The Archive · 1940

The Way You Wear a Hat

There is much that can be charming about a hat, provided you put it on well and do it justice. Unless you are wearing the kindest of hats you must play up to it a little. Wear with the right dress. It must be in character and in perfect harmony with the rest of your outfit. 1 Not only in colour—a contrast can, of course, be perfect—but in feeling and type, And what a lot of difference there is in the way you put in on! The same hat on a woman who is chic by nature and on one who mal; treats it—why, they're two different If you can't afford a new dress, get of Kent is one of its staunchest supporters, Her Royal Highness wore a Red Cross Cup of Tea delicious little white feather one cently, draped with black tulle.

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