London, July 17. Hats cannot claim to be the most important item in my lady's wardrobe, for it is becoming more and more usual to walk bareheaded, not only Yhrough country lanes but through London's most fashionable thoroughfares. But the millinery salons fare certainly launching the most striking modes in the dress World. In Paris, it seems that hats, with everything else, are affected by the political unrest' of the country. Hat crowns are soaring into the air and brims are spreading to the size Jof sunshades.
The tall hat made _its frst appearance at the night Faces at Longehamps and was trimmed with waving feathers or gangling pom-poms, in the patriotic Fed, white and blue colour scheme. The tricolour craze in the "French capital is developing apace; tricolour badges are sported.in buttonholes, tricolour ribbons ard tied to horses! reins and the shops are full of red, White and blue handkerchiefs, Another remarkable feature in French headwear, is the cellophane hat, with its enormous, semi-transparent brim.
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