Evening star., 1932-12-04
New Hat Models
Must Be Tilted
At Proper Angle
BY NINE. LELY.

10 much Of the smartness Of hat
depends on the state Of mind OF
the wearer that If were asked
~ how best to wear one I should
say one should start by feeling
her hat was chic, no matter what 1t
was made Of or looked like.
What woman has not had the edify-
| ing experiece of going into millinery
shop and admiring If not envying, those
ladies who apparently can put on no
matter what hat and carry 1t on with
that grand air we call ''chic." And II
they get this habit young it remains
with them ever afterward. We have
all seen ladies Of middle age, and even
some older ones, who still know how
to put their heads into q hat with an
Incompatible style, at just the right
angle which many women know, or
think they know, they never could sue
cessfully reproduce themselves.
This has a psychological beginning.
These women first of all possess the
knowledge they wear their millinery
effectively. They have practiced hat
wearing sufficiently to know just how
to set head-piece on most effectively,
and give their heads that proud air
that strikes everybody's fancy. Others,
in turn, are convinced by this assur-
ance that begins with the wearer, just
as the sincere conviction of a preacher
often becomes communicated to his
congregation more because of the belief
of the man in what he was saying than
because Of their belief in It. That you
should educate yourself to believing IN
your ability to wear hats snartly Is
all important.
Velvet hats are most popular just
now, so popular, in fact that the smart
woman, the very ultra-smartest woman,
will not want to wear one. These wora-
en- whom we call the smartest and whose
taste is the real power behind the fash
ion-throne that can make anything
fashionable, no matter what 1t Is, prov
ways q few jumps ahead Of everybody
else. They wore velvet hats In the
early Autumn when nobody else had
thought Of it. They were, as a matter
Of fact, wearing them In the Summer.
Then the vogue spread, until every
shop girl In Paris was wearing velvet
hats and the time has come now when
these women, weary Of the popularity Of
their choice, are looking for somethina
else.
One thing is certain, that throughout
this Winter great variety Of shapes
will be fashionable. Toques and turbans
anu NdIlOuS SIlhpcS LIldJ give the general
impression Of a hat-crown finished OF
around the border with a roll Of mate
rial, are flourishing now Most Of these
are in two colors, some in three or four.
But certainly 1t may be truly said that
this season marks the reign Of the two
color and two-fabric hat. One of the
new toques is in breitschwantz trimmed
with twist Of red, green and white
velvet ribbon
The woman you see nowadays snartly
matted Is apt really to have next to
nothing on her head, o mere handful
OF fabric and q feather or two.
It Is known that Nine Charlotte once
went skating early in the evening before
going out to ball, and In order not
to spoil her hair-dressing and 50 xs
not to go home to find something more
suitable for protecting her fresh waves.
sne cut the top out Of a stocking and
used 1t for hat. Fashion photogra-
pners caught her in this and the picture
OF ner stocking top was In the Partisan
papers next day and became the rage
OF the capital for several months, prac-
tlcally every milhner giving her own
interpretation to this sensational stock
ing-top. This Is because Nine. Char
iotte possesses IN o rare degree belief
IN her own impeccable taste and abe
has never failed also to convince others
tcopyrisht. Iss7)