HATS IN OILCLOTH

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 144, 20 August 1941, Page 8

HATS IN OILCLOTH

SHOW FROM THE "BLITZ"'

SETS NEW YORK TALKING

"Women's hats decorated with ping-pong balls, bus tickets, inn signs, and even a tiny copy of the wrought-iron gates of a wrecked London church, are among a collection of London millinery which has set the fashion world of New York talking.

It is the first collection of exclusive millinery; ever sent abroad from London.

Only a few of the hats are whimsies. Many are attractive because they are severely practical; others are full of fantasy, each with a story behind it.

Several are historical in motit, deriving' from Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Elftward VI. Others fea-« ture- Scottish tartans and badge?, heraldry, London costermonger's pearls and original medallions in

Wedgwood pottery

There is a becoming model with a ruching of tulle on head and neck in the late Victorian style, and an Australian "digger" hat effect. Two stylish creations are finished in iridescent paint, which scintillates when caught by the light.

The colours, featured include Regal, Rendezvous and Tile Red, Valley Mist, Thames Blue, Windsor and Cloister Grey and Isis Brown. One hat, a natty beret, combines all these colours plaited together m strips.

Novel British materials like oilcloth and flannel appear side by side with furs like mink, ermine and lamb, English lace, velveteens and felts. A particularly tasteful effect is produced by combining Thames Blue lace with mink.

The collection is sponsored by the Associated London Hat Designers, the members of which are the London milliners Hugh Beresford, Aage Thaanm, Braun-Spierer and Pissot and Pavy.