HINTS ABOUT HATS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1895, 1 November 1913, Page 11

HINTS ABOUT HATS.

Eooent nam horn Sydney indioates that the toqua, bonnet-hats, and inconsequent trifles of tulle that have lately filled all the - requirements of stylisa headgear, ore doomed to be, rivalled by the largo hats, bo some of the leading Sydney milliners declare. Big hats are becoming, becauso they shade a woman's eyes. In the shadow a woman's o/es look deeper. Then the broad-brimmed hat makes the mouth look smaller by comparison. The big hat gives a woman a chance to be stylish. It can tilt and bo tilted till it is just at the angle that makes for style. Thore is no Rocessory to the toilette that loses. its charm in such a hundred ways aB millinery, when it.is assumed at an mcorret angle. The . French woman appreciates this fact, and will spend time in learning the art of putting on a hat—for suoh it is— whereas the average Australian, like her English sister, fondly imagines that a hat Is a hat, and, provided that it is. a la mode, all is well. There Is not tno woman in ten who puts the baok of her hat on first. Yet this is a most Important rule to remember; for then, with persuasion, the tresses fall into their natural manner when the front or the hat touches the forehead. _ The woman who has to consider ways and means, and make one hat do duty for manv occasions, will do well to aim ' at simplicity. There is nothing quite so useful and satisfactory as the hat which can be worn from one month to another without , giving an ', out-of-etylo" impression. To achieve this, it is necessary to aim at a simple dignity and inconspiouousness in tho trimv mine, as opposed to any exaggerated mode, whioh' seldom survives a single season. . . The general tendency now is m »n •upward direction. Later on, everything will be covered with flowers;, they will be cunningly arrnngod to represent aigrettes upon the' mid-sumrrer hats. For the most part, however, they will he largo and somewhat conventional in stvle' massed together in every conceivable shade, and so giving the effect of a miniature rainbow. No. startling contrasts, however, Will ho permitted; everything will harmonise; in fact, it fs oTce more correct for hats to tone ■with costumes. Tho secret of the successful hat, the-.-efore, ,(lepends r first ' upon y the exorcise of discretion in the ; matter of choice, frock, fknre, and features air being, taken into account; second, upon studying ™ e «" feet from every possibly standpoint: and third,-.upon being able to drop.all • self-consciousness and forget the very existence of the hat once it is fairly in position. ■ '