The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-12
London Millinery Notes.

There has been nothing specially
new introduced during the past
month, but the high Empire effects
in toques and turbans have Develop
ed and seem likely to continue for a
time; some think they will give place
to more brinlny hats, but the general
opinion is that for the general trade
they will last well into the Summer.
One milliner considers the weather
will decide. If we have a bright,
warm May. the large brims will be
more in demand, but if May is a cold
month the small brims with high
crowns will hold sway until June At
the present time both styles are SELL
ing. but the trade generally is so
quiet that 1t is difficult to give an
opinion on their respective merits.
The latest effect in the Napoleon or
der is the "Revolutionaire;;" this has
a high crown and a very wide upturn-
ed front brin, with a narrow back.
It is worn well back on the head and
is generally trimmed with a cluster
of ostrich feathers or aigrette plum
age fastened on the front of the
brim with an Egyptian ornament
Ostrich plumes, mostly uncurled.
are used very freely on large hats and
also on some of the small, high tur-
bans. A few wings and quilts are
used, but they are not taken up to
any extent. Ribbons, with the ex-
cetpion Of plain wide taffeta effects,
are conspicuous by their absence, ex-
cept on plain hats.
Flowers are used in great profusion,
mostly in the small blossoms. For
get-me-nots in trails and sprays are
also used in massed effects. A very
pretty model on which they are used
is blue tagal with square crown
and brim slightly dropping; a wreath
of massed forget-me-not in blue is
arranged round the base of the crown
and at the front a crescent of the
same stands above the wreath with
the space between filed in with small
foliage in rich tone of blue tinged
with red. Sweet peas, lilac and fuch-
sias in all the dark rich heliotrope
and red shadings are very good. Corn
flowers in the natural royal blue
shade are in demand and roses of all
descriptions are as popular as ever.
Trails of small flowers are very much
used; more often two or three varie-
ties and colors are mixed. Trails of
lilac and small roses, forget-me-nots
and sweet peas are two of the COM
binations I have noticed. Grasses
are selling well both in waving eff
fects and in Hussar tufts, and fancy
MOSES are also in demand. Velvet
and silk fruit, such as small plums,
cherries, grapes, ETC., are shown in
trails. The colors mostly asked for,
both in fruits and in all small flow
ers, are royal blue, cerise, fushsia
reds, heliotropes and black and white
Many models are shown with the
entire crown and part of the brim
draped with sprays of sweet peas in
dark pink and red shadings, the body
of the hat being in royal blue or pur-
pie.
Wide strips of thgal sewn in stripes
of black with emerald, royal, cerise,
red or white. are used for toques and
wide crinoline scarfs in black, edged
with colors, are useful for trimmings
on either large or small hats.
Taffetas are used both in ribbons
and in piece goods and one smart
model shown by Francois in white ta-
gal is decorated simply with a giant
six loop bow of full width taffeta silk,
in emerald
Wide lace and fancy figured nets
are used ON some of the models A
very smart hat is shown by Scott in
an open tagal straw with fancy net
draped crown, and dropping brim rath- |
er wider at the sides and curved up
wards at the front. A wreath of |
small flowers and foliage round the |
base of the crown is partly yelled by |
the net.-The Millinery Trade Review. |