The Washington times., 1930-11-28

Lingerie has undergone changes
in style as radical as those made
in gowns.
Stockings are definitely darker.
Four Smart Hats of the Moment
We think it's awfully inter.
esting to see the way the
smartest women sponsor the
same fashion ideas at the same
time. Everywhere we go right
housekeeping, lunching in smart
restaurants, ''matineeing" at tne
newest plays-we see fashionaoly
dressed women wearing the same
type of hat: the tricorre. Oh
course, there are endless Varla-
tions of it, in many colors IN
svrla materials. But they're all
tricornes and somehow they look
just exactly right-at this mo-
ment! From the number OF them
being worn, we'd say that the
dashing tricorne is the smarteSt
hat. While we're on the subject, a
number of our puzzled friends
have asked us, What is the dill
ference between a tricorne and
bicorne?" Well, tricorne means
ee-cornered, and a tricorne
hat is a "three-cornered hat" or
hat with three points. The
three points are arranged gener-
ally with one at eacn side and
one somewhere at the front. A
bicorne means two-cornered; a
bicorne hat is "two-cornered
hat" or hat with two points,
generally one at each side.
The second fashionable hat OF
the moment is the hat with the
ostrich plume the most ro-
mantle style of the season! OF
course, a tricorne can have an
ostrich plume, and thereby be
doubly smart. Plumes appear
now in many variations; they
generally match the color Of the
hat, but they may contrast: they
generally curl down around the
right cheek, but they may curl
around the left cheek or across
the back of the hat, or even
across the brim in front.
A third hat in fashion is the
hat with quill feathers. These,
too, appear on tricornes and
make them look more daGhing
than ever. Generally two quilts
are used; often one of them
matches the hat and the second
is in a contrasting color. adding
a bright note. Quills are smart
ly placed at the back of the hat,
with just their ends showing aC
the side: or they may be stuck
through the brim in front; or
in the jaunty "Tyrolean" hat
they may point up at one side of
the crown
A very new and delightful
fashion is the "Gardenia" hat
and this is the fourth smart
hat of the moment. Along with
the revival of trimmings" for
hats, flowers are coming IN; and
the first of these is the gardenia.
One of the most attractive we
have seen is a black felt triCOrEe
with two white gardenias posed
down at the edge Of the haS. be-
hind the right ear-one in front
and one in back of the point"
of the brim.
Winter Prints Are Gay
Beneath Dark Coats
r Asst week we mentioned the
~ important winter fashion of
wearing bright light" frock
beneath a dark coat. This week
we are passing on an important
fashion item direct from New
York-the winter prints!
Right now, smart women are
beginning to wear these delight
full new winter prints. The pat
terms have bright, fresh look
that makes them extremely at
tractive as a contrast to dark
coat and accessories. OF course,
they are different from summer
prints. To begin with, they are
done on backgrounds that match
winter coatS-black, and soft dark
greens, blues, reds and so forth.
Then, the prints are used in
border patterns-and the borders
are used to make elbow cuffs,
cowl necklines, whole sleeves,
deep yokes, or tiny godets set in
near the hemline.
For shopping, for luncheon en-
gagements, for business, for bridge
parties, we can't think of any
thing that adds more color and
zest. They're especially nice for
travelling. In' fact, they have
all the many uses that a summer
print has-plus a few more uses
that exist only in winter time.