A White Cloth Hat.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 7, 17 February 1909, Page 60

A White Cloth Hat.

At first sight one would say of fashions, at the present moment, that there is nothing new so far as dress is concerned: hut already in the quiet corners of the big warehouses autumn fashions are appearing, particularly in millinery, whieb, this year, is in advance of dress. I have seen countless new shapes, wings, feathers, ribbons, and flowers. The autumn hats will be covered in cashmere, vetlvet, taffetas, and liberty, and nearly all will show the under brim in a different shade from that with which the hat itself is covered. The mallei we show is in white cloth trimmed with hortensias made in pink mousseline de

soie set in green leaves. This hat is a ■forerunner of the more substantial materials, so that one has but to substitute dark cloth for light, and there is an autumn hat. Flowers are undoubtedly a striking feature about millinery. One sees rose, iris, and orchids of such

beautiful colours and fabrication that! they make the flowers one finds elsewhere seem unsatisfactory. Great big roses', ■frail orchid blossoms, dainty, faded XVIIL century rose-buds, are made i>y. the clever fingers of work girls in $ fashion which seems to inspire.