The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-23
Creations of
Spring NOzC
Are PaSSe
BY ROSETTE HARGROVE
NEA Service Writer

PARIS, Sept. $50 swift has
been the influence of the new hats
on general fashions and on fem
mime psychology that the last word
is far from being said Even now
the most recent creations shown by
the leadings modistes make the "Eu-
genie" and other early and late Vic
torian inspirations launched last
spring look fashioned and a lit
tie ridiculous.
The underlying principle of the
new hat modes is to maintain the
head contour as small as possible,
to retain the youthful look, and also
to shade one side of the face,
either with the aid of a brim or
some form of drapery.
The fact remains, therefore, that
the 1881 hats are proportionately as
difficult to wear as the result is
charming and becoming when un-
erring taste is successfully allied to
fantasy
To compensate this, however, the
new brims are almost infinite in
their variety. You see them turned
up in front, on one side, all around
or dipping we'll over the right eye
and abruptly turning up on one or
both sides.
Crowns Being Varied
Irregular cloche shapes, with a
fiat dipping movement in front, or
else slightly waved effect are also
very smart.
Crowns are very important and
varied, too. Some are positively
almond-ahaped, sometimes with
folds lengthwise, enhancing the dip
ping movement. There are draped
crowns, crowns with a circular fold
at the top, and frankly round
crowns. But they all have to con-
vey an idea of shallowness and the
harmonizing of the proportions Of
the crown and brim determines the
success of the hat.
There is no longer any such
thing as an all-day hat. Instead
you have a choice of styles for all
times of the day The more sober
shapes, usually brimmed, with a
decorous trimming of MORE or vel
vet ribbon, or perhaps toque Of
grosgrain or some dull fabric, COM
plete the morning ensemble.
Sport Brims Smaller
For sports and travelling, brims
are smarter, the relieving touch Of
color being supplied by small tai
lored quill or feather trimming.
For luncheon or an informal tea
party, you have the choice between
a draped velvet toque or one of the
new silky felts with more dressy
brim effect and trimming. For
formal afternoon functions or cock
tail parties, originality is permitted
provided the hat is in perfect har-
mony with the color of the ensem-
BILE, with the silhouette, and with
the wearers own particular type.
In view of the time of the year,
feathered motifs have completely
usurped flowers as a decorative
medium Ostrich plumes are fin
ished, unless used with incompar-
able art as does Suzanne Talbot,
where a black plume is twined
around the rather flat brim of a
felt hat, also black
Fabric Variety Wide
Ribbon loops, cocades and Tor
sades are also smart, and these are
seen in MORE, grosgrain, satin, vel
vet and even fashioned of ostrich
feather strands
Felts and fabrics seem to share
equal honors in the latest collec-
tons. There is a wide choice, rang
ing from dull, shiny, taupe, plated
and crochet feltS to hats made of
fabrics in chenille, imitation aStrak-
han, velourS, jersey, velvet with a
satin stripe and host of others.
Dark browns, green's, raisin red
and dark blue are the fashionable
fall colors, but great deal of black
will be seen. All will be frightened
by the velvet or ribbon trimming,
which has to furnish a direct and
striking contrast to be chic.