ROYAL HATS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 398, 3 April 1937, Page 2

ROYAL HATS

The Queen in Brown. While appropriate clothes for the Coronation an?: the various brilliant ceremonial furctions associated with this historic occasion are necessarily occupying the attention of the Queen, rhe requirements of the ordinary Royal outfit for spring are also matters of moment, states a London writer. The milliners with the trained eye of experts are noticing particularly thiat the Queen’s taste in hats is undergoing a change. Iter Majesty is choosing hats that are a little higher, while retaining the becoming width that suits her so well. Also she is wearing more feathers. A hat that has beer much admired is the little brown fabric cap fitted to the head and witli two upstanding ears, a simple, charming, but at the same time most dis Inctive, creation Brown it a colour which suits Her Majesty well, and she has been wearing this shade of late. It is a change from her favourite blue. Blue, howevfr, ft is probable, will be one of the Queen's colours for Ascot, One likely Ascot gown is in tones ot soft powder-blue. With this a Baku blue st‘■aw of semi picture shape, and an outrich plume curling softly round the back, may be worn. Flowers, too, a-e decorating the Queen’s nev.' hats. One Royal order is in brown, with a rolled brim and clusters of spring flowers