AGAIN THE TINY CHAPEAU

NZ Truth, Issue 1079, 5 August 1926, Page 17

AGAIN THE TINY CHAPEAU

MY DEAR ROSAMUNDE,— . | All the pow-wqw about the big hat havino come to 6tay r ■§ apparently, was merely an attempt by the hat-builders to create | a new demand. > , | Prices can't soar too near the clouds for a few inches of hatter's f plush. . f. But with a diameter of twenty-four inches or so of costly material, | and heaven knows what embellishments, the still small voice of the | tradesman's conscience may be effectually stilled. • r § After only a couple of months' dubious reign — you can't anchor | a yard or two of millinery to a shingled head — the small shape — | smaller than ever by way/of violent reaction— has come back to con- | quer all before it. V " : | The shingled head and the tiny hat exactly "fit." ■No need for a | splash of hair to fill m the vacancies. . ' v = The suggestion of a "Valentino" at the ears is all-sufficient, and § the trim Winter Giirl faces the strongest wind m the certainty that § her neatly-affixed, chapeau will "stay put" over her back haircut, as ■§ long as need be. . . ..- . = All the newest hats are of the snug, pull-on type — usually, small .§ m the brim, frequently high at the back, and each has an individual § head-line resulting from a moulded, creased or draped crown shaped § to the head.. . ' | The popular modes are' the draped berets,* the giglio, the aviator § helmet, the cloche, and vagabond shapes,, and the Agnes— the last f boasting a square, high crown. ■ - § There i>s a fancy for the high, conical crown, formed of sections, § but the brim, very narrow and usually slightly upturned from the § is face, adds the necessary smartness, an.d. saves the style from informal 1 homeliness. § At the moment there js an immense run on small felt hats, which I come m many shapes arid many prices — plain, punched, embossed, I and m one hundred and one other styles. ■.'■.. .'.'.. | As to trimmings— they are smart, stiff bows of heavy ribbon, I gross-grain ribbons, cocades with pendant cascades, ornamental !■ pins, .;. | enamelled and jewelled slides, modernistic ornaments, buckles, | : feather fantastics, and flowers. . .- • | I. v , ■ Yours':to Command, i !■ ' • ;■ . ' jasmine. 1 •iiiiiiiitiiiiii«iiiiMiiriiiiiitiitiiiMiiiiiiiiiMr^iiiiM]iiitiiiirittiiiiiiMiiiiiiiriiiMiiiJMiiMjiiiiiiiMiitJiMrtiiiitttiiiiiti]iiiiiitiMiiittitiiiii]iiiiTi]iiii(tit]tiiriii»iiiiiitii]jiiiii ir^ egg sfqins from Sl ' ' Y^ .on top of -the mat