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Show Milady's Hat . . . Forecast of Spring Nothing so points to spring, at this time of year, nor attempts to hurry it along, like Milady's hat fashions. .For those of you, who like myself, are a bit on the slow side, and are just getting nicely settled I into your winter wardrobe, it is somewnat aisconcerung lu ace me dainty new "top pieces" on display literally announcing it will be time to change. As fashion has been analyzed and pronounced largely imitative, we are told there are two distinct reasons for imitation in matters of dress. The first is a desire to be like everyone else, to avoid being thought strange or queer by one's fellows. The second is a desire to assert quality with the others, to show them that one is able to have the things they have. Whatever What-ever the reason, when everyone else appears with their heads decorated in straw and flowers, we wouldn't be caught seen with ours in felt I and feathers, and so we follow suit. Funny, isn't it? But, on thi3 subject of hats, there are some interesting side notes, I'll bet you've never heard of. For example, the ancient Egyptians had the custom of wearing a band around the head, to keep the hair in place. This custom created the fashion for wearing a band around the head, and today we retain the fashion but place the band on the outside of the hat instead of around the head. All men's hats have this band. The streamers around the crown of a child's and some women's hats are a remant of an old Greek custom. To protect pro-tect the head from the sun the Greeks wore a flat, broad-brimmed hat which had long streamers. When the sun was strong, the streamers were tied under the chin to hold the hat in place. When there was no sun and the hat was burdensome on the head, the streamers were loosened and the hat permitted to hang down the back, in the manner of a sunbon-net sunbon-net Until a short time ago, hats were made in only a few popular sizes, but were fitted inside with a lining lin-ing on a drawstring so that they could be tightened or loosened to fit the head. The little bow inside a man's hat is a relic of the old drawstring. |
