Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08

they are really as distinctly different
from the hats to which we became ac-
customed during the last decade as any
hats could be.
There are, for instance, the little round
hats called "haloS" that have already
become popular with the younger wom-
en- and that are SO appropriate for late
Winter and early Spring. They are
spoken of as the smarteSt hat to wear
with your street costume. What dif-
ference between this brimless little
round of felt or fabric and the cloche
of several years ago that was also
spoken of as the smarteSt hat to wear
with the street costume!
The new beretS, made of felt or fabric,
drawn far back from the forehead ana
dropping over the nape of the neck
certainly present an appearance very
different from the original berets that
were worn down to the eyebrows.
THE new halo or beret that you choose
for street wear may match your
suit or coat in color. That is, you may
choose a black beret to go with black
costume or a brown one to wear with
brown Or you may wear a tweed beret
or halo matching in fabric as well as
color the tweed CT your suit or coat.
rather newer plan is to have your hat of
contrasting color. Or to carry your
quest of fashion still further you may
wear one of the new white hats with
dark suit.
The name of the eighteenth century
French painter Vatican is frequently
spoken of in connection with the more
formal type of hats for late Winter
and Spring, not because any of the
new hats are literal copies OF the
-, l. hot IAf al a
ist liked to show on his canvaSes, but
because of a suggestion of Vatican
esque coquetry in the off-the-brow tilt
of the new hats.
Some of these new hats have the
conventionally rounded eyeline to which
we are accustomed, but others - and
usually the most becoming of them
have a shaped line above the forehead.
Often they are SO constructed that
there is considerable width at the brow
to show not only the forehead, but
formally arranged lock of hair as well.
There are small hats with forehead
line that dips distinctly at the center
in way that suggests the Marie Stuart
bonnet. Very becoming are these to
the older woman.
ONE cannot speak or think of the
~ new hats without saying something
about the new wells, which, of course,
are no newer than the off-the-forehead
hats. Perhaps you have had a hat with
one of these wells attached, or perhaps
you have bought a separate one to wear
with hat that seemed to provide just
thu right background. You wore it as
fad rather than rs definite fash on.
With the new hats these short wells
are not only decidedly becoming, but
NI,1Ty ofYsI nc HYyn1 in lyee 1o
hair from becoming disarranged.
Usually they are made Of very fine
meshed yelling, edged with dots or a
fine scroll design. They are worn al
most to the nose or, if you like, just
over the forehead. In France, where
the fashion has gone somewhat further
than it has in this country, some wom-
en- wear these wells over the hair, under
the hat, thereby assuring themselves
that their carefully arranged tresseS
will not become disarranged.
Hat trimmings must also be men
Toned because the tendency ct present
is away from the starkly untrimmcd
hat to the one thet within few years
will undoubtedly be ell that any hat
trimming enthusiast could hope for.
Fortunately, however, TT innings are at
present unobtrusive and the character
of the hat is still determined by the
line of the hat itself. Trimmings,
whether they be flowers, feathers or
ribbon bows, are subordinate to the
shape, essential though they may be to
the completeness of the whole.
X X
RUT why write more about the new
~ hatsr Hats as new and as inter-
esting as those shown for late Winter
and Spring must be seen to be appre-
ciated-not only seen, but tried on and
discussed in personal terms with ones
milliner For the new hats are not
standardized. There is no one shape
or type or color or mat rial that you
must wear to be in fashion. Within
certain limits prescribed by fashion
there is infinite variety, and even
though you have made up your mnd
that you will not accept the fashion
for bare brows you will find, If you look
far enough, one of these new hats that
is precisely right for you, and that is
incidentally much more becoming than
the one you wore IL months ago.
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