Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
/ A. usrzR. The PalaiS Royal STREET



MILLINERY REPORT.
shades for millinery
are about the same as those shown
by TIE dressmakers: that Is. with
a few exceptions. In the first
place. reds (cerise. geranium. bur-
gundy) and blues (royal. bright
blue, alice. old blue. navy. then
reddish blues plum. hello. purple).
The bright emerald greens are get
ting popular. as also the delicate
grays and light pinks. Old rose Is
still very good, and will last for
some time yet.
The combinations OF black and
white and the solid black are still
very strong. and will remain SO for
a good time. especially black.
which is largely employed in vel
vet garnitures and for the facings
of most all pressed hats. In these
last weeks the tendency has been
for darker shades, and especially
combinations of great opposition
that is. mixtures OF all the pre-
vious shades. such as bright reds
with blues and greens. etc. Strange
to say, in spite of these daring
combinations. the eye gets quickly
accustomed to them. as the MILL
ners have the talent to blend them
so prettily.
with their usual
tight-fitting and rather high crown
toward the back. are still In great
favor. Medium round hats. with
lower crowns than usual and rolled
edge all around, or with broken,
turned-up, straight brims on the
front or on the left side, are large
ly seen; also a few newer shapes
on the same idea, but with moro
pTOlTuulH6 WITH III iiohs. no "
the large hats, the mushroom
shapes are still good, but have no
more those ugly turned down
brims down to the nape and hiding
part OF the face. The brims now
run almost parallel to the Shout
ders, in spite OF the great variety
of shapes, which will soon again
bring in favor the round. fiat sailor
hats. Most all these hats have
medium sized crowns.
TRIMMINGs.-Besid the rather
simple hats seen at Reboux. SUI
zanne Talbot, Marie Louise. Loui-
son, one comes across very small
soft bonnets. generally made OF
fancy-colored silk cloths. and with
practically nothing else on but
now and then a small ornament
(tassel or bow. placed on the front
or the side. Some OF these bonnets
have for the close fitting on the
forehead a wide, fiat brim OF vel
vet or of a coarse straw braid.
This style, sometimes called "pi-
rates." is mostly shown by Paul
Poiret, Lewis. Germaine and Su-
zanne Talbot, but these are rather
eccentrical ideas.
We repeat that the practical mo-
dunn hats are in general trimmed
with quantities Of flowers, princi-
pally roses in high piquets. gener-
ally in natural red combinations.
A very pretty trimming consists OF
smaller rose piquets with SILK
foliage. either Of the same shade
or with two different colors OF
facings, such as blue lined red.
matching the same effect in the
rose. Small rosebuds and small
crushed roses in various dark
nacre colors mixed and laid fiat
around the crowns are also largely
employed, as also dainty little
bouquets of small flowers for q
side ornament (heliotrope. lily OF
the valley, corn flowers. forget
me-nots, etc.). White lilacs. vio-
letsin white and natural tones and
small corn flowers in bordeaux
reds are also largely used: fancy
silk foliages In various combina-
tions are also very good for the
trimming of fat crowns.
The latest idea of Louison, Lewis
and Talbot consists In pasting velvet
on quilts and fancy wings, covering
all one side or the lower end OF
them, either altogether or with
fancy cuttings OF velvet. This
material is taken mostly in cerise,
black and dark blue. These wings
are then set, by pairs. upright at
the back of the crown; the quilts
are used, by pairs, for side effects.
We omitted to speak about vel
vet ribbons, and do not feel 1t nee
essary to insist upon the staple ar
ticle, which always sells more or
less for the summer. and which
will undoubtedly sell again this
year in black and In the fashion
shades; but we want to draw your
attention to the black and white
striped velvet and satin ribbons,
which have been ordered In guam
titles from the states. and which
are used here on q great number
of pattern hats. We think black