The New York herald., 1921-01-02

With No One Style to Choose
From, Individual Taste
Governs.
By ANNE RITTENHoUSE.
ICENSE prevails in hats. Liberty
is rampant. Freedom runs riot.
Individual taste governs.

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Individual taste governs.
All OF which means there is no one
style in hats.
With all the world to choose from,
women may run one or two special
shapes to the ground and commonize
them beyond the desire of the well
dressed woman. Such was the case with
the metallic turban that flung itself like
an epidemic across the continent after
the Queen of Belgium rode up Fifth ave-
nue. wearing such a hat on her fair head.
Such was the case with the henna col
ored duvetyne hat which flooded the
counters before the winter set in and
was sold for a song.
France has the same fashion OF
wholesale adoption of one kind of hat.
There was the beige and gray soft felt
with its high crushed crown, its shallow
straight brim and its wreath Of colored
roses at the base of the crown. which
was as common in Paris during the
peace summer as the caps of officers
1t is a pity that women are apt to
unite on one type of head covering. AS
no two faces are alike, no two hats
should be alike.
There must be some uniform fashion
running strongly during the season, for
such is the way with fashion. but each
woman should strive to be the judge of
her own hat She might let dressmaker
choose her frock but never let milliner
choose her hat, unless she is uncertain
of what she should wear. The woman
who does not understand her own type
might very well seek the opinion Of an
other.
often Brings Disaster.
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that immense popularity is achieved by
certain styles Too many women want
to look like each other. And they prop
themselves up on another woman's taste.
Often this brings disaster. Sometimes 1t
brings peace of mind.
There should be schools in which are
taught the art of choosing and posing
the hat a woman should be able to
make a good living in such work. The
American people are especially in need
of such teaching. 1t is only in recent
years that they realize the necessity for
hand mirror and the necessity for
time. 1t has been practically common
belief that the hat could be put on as
one goes out of the door. Those who
know the peculiar and almost sinister
power Of a hat are willing to sacrifice
time in arranging a frock in order to
have leisure to sit before a mirror that
reflects each angle of hat.
There is an attempt in Paris to make
fashionable the hat that turns away
from the brow and. discloses the fact
that women have hair on their fore
heads. SO far this fashion has not a
single reflection in America. The new
hats are posed in the same way as the
old ones. They show the hair at the
Sides For women cling to the medieval
coiffure, which may have been borrowed
from the Japanese. of building the hair
out over the ears. There are women who
resist this fashion. but as all the hats
of the hour are built with II in mind
1t has come to pass that only one out of
thousand women can brush the hair
back over the top of the ears and wear
hat with any effect of smartness. The
hat merely rests on the top of the bare
car and gives one that rakish look Of a
London Johnny.