SPRING MILLINERY STYLES SHOW SOME BIG CHANGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 September 1947, Page 8

SPRING MILLINERY STYLES SHOW SOME BIG CHANGES

Millinery for spring has width rather than height, although some of the new Parisian elliptical shapes achieve height as well as width by being worn on the back of the head, says an Australian report. Several ol the hats worn in David Jones’ spring fashion show were nearly threequarters of a yard wide and elliptical in shape. For so many seasons have women become accustomed to towering hats that the new east-west , shapes—glamorous as they are—will appear revolutionary. As if to introduce the new line gradually—(will next season’s “tea-trays” be worn flat on the head?) —these large hats are worn towards the back of the head, with only the hairline showing above the forehead. New coiffeurs have been devised for the new hats, and for all the gendarme and harlequin styles the ears are covered. The selection of 40 hats for David Jones’ show was made in Paris by Otto Lucas, of London, and sent by air to Sydney, where the models were copied exactly. New to Sydney was the teaming of big-brimmed hats, particularly in satin, with cocktail and evening gowns. The wearing of these large picture hats with formal evening and late-afternoon dresses is one of the newest trends in Paris.

Otto Lucas spends four or five days in Paris every month to keep in touch with the changing lines of millinery. Fie sees each new show as soon as it is opened in Paris. During his recent visit to Paris, he saw every collection before making his final decision for the Sydney show.