NEW HATS

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20692, 30 December 1938, Page 3

NEW HATS

FOR NEW HAIRDRESSING There has been a great deal of discussion over the new hairdressing styles, and with this naturally goes a certain amount of heart-searching as to the right hat to go with the particular style to which individual fancy leads. There is, this autumn, a more than usually close connection between hat and coiffure, and more than ever milliners are studying the line of a hat from all angles. All the new hats at least agree in one point—they must be worn well forward over the forehead. to show the whole of the coiffure at the back and to accentuate the upward line from the nape of the neck. The tiny “doll” hats of last season have now' been made far more wearable and they are ideal for cocktail and informal dinner wear. One of these models in black felt has a high crown, band and brim edge of black velvet, with a small eye-veil. Another is in grey felt to be worn with a grey lamb coat, and has a flat crown and brim ■with padded edge. It is trimmer with a lavender velvet ribbon which is ruched round the base of the crown and tied in a bow on the hair at the back. Yet another, cut on beret lines, has a brim of almond green taupe felt and a flat crown of black broadtail. But the main tendency of the moment is towards height, -whether it be given in the crown itself by the use of voluminous veils, feathers, and bows, or by the clever tilting of the brim. New tricorne shapes in velvet and felt have low-fltted crowns and are worn well tilted forward, the uneven brim accentuating the height on the lifted side of the hat. With narrow curved brims and brims sharply turned back to give a cuff effect, go crowns which taper to a pedestal shape, or are cut high and square on the lines of a top hat. A classic sports hat has a long fluted quill of the felt continuing the height of the dented crown. With it goes a veil of embroidered net. Another with folded “cowboy” crown has a coarse meshed veiling as its sole trimming, folded lightly round the base of the crown and tied into a stiff bow at the back. Sharp feathers and quills are much used on plain sports hats, and two-headed hat-pins trim plain sports caps. The new berets and toques follow the same upward movement. Where crowns are low the effect of height is given by twisted ribbon or feather trimmings, and nearly always the hat is lifted high on the head at the back. A toque of violet felt is cut into a high prow-shaped peak in front, where a pleat of the felt is caught by tabs of red and violet gros-grain "ibbon. It has a long veil falling over one side at the back. Berets cut on tricorne lines are trimmed with high bows of velvet or reversible satin ribbon. Velvet also makes snug little turbans which are twisted into high knots and folds, or left free to flare widely in front. In soft light-weight woollen materials these are good for active sports and travelling, and for these purposes they are cut somewhat lower at the back to cover the hair.