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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 February 1927, Page 2

The dandy of Victorian days prized his gold scarf-ring and silken “topper,” and now his grand-daughter borrows both. The top hat has made such gallant attempts to outdistance the “also ran” millinery class, that it really deserves a place. It has taken to itself a wide brim and has been labelled “Spanish,” “Welsh,” or “Futurist,” but in spite of . camou flage. the inspiration is the old “stovepipe” model our ancestors loved, and kept with a soft silk handkerchief in the best hatbox. To-day's feminine topper is made of gosgrain ribbon, it may have geometrical decorations, made from ribbons in contrasting colours, and its height is sometimes astonishing. Picot straw and felt are occasionally used, but the last locks hot. The point to bear in mind is that, unlike grandfathers’, his grand-daugh-ter’s topper must have a dull surface; he liked his glossy! Now for his scarf-ring. His young descendant having become bored with her shoulder knot of expensive orchids, in trying to get ahead of fashion, has gone back 50 years. The solid gold bands, engraved or embossed, fail to content her, however, and something set with diamonds is more to her liking.