Small Foundations for Large Effects.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 9, 26 August 1908, Page 66

Small Foundations for Large Effects.

Hats which look large are in many instances built upon' small foundations. I ho crown of the revived Tam O’Shanter, when of net. lace or chiffon, is an infinitesimal affair in its wired condition, While those of fine, flexible straw are merely box plaited out of curving brim, the joining being concealed beneath a flower wreath, a twist of velvet or a frilling of lace, while the left side may be decorated with a satin bow or choux. Most bewitching hats of mob cap order, familiarly recognised as the ( harlotte (onlay type of headgear, are certain to be considerably worn with lingerie

Painted chi lion with a finely tucked yoke and undersleoves. frocks of the more elaborate order. They are chiefly of white point d’esprit. with wide. puffy' crown- and narrow milled brims, which may be wholly of lace edging or of (he plaited allover fabric. Some of the daintiest of tbe<q picturesqiic hats are developed entirely of lace, with, perhaps, a band of velvet encircling the crown iml tying directly jn front, or they are trimmed with wr<*;»ib< and .-prays of line flower.-, such as vin]efs and forgyt-me-not.- ami arbutus. These arc ideal lonfcetioiis for g:yrden parties, bi ide-maid-* w ear and occasions demanding elaborate headwear. ■ The -ame type of hat will be used somewhat with oije-tonv co-tuines. developcd in black Or dyed nets Aiatthing the gown with which they -are to bo worn, tli. trimining h.-ffig, of ,o(f,'erdoured velvet ribbon or of 'flint do not contrast too decidedly with the colour scheme of the costume.