Small Summer Hats May Shadow Eyes

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 1, 29 September 1948, Page 3

Small Summer Hats May Shadow Eyes

With summer ahead it is good news that hats once more may

shadow the eyes. The new hats are small, some of them so small that they merely sit on ;the top of the head leaving the whole of the back of the hair to be seen. There are hats which jut forward like eaves to a roof, others which show the hair over the forehead. Crowns are very low or else brims merge into crowns. A navy brim will merge imperceptibly into a broderies anglaise crown or a natural straw into shot cotton. A great deal of this shot cotton is in use, also checked taffetas and cottons. They take the form of handkerchief squares draped over pillboxes and low toques, falling down the back or draped over the shoulder. Rough straws often in natural colouring for sailor or bonnet shapes and fine straws for flattopped pancake hats. Most popular of all seems to be the little sailor hat with inch and a half high crowns. The majority have bird’s wings poised in front and ribbons falling at the back. Other models which belong to the nothing-at-the-back fashion are peaked up in front, sometimes with a rose tucked into the perched-up brim. The usual accompanying movement at the sides is for a slight downward bend to either ear top. Bonnet hats also come into this class cut well away at the back and tying under the chin. Even berets take on the look of a bonnet when topped by a scarf whic'h ties under the chin. Layer hats are another millinery interest crownless, they have brim, over brim, sometimes straight but more generally fluted. They are made of the finest straw. Not all hats sit flat and high on the head. Many still cling over one ear, in pillbox, beret or toque shapes. Now there is the tendency for the front line to jut forward, shadowing the eyes. , Colours which are favoured, include combinations of pink and grey, of natural and black, navy and grey (or white). A two tone hat is brought in more through underlining, than through trimming. Most of the hats with tiny rolled and padded brim show the contrast of underlining, i