The Rising Standard in Dress

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 614, 16 March 1929, Page 23

The Rising Standard in Dress

Hats are Important — Yet Subordinate to Ensemble

Now that Avornen are dressing so much better (oh,’ yes, they are, better

I even than in the not-so-distant post- | Avar years, and definitely better than i itin the far-off pre-Avar ones) it has j become hardly necessary to warn them against the lure of the “odd” hat. I I mean the delightful, expensive, prob- ) ably very becoming creation that you j bought in a line careless rapture only to discover that it was quite out of key, both as regards shape and colour, with anything in the rest of your wardrobe. Nowadays, most women know that hats have to “belong.” They have become more and more subordi- | nate to the whole outfit. The “imi portant” hat, the noticeable novelty, is not smart, but extremely doAvdy. This doesn’t, unfortunately, mean that you can economise on hats. Oh, i dear, far from it. Just because your I hat is part of your costume, you are bound to hat-e one for every different I coloured frock in your Avardrobe. And just because they are so plain and simple, they have to be made of the i best material, and very skilfully cut | and fitted. However, Ave do score In i one way—now that there are no sud- | den. complete changes in fashion, Ave can wear the same shape many months with no fear of its becoming doAvdy I oA-ernight. 1 Well, noAv, as regards the hats of : the moment. ! The dominant tendency is the offi the-eyes effect. Brims, where they exist in these models, are turned up

sharply from the forehead. Tlie smartest hat you can wear this autumn seems to have no brim, or at j most a very small one, and, even where j we are allowed a brim at the side, there is hardly any over the eyes. A brim wide in front will d efinitely make your hat look old-fashioned. The “oval” brim, scooped up off the | face a little, like a Salvation Army I bonnet, is the newest if you prefer to have one of some kind. Brimless Models In the shops just now are shown examples of the brimless hat, the oval brim and tlie beret. It seems that | some sort of beret is launched every autumn just as regularly as some j j sort of little flower toque is launched j every spring, and with as j short a life! But certainly a j ! lot of beret models are shown just j now. One of the smartest is of black felt and black velvet ribbon printed with a white plaid design. If you go in for a beret, remember that your face, though it need not be particu- i larly youthful, must be clear-vut. This shape is unkind to a very broad face or to one which might be described i as podgy. Also, it should never be I worn dead straight, but always at a 1 ■ slight angle—this, by the way, applies to every hat this autumn. A charming oval-brimmed model, in a local window, is of grey felt speckled in black, with a band of black felt and little cockade of straight black ; j ostrich feathers. A brimless toque is of very fine soft felt in black and beige, very \ closely and beautifully draped, to look * as if it were tied at the side. Many Walk Easy Ointment for tired, tendei feet- Removes hard skin, callouses : etc. Works while you sleep. No ex cuse for limping. Tin posted for Is G< j —E. W. Hall, 117 Armagh St., Christ l church, *. *

models have this complicated draping justs now, and this accounts for the wide use of fine felts, and the comparative neglect of velour. It will not drape satisfactorily, though it is ideal for winter sports and country hats. The New Line \ A burgundy red felt slaoavs a clever

and amusing brim, wide at the sides, and narrow in front, made by cutting the felt in this way, and leaving it raw-edged. One side Is rather deeper than the other, which brings me back to my statement that none of the new hats are perfectly symmetrical, and they all need to be put on slightly at an agle, to show a corner of snowy forehead and one delicately plucked eyebrow. Hair? Oh, no, indeed—-you don’t have hair this autumn!