Hat to Hat Talks

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 616, 19 March 1929, Page 5

Hat to Hat Talks

Elusive Brims That Demand Clever Treatment 13ARIJ3 is all for untrimmed smart hats of felt. They all appear to A be most meticulously constructed. Many of them are brimless, or what brim there is does not obtrude itself. The fashion for wearing hats on one side has returned again to favour. The right eyebrow should be shown at the moment. This means, of course, that there is no brim in front. A crown is finished with a shaped band of felt which fits the neck deeply at the back, allows a little fulness at the sides and disappears completely in front. Width at the sides seems to be übiquitous. To preserve a good outline, the brim is often twisted' from the sides and cleverly inlet into the crown. Tiny brims that twist up into a rough bow on one side are a pretty and practical variation of the same idea. A black, brimless felt was shaped in a point over the right eyebrow. This was achieved by a row of small pleats which finished in a flat felt bow. A similar royal blue design was decorated with a couple of silver tassels suspended from silver clips. Contrasting colours continue to be smart, though these are not so strangely contrasted as they were when the fad first came in. A fawn hat was inlet with graduated diagonal lines of beige velours — it is very important, by the way, that materials should also be contrasted. I saw a bottle green felt with inlet leaves of plush in a paler Nhade of green. A royal blue felt was trimmed with spirals of black velvet. Another effective idea is to cut the crown geometrically and join it together again under the bindings of matching grosgrain ribbon. Narrow ribbon bindings are an extremely smart and effective decoration which are greatly in vogue at the moment. Felts decorated with patterns of machine-stitched gold thread are enjoying a great vogue. An amazing amount of gold is seen decorating hats at the moment. Apart from gold stiteliery, there is a fad for embroidering a crown with a kind of fish-net design. Black and gold are seen more frequently than any other colour combination. Satin, velvet —plain and patterned—and handsome brocade crowns are seen with pert brimlets of felt. Quite a number are shown with short scarves to match.