WOMEN’S HATS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 August 1941, Page 2

WOMEN’S HATS

LATEST CREATIONS OF FASHION. —— ■ '■■' SHOW FROM “BLITZ” SETS. Women's hats decorated with pingpong balls, bus tickets, inn signs, and even a tiny copy of the wroughtiron gates of a wrecked London church, are among a collection of London mil-, linery which has set the fashion s world of New York talking. It is the I first collection of exclusive millinery ever sent abroad from London. Only a few of the hats are whimsies. Many are attractive because they are severely practical; others are full of fantasy, each with a story behind it.

Several are historical in motif, deriving from Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and. Edward VI. Others feature Scottish tartans and badges, heraldry, London costermonger’s pearls and original medallions in Wedgwood pottery. There is a becoming model with a niching of tulle on head and neck in the late Victorian style, and an Australian “Digger” hat effect. Two stylish creations are finished in iridescent paint, which scintillates when caught by the light.

The colours featured include regal, rendezvous and tile red, valley mist, Thames blue, Windsor and cloister grey and isis brown. One hat, a natty neret, combines’all these colours plaited together in strips.

Novel British materials like oilcloth and flannel appear side by side with furs like mink, ermine and lamb, English lace, velveteens and felts. A particularly tasteful effect is produced by combining Thames blue lace with mink.

The collection is sponsored by the Associated London Hat Designers, the members of which are the London milliners, Hugh Beresford, Aage Thaarup, Braun-Spierer and Pissot and Pavy.