Evening star., 1935-07-22

YhAI We near ana see OF Jne
M new hat fashions for Fall
Wv is startlingly different, most
interesting and certainly
picturesque. Bringing the treasures
of Italian art to Paris this Summer
started something, for no sooner did
the designers visit the exposition than
they were filled with inspirations for
using various phases of the wealth
of ideas provided, and interpreting
them in the modern manner for all
the werld to wear.
The beautiful Renaissance colors,
those purplish reds, antique blues,
Titan shades and Veronese greens
we shall be enjoying all through the
coming season, and one of the most
impelling style changes is to be found
in millinery, although all fashions
viii be greatly Influenced by the lavish
ness and brilliance Of the early Italian
centuries.
The huge velvet Florentine beret
pleated at one side. We have ga0ed
at in wonder, and the off-the-face
felt, like a saints halo, is another
interesting newcomer that will prove
to be a becoming background for
the Madonna type of face. The velvet
tam, with brim and ostrich feathers
tucked in on the side, is another
idea inspired by an Italian painting
We have seen it in black velvet with
bright green ostrich tips. This is
not quite as extreme as the large
beret, and more wearable.
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IN FACT. much is being done with
the soft velvet beret to make it
more becoming to a larger group Of
people. 1t is already being decreased
in size and given a less formal air
in many of the lower-priced hats.
When the tam is formed by fold Of
velvet gathered around a low, fat,
round crown, with q small ostrich tip
under the flare, 1t is quite flattering
to the average face, although this is
not one of the inexpensive copies.
Another version is the smaller peaked
beret which is achieved by inside
tucks from edge to center. This is
most attractive for wear with Fall
suits and coats, and suggests a small
coolie hat.
The Madonna halo in felt promises
to be one of the outstanding designs
Of the coming season. 1t may have
a velvet band around the forehead.
with bow at the front, or in one
model of green felt widows peak
is made on the forehead with three
overlapping pieces OF green gros-
grain ribbon.
Some of the hats are quite small
and close fitting; one of them in brown
felt, after Patou. has q bow OF 2-inch
felt that extends well beyond the hat
on either side, and q face veil equally
wide that is pulled up under the bow
with the rosette of ends showing above
the knot at the front.
DETERSHAM is a material that we
L will be hearing's q lot about. 1t
looks very much like fine grosgrain
ribbon and makes stunning draped
hats in black and dark colors that are
full of unexpected angles, with much
forward swing over the face. These
will be very good for first Fall wear,
as they are much lighter than felt or
velvet.
But to come down to real everyday
wear, on your vacation motor trip up
North, you won't find anything better
than the good old sports hat of brown,
navy or black felt. The new models
are In now and you will find some new
pinched-in crowns, and brims that are
just q little different in the better
grade of felts put out by the houses
with national regulations. Many OF
these hats come in a great range OF
colors, and of course, you will find q
variety of head sizes, too. One very
attractive brown sports felt has little
wing of felt set along the center line