Evening star., 1955-07-11
BY ELEM
Fashion Editor of The star

NEW YORK, July H.
When Mrs. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover boards the plane bound
for Geneva you can bet she'll
be wearing a new hat-and it'll
be a Sally Victor. What's it
like-it's still top secret! That's
all our sleuthing produced.
Almas Temple members bet
ter take cover. Judging from
the way milliners in New York
have gone fez happy we can
see some enterprising female
swiping one and wearing it
cause it's just the thing.
Men can just stop harping
about women's hats next sea-
son.. II the collection Of Emme,
Laddie Northridge, Sally Vic
tor. John Frederics are any in
dex-it's mems hats (of past
centuries it's true in some in
stances) that are going to be
smack on top of women's
heads.
Emme shows a sumptuous
fez of white velour with a
fabulous medallion of topaz
stones. It's one of a schehere-
zade fez group that we think
marks an important hat sill
houette trend. The new femi-
nine fez is worn back from
the brow and lowered. She
also shows rolled side soleil
derbies swathed with shetland
veil trimming. Some are tai
lored in red jersey, others in
pale pink or blue velour, COM
pletely jewelled for evening.
She does a group of evening
hats that are dead ringers for
the headpieces Of the bal
lerinas with their glittering
pins and smooth, white, long
feathers.
The fur hat is back newer
when worn not in the match
ing fur Of your jacket or coat.
but in a contrasting fur. Got
mink? Wear a broadtail beret
or one of ermine. Can't afford
either? Try a bright yellow
lapin chats rabbit in the
inverted rice bowl silhouette
with interesting cording detail
cooked up by Sally Victor.
Sally's whole collection is
Japanesy. In Japan the men
wear all the hats in the family,
she discovered, in researching
for her new group of headline
makers.
Leave it to her to get a new
hat twist. A group of jeweled
colored satin hats are actually
made on japanese rice paper
collapsible lanterns. Some
might say that for the price
you pay for a Victor-why
shouldn't she give you a hat
you can hang up any place.
Apparently nothing's too
rich for designers to use in
the way of hat materials. Bro
cade, piled on jeweled embroi-
derry, spangles, shining crystale
beads, long white feathers, gi-
gantic jeweled hat pins, treas
ure furs like sable, ermine and
chinchilla-why nothing's too
good or too fabulous for the
milliners.
We could go on the 1,001
nights telling you of the
Arabian Night quality the new
hats possess.
This is the first time I can
remember in some 10 years of
covering the new seasons mil
linery showings that the real
splendor of the East has been
captured by Western millin-
ers. These hats are not cos
tumey, they're magnificent
works of hat art executed in
sumptous satins, regal velvets,
and furs that would do justice
to a collection of a Russian
czar (you should pardon the
expression).
The Marco Polo mood has
but definitely captured the
fancy OF the designers this
season.. particularly their
after-dark hat.
Furs, feathers and flowers
seem to be the big three with
John Frederics. Applauding
the showing at his salon along
with press members was Mar
garet Truman-sans hat but
who the audience was told by
Mr.. Fred Adores wearing col
ored hats when she wears
them. The big color here is
peace fuzz introduced to us
not only in hat shapes but in
an ice cream soda to sin on il