HAT TRIMMINGS.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9604, 19 December 1896, Page 2

HAT TRIMMINGS.

Masses of tulle appear on all-the daintiest hats ; in' fact, many : have nothing but flowers and tulle as trimmings. Amateur milliners should rejoice under these circumstances, for such chapeaux are so very easily trimmed. The great secret is to be lavish with ybnr tulle, and to handle it and the flowers as little and as lightly as possible. The.shapes something like a sailor hat but with a rather broader, brim, are easiest to trim, as they only require a scarf of tulle thrown round the crown, flowers nestling in it, and an upstanding cluster of flowers and foliage, with, perhaps, a white osprey at the left side. If the brim is straight all round, it should have small clusters of flowers, biids, and foliage arranged under it at the back, to he neatly on each side of the coiled hair, but if turned ap, a large cache-peigne of blossoms and leaves must be nicely adjusted. Some of the larger hats have strings of tulle brought from the very back, and fastened with a tiny brooch, a medallion set in jewels for preference. This is an extremely pretty fashion, and becoming to all but very plump, short-necked women. Violets are disappearing, and the Queen rose reigns supreme, but has many minor rivals, dog-roses, lilac, anemones, silk poppies of every conceivable tint, natural or otherwise, stocks, primulas, orchids, and lilies. In the coloured flowers, the favourite tints are pink of every variety, mauve heliotrope (the brighter shades), and delicate, spring-like green. The newest hats are of the shape we have heard' rather aptly described as having " jam-pot crowns," with very wide brims, sometimes* straight, sometimes curved—a shape that is particularly becoming to tall women. The hat of this style, made in fine Panama straw, trimmed on one side with a cluster of lovely crimson roses, the crown encircled with a twist of broad white ribbon, tied in an upstanding bow, caught down

with small paste pins. The shape wasi

repeated in a smart hat, made for Ascot, of , blue and white silk straw, trimmed with olouds of green tulle of a particularly soft shade, amidst which nestled the star-liks flowers of yellow and white jessamine sprays; at one side was an erect bunch of ribbon gross and palo green " blowaways." Daring, but effective, was tho colouring of another 4' hat iv sapphire-blue straw, with a garniture I of cherries, white wings, and largo bows of Jb white ribbon. The toque is of a quaint, two-cornered shape, with a transparent jetted crown | harmonising well with the clusters of roses and small black ostrich tips forming the trimming. Another very original three, cornered toque was in heliotrope straw and shot tulle, relieved by a group of Maltnaison carnal-ions and white ostrich tips, 'a favourite touch of oolour. is an exquisitely > delicate sea-green, shaded almost to white : a few roses of this tone gave individuality to a charming white straw hat trimmed with narrow black velvet, while in a lovely white tulle bonnet, with iridescent wings and ' touches of black lace, a spray of pale green ' lilac made a delightful finishing touch.