HATS LIKE PLATES

Evening Star, Issue 21784, 28 July 1934, Page 22

HATS LIKE PLATES

CROWNS ARE VERY NEARLY NON-EXISTENT SAILORS AllE .POPULAR. Take a plate, turn it upside down, attach to, it a< piece of elastic, and there, you are,Moddom, one of the ' newest of this season’s hats. No, the elastic doesn’t go under your chin, but ’round the back, ,so you will have to cultivate some back curls or even a “ bun ” to slip it under. The importance of the elastic, is evident; it’s your hat’s sole support, and tbe winds of August and September are ' apt to he playful; Sometimes it aspires to be ornamental as well as useful, and sports ajittlo bow of the same colour as the hat. . Crown's are so shallow as to be almost non-existent, :so you will ..have to train your . eye and accustom your head to a hat that' , is; largely .?brim. As. the summer, days'- will, the brims widen, itill by November they .will,be like miniature sunshades. Some of the shops have one or two 0f... these summer models waiting _in their • showrooms to stir into life with the- heat of summer. They are quite charming,; made/of ballibuntl or. natu-ral-colouredl Leghorn straws, ; some .; of the lattqr. variety being, complete with tiny. bunches' 0f,.-cornflowers;: Flowers, indeed/ are staging- 'a 1 .big come-back as. trimming. ' Bunched in', trim'.little posies, they snuggle ,in ’ the .dip; of. a brim, or are.caught in'the.hatband. Every nice-girl ,likes.,a_ sailor, and don’t l the- milliners khow -it! ; Judging by,- the - spring hats shows, everyone will this year be able to gratify her heart’s desire. Whether your choice be an ordinary sailor, or .one of. the newer Breton variety with an upturned brim all round, it will bo ■ equally smart. A novelty to be seen is a hat ' with-..an octagonal-shaped' brim.-, - This the ; general, effect being of wide Sc&llops,_ . J - - 1 With the ..spring, pastel shades-are • revived,- and-; blue, especially; duck-egg blue, looks like winning the colour stakes. Pastel pink and beige ; will both be seen in large quantities as well. A colour combination of infinite charm' is duck-egg blue and -woodland brown. It must be seen -to be be- | lieved, but,is .peculiarly .satisfying to the aesthetic sense.