The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-07
The Charms of the Paris Hats
TAFFETA. MORE AND VELVET FAVORED FOR FIRST HATS
TRICORNES. FOUR.COKNEltED SHAPES AND NICHE Eff
FECTS ESPECIALLY POPULAR.

The lack Of stiffness-of hard, Sc
we're lines-is the first thing that
strikes n In the autumn millinery.
Shapes are soft and undulating,
II oven the large blocked hats so
flexible that they may he bent and
twisted into all sorts of graceful
effects. At the Fete Dcs Drags in
July many velvet and silk hats of IL
distinctly autumn character were
noted.
The Parisienne makes no marked
difference between her winter and
summer millinery except in the sort
of fabrics used. In Paris one sees
straw and hemp headgear in Fehru-
airy. and velvet chapeauX begin to APP
pear i'll midsummer. and at the Fete
Des Drass--or coaching parade
there were many interesting creations
from authoritative CONTROVERSIAL be-
speaking coming fashions for fall.
Velvet. taffeta and MORE silk are
being used for the first autumn hats,
chiefly velvet. Never were velvet
shapes SC soft and flexible and grace
lul as they are noW-so light, also.
Lift one of the big picture shapes of
soft velvet in tho hand and YOU feel
scarcely any weight at all. The big
hat seems to be made over crinoline.
Vet in spite OF its lightness and
~crushable textures the beautiful shape
maintains it's lines whatever you do
to IT. Georgette has brought out a
new sailor which promises to be the
craze. so graceful 1t is and so Youth
ful is its suggestion-a prime consid-
Grafton. as every woman knows. where
millinery is concerned. This big Geor-
gettc sailor is made of the soft black
velvet so much in favor. and the brim
cruls up at the back ever SO slightly
Just enough to prevent that hideous
Observation-Disclosures look when the
nat is tipped slightly backward.
Around the large. low crown goes a
draped band of white satin finished,
exactly in front. hs' a small pert pleat-
ed bow which rests on the brim near
the base of the crown. Poised at the
top of the white satin band. also di-
fectly in front, are two smart little
mercury wings which slant outward
toward the side. This Georgette SAL
Tor was represented by three models
at the Fete Des Drags. and .wo of the
sailors We're of black velvet with the
white satin and wing trimming.
White Trimming ON Black Hats.
white trimmings on black hats are
saN-and along with this notion trav
els the a for picot-edged ribbon in
black and white. A tailored hat for
hrst fall wear has been designed by
Vlrot to accompany an autumn go
lng-away costume of black and white
whlpcord. II the striking thing about
the rather simple, girlish hat is the
trimming of white ribbon having a
black picot edge. A band of the rib
bon binds the edge Of the brim and
Il smart bow of it slants backward
at one side of the crown. BY the
bye, all hat trimmings slant now, in
stead of rearing aloft in what the
milliners call a "stick-up" fashion.
Inc more the bow. feather, quill or
algrette slants the more chic the hat.
some of the French models are rak-
lshly poised on the head, an outward
standing aigrette forming a right
angle with the slant of the hat at one
side. Another hat trimmed with picot
ribbon is a blocked affair of soft gray
blue felt. The ribbon is blue with
4 white picot edge and a wide band
OF it binds h edge of the rolled-up
nrlm. This brim is caught back a lit
tie at one side of the front under a
loose twisted knot of the ribbon
through which Is stuck a long white
ostrich quill. Accompanying a suit
of navy blue serge with white gloves
and black. patent leather boots having
side button gaiter tops of blue cloth,
this simple tailored hat will be i'm
mensely chic.
Paradise A.igrcttes.
Caradise afgrettes will be the ultra
aristocratic trimming this autumn
without a shade of doubt because the
price of paradise having mounted
with decided leaps and bounds. this