Modes in Millinery.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 13, 28 September 1910, Page 73

Modes in Millinery.

THE turban, the busby and the toque may have foes, but those foes are assuredly of their own household. The turban has raised itself and spread itself, till it has developed into .something of an extinguisher. Nearly all hats have this crowns, which admit of their sitting closely on the head, and bandeaux are altogether banished. lienee, many compensations in the way of comfort in headgear that is decidedly lacking in high artistic quality. As far as actual hats are concerned', things show much promise. TIIE PICTURE HAT. The picture hat is never out of season, and at times like the present, when millinery is inclined to show certain eccentricities, women fall back with much willingness on its classic and picturesque qualities. In light straw, crinoline and magyar, it is frequently turned up at -both sides, trimmed with long loops of soft ribbon and long, flexible quills. More often it is turned up slightly at one side only, and trimmed with full tips. In black velvet, trimmed with ostrich plumes, it maintains its old characteristics, and, with the Directoire eoat in black taffeta, with its black velvet revers and the narrow skirt, is a big factor in many very successful costumes. An exceedingly pretty hat is in stonecoloured straw' with a deep under-hem of black velvet, the crown massed with those charming little flowers nemesia in many bright, yet rather dark, colours, on their pretty, straight, -stiff stalks, arranged so as to resemble a gigant io pompon, all setting outward from the centre. J* ,*«