Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-01
InaSeasonW w hen "The Cloche'sth Thing"
There Must Be Picture Hats To Prove
It Luxury Characterizes the
Featured Fabrics.

pliQue and embroidery effects; and
many adaptations of feather trimming
are the featured trimmings.
Captivating Large Hats Are Appearing
Feathered hats of sweeping lines
and rich materials are conspicuous in
every display, for winter always brings
them, no matter what late summer
and fall models may prophesy. Right
now they are in the minority, but
their presence Is the exception that
proves the cloche rule. since a medium
or very large shape calls ones atten-
ton to the variety of small shapes,
especially the cloche.
There is something about a large
hat that whispers interesting things of
tea-after the matinee; the busy So
ciability of restaurants at dinner time;
and strictly formal affairs; something
that the cloche, no matter how popu-
lar it may be, does not possess. 1t is,
by virtue of its beauty, the true
dress" hat, and Is. almost invariably,
becoming of line. 1t may be frankly
of the mode cavalier, of velvet and
sweeping plumes; it may be of the
more tailored hatter's plush. with tail
ored trimmings; or it may be Ma
poleonic in its t-hree-cornered way to
charm; but it will be the creation of
an artist in both line and color.
1t is very easy to be foreign and
historical, in ones choice of a large
hat, this fall. for Chinese motifs; the
Italian Renaissance; the Oriental
styles Of the Louis Fifteenth period;
and the Directoire mode are all APP
proved fashions. not only in respect to
materials, but lines. OF late Russia
has been much liked, and the modes
of Russia are typically winter modes.
But this much may be said for them
all, they are, when at their best, of
great simplicity, for a touch of fur, a
single plume or a fall of lace may be
a very lovely thing, quite u~nrivalled
by the intricate trimmings of more
ornate models.
But whether It be a web of richly
soft panne velvet; a miracle of ostrich;
a rare little pelt of soft fur; or a bit
of colorful fringe or embroidery, it
must possess the lure of elegant I'M
usually, either in itself or its applica-
ton, If It is to be successful. 1t must
be the result of thought on the part
of the true milliner-designer-crafts-
man. for that is what o~riginators have
come to be.
Exceptions That Lure, In Spite OF A
Rule
Why follow a rule, If by accepting
the necessary exception, you are more
becomingly dressed? Five possible
ways to a desired end are pictured, no
one of them a tru cloche, yet every
one of them sponsored by fashion and
possessed Of both originality and true
beauty. After all, it is variety that
assures a nation of well-dressed wom-
en-, since-to plagiarize-all women
may not wear all modes all of the
time, though there are sure to be GER
tain modes that will become the in
dividual.
Two hats in off-the-face effect; a
hat that droops, yet achieves a peak
In front; a close little helmet affair;
and a model that smacks of the beret,
yet is not; what wider choice could
woman ask to aid her in her effort to
get away from the insistent cloche?
Velvet and brocade, with the aid of
a spray of velvet flowers may prove
vastly becoming; but If It does not,
there are still two large models left,
from which to choose. And while
one of these has a decidedly abrupt
flare, the other chooses to droop, yet
permits inquisitive eyes to peer from