SOME NEW HATS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19268, 3 January 1931, Page 20 (Supplement)

SOME NEW HATS.

BROAD BRIMS AND HANDKERCHIEFS. With the return of straw—and there are to be still more straw hats this summer—the size of hats seems likely to increase. A great many new models are of a very light texture, which can be worn with large brims without inconvenience. Hitherto sunburn has stood in the way of the brimmed hat, and has completely abolished umbrellas. But with the disappearance of the more boyish fashions sunburn is also likely to be less fashionable, and, indeed, a good many make-ups just now are of distinctly lighter tone. With a number of summer dresses in spotted or figured silk, and particularly with the pyjama dress, very large hats are worn in yellow, natural or coloured straws. These fit well down on the head, and are often adorned simply with a wide ribbon. They have rather more width at the sides than in front, and very often they are wide down the back of the neck as well.

Where pyjamas are worn for the beach or for tennis the hats are still very floppy and the ribbons sometimes hang in two tails down the back. A novelty with the big hats provides for both worlds, that of shade and that of sun. Under the hats is often worn a silk handkerchief, bound tightly round the head, Italian fashion, and having a long knot down over one ear. This is extremely smart, and it is very much seen where the hair is growing and is turned up at the back over the handkerchief. The handkerchiefs are sometimes white with a coloured border. Sometimes they match the pyjama or other dress, and sometimes they merely harmonise with it, being plain to contrast with a flowered or spotted pattern. Here and there the striped Italian handkerchiefs are seen, and these are w T orn under huge Leghorn and Milanese hats. They are charming, and are to be used for tennis this summer, taking the place of the bandeau.

For every day a few tricornes are making their appearance, generally in crinoline straw wth a band of opaque black round the lower part to make a frame for the face. The tricorne is not very much emphasised. It is worn with some of the new suits, made of black imitation broadtail, which are much liked during the cold weather.