THE DIFFERENCE

NZ Truth, Issue 1216, 21 March 1929, Page 10

THE DIFFERENCE

Artistic Millinery That Count's ■ ■ HATS AND~ EFFECT Hats ! and yet more hats, does the foolish type of woman buy, but the -wise woman buys only after deep thought and a thorough inspection of her wardrobe. This is a day of discriminate millinery selection, and a weather eye on futurity.

FELTS and velours must hold their place m women's affections. Nothing can quite take their place oh cloudy days, or with sports clothes and winter tweedsy Summer straws are delightful and very new.. Some are being trimmed very simply with ribbon, but m such an expert way that the amateur cannot achieve the 'IIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

same result. Flower-trimmed straws, worn only with the flimsiest and most ethereal of summer frocks, look too attractive for words. But all the flowers must be of the very best, and properly placed — again the expert touch. In millineryi more even than dressmaking, the . properly trained milliner leaves her indelible imprint. 1 One would think that the "study your face" cry would have been heard and heeded by every woman within coo-ee. of . the fashion papers. Don't believe it. Just take a tour m any tram, or look round the faces m any restaurant, and you will see the fat-faced woman topped by i tiny, brimless hair coverings, offending any looks she may possess. Very attractive indeed the, nicelyfeatured girl looks m a "tiny, brimless hat, no hair at all showing round the face, but at the back rather a long fringe of hair curling upwards over the hat. This for the ultra smart and wellfeatured alone. For a young face the big, floppy, turned-up felt would look lovely m any shade; it ; has an appealing rakishness for the gamin type, a drink-life-to-the-dreggishness that's worth a fortune to the owner. V Oh, well, girls, and those who. are not girls, don't despair, fashion has never been so kind to all sorts as she is to-day. hThe tiny Hat with. the Viking-helmet effect done m gold sequins seems to reflect the sparkle of .the eyes beneath. , The hat is the piece de resistance of any costume, and yet one often- sees misguided females wearing a coat and skirt and a lace-trimmed hat. There is "a- simplicity and smartness ■about the little brimless blue felt hat trimmed with cuttings of white kid that appeals very much to the hat-loving soul. . That hat has elegance, a sort of unsophisticated - sophistication that j proves : 'its past before it.' Suited to a matron is the black felt, very plain and longer at one side than the other. It would look delightful with a plain- black coat and. skirt and winter furs. One wonders if the day of the "Merry Widow" hat will return— the . appallingly large brim, the colossal trimming. Surely not. It would be a worth-while sight to see one of these entering— or rather attempting to enter — a Baby Austin Sedan! Motoring ha.s effected many changes m women's head-gear. It was impossible to motor] m the days of the open car, m a large, wind- catching device.