Paris, March 29.
In the spring one's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of hats, among Jother things! Consequently I have just made a visit to some of the most famous French modistes for their ideas on the subject.
Agnes showed me lovely models. For immediate wear she advis tight-fitting hats with no made entirely of black satin ribbon with a reversible side—often of meadow green. Straws she chooses very thin and lacquered and them makes tight-fitting, quaint, bonnetlike affairs, always. black, One model in lacquered panama forms a point at the back, and against this, sticking out cockscomb-like, is cockade of white straw. Another black bonnet has 3 brooch of sliver pipes or tubes. For later sunny weather is a brimmed model or capeline trimmed at the base of the crown with a piping of silver. Agnes shows flax hand-woven straw, She uses no flowers, horsehair, no tweed for hats.
'Maria Guy also has lovely mod-Jels, and so many! She favours chiefly tight hats of more or less the beret ides, often draped to one side. They' are often in bold pi ribbons, light-coloured jersey very supple very thin. black picot straw nave a white pique flow-ex nestling in a fold at the side. Medium-sized models with brims are bangkok, panama, lacquered straw, of have a straw crowneand taireta brim. Iwo shades are often employed in a ribbon turban, A charming midsized model is of black picot straw with an undeybrim of White pleated pique which frames the face charmingly. chosen modiste—is 'a delightful hat with a square sailor crown and a lightly "mushroom brim set on a Tittle sidewise above the crown base so that a band of crown shows under the brim. It is in heavy beige "paillasson," or coarse straw. Another brimmed model in redand-white plaid straw, is turned up the back, where it is decked with loops and loops of red velvet ribbon, 1895 style, An enormous capeline shorter brimmed at the back is of thin black straw trimmed with black satin ribbon and is. were at the races or similar funetions with printed chiffon dresses.
Printed horsehair made an amuse ing model, while an adorable beret was of black picot straw draped over a black velvet bandeau.
Lo Monnier is showing delightful models. Here we sce the tond~ ency of "cache-peine," which ji kind of tight-fitting, affair over which a hat model is of woven ribbon worked against the head, topped by. a straw arrangement like a Chines# hat with a slight point at the top. The large hats here are baku or panama, with openworks the brim or with'one huge flower against the turned-up back. Tig!
turban-like models numerous for very smart wear evening. They are in horsehair or finely pleated tulley often with a bunch of paradise at each side: 'Tiny vari-coloured feathers are used as trims, while stitched faille and' Jersey are featured for sports wear.
Blanchet, who makes fascinatwell youthful models, shows many ight-fitting styles, often draped. to one side or trimmed with a knot on the side. They are in cello-phone and flax woven together yo shades of straw ribbon or Other more tur Aclic from Rocher and have a scarf to match, Crocheted straw is also employed for berets and brimmed hats. For ater Blachot will make models with little brims turned up in front. She employs mostly thin straws likey Benegale, sisal or Panama, all lacquered—which you will note almost every milliner does. Cloche hats of Tonegale are incrusted with erin and felt patterns, or have brim longer fon one side than the other, or are Nine with, white and have aw us flower on the Range capelines are. in thin straw trimmed with a cockade or rosette many shades of—crene-decline ribbon on one side of the brim; om this several coloured ribbon fall and are drap\ ency toward Directoire style, she has many "cabriolets," which means models with a brim tight to' the checks like a sunbonnet. They are in satin and erin, tulle or ere chet straw of cobweb patterns, or nce erin. Sports-wear felt clothes: have leather rat-tail trims or heavy' woolen stitching.
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