Ostentatious Hat-pins.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 5, 29 July 1908, Page 65

Ostentatious Hat-pins.

BLOSSOM CLUSTERS A FASHIONABLE DEVICE. The hatpin has been given a loading part in the caste of early spring millinery, and in many cases is forming a most conspicuously decorative item in the scheme of affairs. Take, for instance, the case of a toque

made of draped silver tissue plumed wfth white ostrich feathers at one side, and not trimmed in any other way, save by a couple of jet hatpins as large us Victoria plums. There are two favourite shapes of hat pin in the millinery salons of the moment; one is the huge oval model that has just been described, another is as flat as a five-shilling pier?, and even larger than that unwieldy coin. Tortoiseshell pins flecked with gold; cameos set in imitation diamonds; Watteau scenes painted upon china rimmed with cut silver; and slabs of brilliantly coloured stone, such as lapis lazuli and jade, may be relied upon to make a conspicuous appearance in a hat. The rage for miniature birds, such as pheasants and peacocks in full feather, is passing, and so is that for tb.e b?ads of small animals like the sable and ermine; but in their stead are coming clusters of fruit most realistically form cd, among which cherries and apples arc prominent. Flower hatpins are still enjoying prosperity, ami are of an exaggerated size, for whereas one single rosebud was deemed a sufficient decoration for a pin six months ago, a cluster of six blossoms is now by no means an uncommon sight. © © ©