Evening star., 1921-05-01

presented with a daring novelty in
millinery they are alarmed and curi-
Gus. or turn cold shoulder and de-
cided negative. The latter women are
for safety first. The former give the
milliner chance to enter into the
field in which she shines, that of per
suasion. IF you only knew how Won
derful you look, younger by ten
years"-so goes the shopworn phrase
ology. The second type saves a mil
liners time and talk. There is a third
type. however. which is the delight of
all those who design and build ap-
parel She wants only the diverting,
the unusual, the compelling. Such
hat as the new umbrella shape is
shown to her. 1t does not go in the
ranks of those hats that can be worn
every day and kept for the next sea-
son. 1t is the occasionally hat. the
one that must be posed with all the
elaboration and knowledge given by
a stage artist to tableau. 1t is large
and black and satin is the fabric. 1t
is wired to suggest an umbrella: an
umbrella caught in windstorm ana
LETT IN the gutter. one might suspect
The wires are we'll marked and keep
the flaring ruffie of satin aloft and
away from the brow, although the
eyebrows are securely hidden, trick
which appears to be the first duty or
every respectable hat. Continuing its
almost diSrcputable rankiShneSS. there
Is DTOdu anu SiEdSSilI ledlutl I uii
through the brim to dart downward
toward the shoulder. To the amateur
this hat may seem an impossibility.
Not So 1t is worn in Paris by smart
women who are initiating 1t over here.
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THE ancient cradle of civilization
still rocks the fashions OF this
spring. The fantastic earring of shell
or crystals is only occasionally worn.
the kind attached to the under part
of the brim. but that type of ornamen-
tation which the Egyptians put on so
many of their clothes, the pointed
petal overlapping, is shown on a few
new hats as special feature. There
is one hat of blue taffeta built into
draped crown which has a brim and
a wide peacock flare at the back Of
pointed quills overlapping.
q If the huge black hat described
above suggests an umbrella caught in
windstorm. this blue hat makes one
think of a chicken blown by the wind.
However. they are not nearly so bad as
they sound. The right woman wears
them with grace and distinction and
they give pleasant flip to the season.
No buyer need be alarmed by the
presence of a few startling hats.
There is plenty to choose that will
please the most conservative woman.
She can look as she wishes. She can
match any color of costume she pos
SesSeS. She can find as varied kinds
of ornamentation as pebbles on the
beach. All was grist that came to the
millinery mill when the designers
were laying plans for the spring out
put. The shape called mushroom is
still in high fashion. The exagger-
atedly wide-brimmed hat is featured
The draped turban is worn, and there
is a return in the high-priced fabric
hats to the Russian headdress which
often carries dangling rhinestone in
front. This ornament has become so
commoniZed by a variety of cheap
hats that the better-dressed woman
avoids it. The Russian shape, how
ever. minus the glitter of crystals. is
quite smart. In dead black ii is worn
to the restaurant dinners instead of
the large hat which is usually spon-
sored.
The Chinese coolie hat is worn. 1t
is trimmed with the black cherries
which are already as wearisome to
the eye as the lilacs of last season.
although the latter as we'll as the
be placed on hats that bring a high
price. So ubiquitous are the cherries
that one milliner declares she will
take her summer vacation in the mid
die of the ocean. Another popular hat
that shows signs of weakening is the
the Paris woman wore in the winter
and which was sprung here in great
quantities as an excellent midseason
hat 1t. like silk fringe on frocks.
has created rebellion among many Of
the milliners and dressmakers. SO far !
both fashions are accepted, but all |
prophets predict their downfall
Horsehair is well liked. 1t is not |
new. In fact, nothing is new except |
some of the fancy straws. but it is !
novel touch to trim transparent hats |
with lacquered ribbon, which is done !
N France. Satin retains a certain dis
'inguished place despite the fact that |
It has gone in and out of fashion. AL
ing into the limelight yet, as the fash
onables wait until the hottest month
IF summer. August. to appear in such |
warm headgear. there is a renewed !
interest in felt.
This fabric is not intended for |
months that demand thin and porous
clothing. and yet France wore it on !
the head all through the summer of the |
peace conference and reinstates il |
now that summer approaches. 1t is
a gain trimmed with brightly colored |
of common garden fruit. espe-
rially the deep red raspberries. White /
and gray are the colors chosen in the |
summer felts and brown and black are
they are often combined with
straw.
T ACE for hats, as for frocks, shows
- no signs of abating it's popularity
among those who stand for exclusive
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