Evening star., 1926-04-25
BY MARY MARSHALL.

NJ OS'r milliners and many we'll
M dressed women would like
to see a revival of the elabo
rately trimmed hat. The
feeling among the milliners
IL that hats all covered with artificial
flowers. lace feathers and other more
or less pershable trimmings would
mean more and better business. With
the women who favor the more elabo
rately trimmed hat the feeling seems
to be that this type of headgear con
veys greater originality and dist!nc'
ton
But to say that the untrimmed hat
was going out OF fashion would be
premature There are numerous eX.
tremelN we'll dressed women who cling
to untrimmed or simply trimmed hats.
Even the new very wide brimmed pic
ture hats they prefer to leave with
only a band of velvet OF ribbon about
the crown.
Trimmings have become more i'm
portant. but-thank fortune
fairly dripping with ornament. OF the
Ssort that women used To wear gen
Grafton ago, have not been revived.
You may not remember them.
Sometimes single hat bore the bur
den of pink silk and velvet roses.
black maline, velvet ribbon, an
aigrette, a cut steel buckle and some
ostrich. Frugal women used To save
trimmings from last seasons hats TO
be used again this year-and possioiN
the year after: and miliners used 10
hang up notices in their shops bear
ing the words: Ladies own materials
made up" That meant that the old
ostrich was recurled. the velvet was
steamed and the steel ornament re-
polished TO be used again TO make a
new hat.
Who wants that state Of affairs to
return? 1t would be as unprontabie
TO the milliners as it would be un-
plea SAINT for the rest OF us.
The trimmed hats of the season
are charmingly simple--a few ex-
uuisitely made artificial flowers,
crown of muti-colored feathers.
band and bow OF velvet ribbon. SIDE
drape of lace-never enough TO moe
the structural lines Of the hat on
which the trimming Is used
Not one color, but many colors,
lead millinery fashions by the nose
this Spring. Some seasons. you know,
every milliner's window Is ablaZe with
hats all of cherry red or vibrant with
hats OF jade green. Another season
every one Is wearing liuStai u''o'oi0U
hats, or black a nd white hats or
fuchsia -colored hats. But mOnotony
has been averted this Spring and
there are as many colorS in hats as
there are types OF women TO wear
them.
Black a nd white hats for street wear,
an-navy blue hats, Capri and other So
called Italian shades OF blue. rose,
pink. orchid, raspberry and white
these are all Of great Importance.
The monotone hat Is we'll liked: that
is, a hat with trimming to match the
body of the hat. A contrast sting bit OF
black is also liked. Some of the sim
ple pink or white felt shades are
bound with black grosgrain ribbon.
Before the season is far advanced
we may see more of the striking new
bi-color hats of the sort that Reboux
of Paris has made rather famous
bright red with band of royal blue
ribbon, green with purple.
The casQuette WAS originated by the
celebrated French milliner, who took
the idea from the cap worn by work
ing men in Paris. with a full balloon
ing crown and a ViZor-like piece at the
front Needless to say, Reboux and
the other milliners have modified the
shape. and the workman who wore
the casquette that inspired Reboux
would probably not recognize the hat
that resulted as even a near relative
of his own.
AS a matter of fact. Reboux in de-
signing the casquette merely modified
a shape that she had already been
showing little hat generally spoken
>of as Reboux's balloon-crowned hat.
Undoubtedly this type OF hat will be-
come very important.
The gigolo must he considered as
the favored heir of the felt cloche hat
that was in fashion so long that many
Of MS began to wonder whether We
were ever going to see an end OF Ii.
Milliners do not all agree as to what
constitutes a gigolo, any more than
they would agree on the pronuncia'
ton. However, the word has been
seized upon by countless Americans,
and it is the best to use in describing
anv of the rather high crowned hats