Masses of Sweet Peas in Pink Crimson and Lavender.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 12, 16 September 1908, Page 71

Masses of Sweet Peas in Pink Crimson and Lavender.

Sweet peas represent another modistic triumph just now, the manufacturers having surpassed themselves in the beauty of the colourings which are seen in this connection, velvety purple, pale pink, crimson, lavender, mauve, blue and pearl white being mingled together in masses which completely bury the hat, and render absolutely unnecessary any supplementary touches, .Where foliage is concerned, the manufacturers are evolving all manner of wayside weeds, dock leaves and fennel, shaking grass and dandelion clocks being intermingled with garden blooms in a manner which suggests a modistie revolt against Nature, but which in the hands of a elever andl up-to-date milliner' can be made very dainty and -very effective. Hedges of lilies of the valley, and leaves almost as impregnable as the Thorn Fortress of storybook fame are introduced on many of the Tegal models with a ring of deep-red roses just beneath to hold them in place.

Hats of Water=green Tulle Covered with Honey* suckle. Hats of the very lightest description only are needed to complete the picture during the present season. A great favourite in this connection it a huge model entirely composed of folds of water-green tulle over a wire frame : Covered with sprays of apricot-colon red honeysuckle, while the crown consists of a single mass of pale-pink roses. Some of the hats have a serried row of pink roses running all along the edge of the brim, as though the wreath had been over large for the crown, and had been planted instead on the wide brim to form a soft frame to the face, while in such a case, not even a twist of ribbon must encircle the crown, a huge cluster of ostrich plumes being reared on the left side, and in no way interfering with the effect of the roses. jt New Veils for Summer Headgear Veils at the present moment seem to hover on a borderland between, material for hat-trimming and complexion veiling-. The coarse,.wide-open mesh, -with its triangular darned" spot, so coarse as almost to suggest that it was made of woven straw which threatened a few weeks ago to oust every other ; -style, is undergoing a little modification, ahd 'in its latest guise the veil is made of finer thread while the mesh is much less wide. Some of the newest veils are those in tlie finest black thread with a darned, spot, which almost gives the idea of a thickness in the mesh, while the hem is trimmed with very fine black Valenciennes lace barely an eighth of an inch in width, which is applique in two rows round l the bottom at a distance of an inch or two from each other. Another favourite is the "plain veiling of Russian net, supplemented with au edging of line black crochet insertion, while a double row- of chetplle spots is introduced above and forms a wide Imt'- - der. the veil being worn well down, so that the hem shows beneath and not above the chin. Many nf the newest motor veils are edged with laee dyed the exact shade of the net or chiffon. This is in itself sufficiently wide to form im all-lace bow when the veil is brought down over the hat, twisted round the neck, and tied a little to the left side under the chin.

With coinflower blue velvet draped round the crown, and cornflowers thrust through the turned-up side of the brim.