The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-21
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An extremely plain hat is not
always chapeau of simplicity. Very
frequently 1t is the most daring style
imaginable. This is because plain
hat generally must depend upon
striking color combination or an un-
usual shape for its chic-and this
sometimes accentuates It's severeness.
But | do not wish to be misunder-
because some plain hats are very
often the most stylish, writes Marion
Morris in the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
There is no happy medium Tin sizef
In the new millinery that Paris has
created for this season.
The bicorne Is considered the most
correct for morning wear with
tailored suits. Afternoon and even
Ing hats are very large, but generally
fat.
While the bicorne is the favOrite
In Paris at present, | should not be
surprised If 1t becomes the craze by
the eEd of the season. 1t will then
be the most common hat, as 1t will
be copied in cheap straws and every
body will be wearing it--regardless
whether 1t is morning or afternoon.
Bonnet Hat Just Now.
However | may be mistaken, be-
cause at the present time the helmet
hat is having run among the cheaper
millinery. 1t Is scarcely worth while
to talk about this hat, because |
should not advise any of my readers
adopting 1t even for a knockabout.
AS a safeguard 0f you are not al
ready acquainted with IT. | shall
describe It, AS It's name implies 1t
ls helmet shaped and fits down close
over the head. Rough straws are
most used with a quill or small bow
Of velvet In the back
There Is no question about the
nodishness Of the bicorne. Already
Paris has sent 1t to us in quite
few sizes, but so long as 1t is in
tended for tailored hat 1t Is quite
the best In the smaller dimensions.
Sometimes 1t has only small orna-
ment or velvet bow at the left side of
the front; sometimes 1t Is trimmed
with a large bow In the back. But
It never does possess very much trim
ming, and this | think can best be
regulated to suit the individual, as
some women would look absolutely
foolish with trimming sticking up at
the back of hat. AS the style was
suggested by the bicorne Of the
French revolution, 1t is sometimes
made entirely of the revolutionary
solors-red and blue. One charming
French model was of red straw faced
with blue velvet, with small cock
ade Of the two colors.
al Choice of Many Shapes.
While this is recognized as "the"
! tailored hat of the season, there are
other shapes that are smart and more
becoming to some women-as not
every woman can wear a bicorne,
whether 1t Is the style or not. All
these tailored shapes are small
Rd close-ftting. Nearly all have
Gy high, sloping crowns and narrow
Aed brims that are so small that
1t Is difficult to determine whether
they are brims.
Black and white is the basis OF
nearly all these tailored hats. Some
Of the shapes have white crowns and
narrow black brlms, others are of
white and faced or bound In black
velvet. Standing bows of wide and
dashing ribbons are favorlte trim
mlngs for these chapeaux. One OF
the most charming hats that | have
seen Is highcrowned shape OF white
Milan, bound with black velvet with
standing bow of wide striped black
and-white ribbon. In word picture
1t may seem extreme, but the hat is
not half as daring as one may imag.
Inc. A fascinating demi-tailored hat
with white straw crown and black
brim had large fiat bow OF black
velvet at the left side almost In the
back and tiny nosegay Of forget
meknots and few pink rosebuds at
the right side front Either of these
hats might be easily made by the
woman who has the knack OF making
bows and who understands the selec.
tion of shapes most becoming to her
face.
QulIIs In New Position.
Quilts are again In favor! But this
time fashion has put them at the
back of the hats. 1t is a clever move!
The favorte quill hat is a saucer
turban with dome-shaped crown,
with quills slanted across the back.
The round brim and the round crown
overcomes the severe angle of the
quills. Much depends upon the color
combination Of such a hat As Illus.
tration-a black straw hat with the
outside of the saucer brim outlined
with a band of emerald green velvet;
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