EFFECTS
Classy Hsadpteoes mach Reduced In
Size. with PLANES, Feathers,
nibhon sud FrinEe
TrInaninEs.

The ram hat IS no longer confined 10
the show window. but Is actually being
worn. A few early birds, notably those
who had personal req sons for boosting
tho millinery trade. donned their iail
hats. in August. but q was not until
mems straws were called in that women
In general felt the sartorial necessity OF
discarding theirs and taking TO them
selves "a new hat. even " weather condi-
,,ops did not suggest tho change
Whatever may result before the present
season hccomrv history &c Is fact that
the first purchase this YEAR wac a smah
hat unless one EXCEPT the sombrcrO type
20 headdrces usually seen in highly
co'orcd veiourg and with little or no
trimming. There is grave danger OF the
small. close fitting hat. chic though 1t be-
bsinr killed by over popularity. Rumors
are persistent from Paris that large hats
are gaining IN favor there, and there
seems no reason 10 doubt our following
in their footsteps. indeed, among the
retail openings many large and compare
lively fiat hats were displayed, and what
IS more 10 the point sold. The mnssos
demand the small and high hat, and
these in feIts. velours and vclvets are
proving ready sellers IN black and high
Coiors. particularly purple
purple HATS the Vogue.
4 yeiitablc army OF purplc-hatted
women has descended upon New York,
and throughout the country conditions
are more or less the same, judging from
the enormous quantity Of purple hats
Tins have Men and are being shipped
Purpio and black promises to be quite
as popular a combination as kings blue
and black, il being understood that only
the most vivid purple combine with black
60 obtain the fashionable. brilliant effect.
pul.nle and black sound rather funereaL
hut as a mntter Of fact it'is a very strik-
ing color scheme and one that has brill
llaney.
1t seems quite impossible 10 write Of
nurplo folts without mentioning white
shetland wells, as IL seems impossible for
women 10 refrain from wearing them.
rho better trade gives this fad wide
berth. OF course, although purple hats,
notably those laden with ostrich. are still
very smart In Mayfair so to speak.
velour Hats co he Popular.
There are an abundance of velvet hats
being shown and an unusual number OF
velours and plain felts. the latter not
being faced but usually draped or In
some way softened by the introduction OF
silk over the crown,
The sale OF small bowl-like hats COW
cred almost entirely with silk fringe and
trimmed across the top or at the back
with velvet or satin bow has been as
tonishing large. Lace is sometimes used
instead OF fringe. and this variation
while not as popular with tho masses, has
been the choice or the fine trade, who
are taking up lace. a trifle slowly, per-
haps. hut none the less surely. There Ia
quite a demand for the metallic laces IN
dull silver. gold and bronze. and for YAH
and other coarse lace landings
Another material much 90 the fore for
millinery purposes Is taffeta. II, Is be
ing used in plan shades but these are
secondary 10 the glaoe or two'tone Of
fects, which are 40 frequently ccm6intt
with velvet.
The popularity Of purple hats must i'm
press even the most unobserving. an'
while the solid color leads. II Is quite .
frequently combined with white as Will
black. rather ultra combination {
pUrple and brown. It is seen In tn
shops not little, not perhaps 80 mue'
for hats ae in the huge shaggy reversible
coats that are tho latest fad.
FRINGE ms n millinery TrIn,minE.
Fringe IL having very decided run
not only for millinery but for all pur
poses OF trimming There arc OF cours
many varieties. Tho preference Is 70
white. whether Il be chenille, cord O
the frlnged silk effect. Bead fringe
also in vogue. model seen bY IN
writer had it's brlm edge decorated VII
Iamp-shade fringe as Il is termed, It b.
ing composed OF tiny. colored glass bead
Bead fringe Is. however. not used ~ "a
tensively as the other varieties. Thes
- stiu some worstsd being used for Ia
garnitures and this Is made into firms
and applied on felt and even velvet hat
Earlier In the season, a craze for white
crowned and trimmed hats was pFedicte'
IL has now become an accomplished fac
white taffeta, white satin and whit
bengaline being the materials most
demand The brim OF the hat is usual
black velvet or some dark velvet
velour, but the hat at passing glar'
masquerades as white since the enti
top Is a white mass OF drapery or 9th
arrangement.
Many Of the black velvet and plui
hats with bnms more or less wide
good bit wider than deep) the dom,
crowns OF which are pretty low, are Oft
Nroathed round with ostrich and Z
these pale pinks and pale yellOws a
much fanelad. and, needless TO add, viii
also.
They are shown, too, trimmed with
long aierNtte attached to the fToi
sweeping around It's left side. which nj
be white. q light fsisan or some sha
OF soft blue or pink,
Arrangements Of paradise plumase "a
mirably imitated) containing the vario
shades Of carmaline made up into son
thing The shape OF butterfly and set
front Of tho crown, made handsoi
trimming Tor large brown velvet hat
one of brown beaver.
Fsncies in golden pheaSants pluma
serve the same purpose for toaues a
bretons IN similar colors.
The piumage OF the heron Caigrottesl
arranged IN the same fashion II is l
piled with good effect TO one of the N
white plush shapes. together with a lai
bow Of wide black velvet ribbon,
against the crown Immediately behind
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