The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
DAME FASHION GOES HISTORIC IN HATS
Other Types
RiUaI With
EugenieS'
BY LAURA LOU BROOKMAN
NEA Service Writer


NEA Service Writer
NEW YORK. Aug. 28.-To be or
not to be the Empress Eugene?
This is the current problem in
millinery. Every woman who sits
before a mirror selecting her first
fall hat must decide whether she
wishes to appear as reincarnation
of the famous French empress or
some other celebrated lady Of the
past.
The Empress Eugene and her
coquettish, tip-tilted derby hold the
center of the fashion stage with
out question. But there are others!
There are, for instance, Mary,
Queen of Scots; Catherine de Medi-
eli, and Scheherezade, heroine OF
Arabian Nights tales, who have
inspired Paris style creators to pro-
duce hats almost exactly dupli-
eating those worn by the fair ladies
themselves. There is a Scotch cap
which must be double for the one
worn by Annie Laurie, whose brow
was so fair.
Dame Fashion Goes Historic
Dame Fashion, so far as hats are
concerned, has definitely gone" his
toric.
I you are looking for character
istics which these models have in
common they may be summed up
thus: All of them are small; all are
of rich materials; all are elabo-
rately trimmed.
The smart fall hat is really little
more than trifle on which to poise
its trimming. Velvet is the ia
vorits material, varied occasionally
by soleil and other plush fabrics.
Feathers-both flat and fluffy,
ruchings, buckles, bows and braid
ing are among the preferred trim
mings. Some of the models are
pulled forward, dipping over the
right eye. Others are set jauntily
on the side Of the head, leaving
the other side almost uncovered.
Color Blended SubtIy
Color combinations are subtle
blending of rich tones. There will
be fewer hats Of solid color worn
this season than for several years.
Brown, bronze green, plum, fuchsia,
and wine reds are being shown to-
gether.
The brown and green effects are
particularly emphasized. The colo
NAL influence fingers, but has been
superseded by renaissance colorings.
The Mary. Queen of Scots, hat
looks so much like that in which
the unfortunate queen sat for her
portraits that it is easily recognized.
Made in brown velvet with side
ruchings of sea green it promises to
be a real aristocrat of the season.
Whether the popularity of Scotch
jokes or flat pocketbooks are respon-
Sible may be moot point, but it is
certainly true that many of the adj
vance model hats trace their origin
to the land Of the heather.
In Intending Variety
One is the Highlander's bonnet,
complete to cockade and Tapping
ribbons in the rear. Another is a
toque with a suggestion of the tri-
corn which has velvet bow placed
like a cockade.
Velvet and ostrich are combined
in unending variety. A hat which
seems to copy the headgear of gay
old Henry VIII has a shallow brim
turning down on the right side and
folded back sharply on the left.
Tucked under the left side are
two short plumes of uncurled os-
trich. 1t was created to accompany
a formal afternoon frock of the
same velvet.
For young faces, for whom these
elegant historic chapeaus seem too
dignified, there is a modified beret
which copies the slanting lines of
the Eugene hat. 1t has braided
groSgrain trimming up four seams
and a perky bow at the center
crown.