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Show FELT HATS WITH "PINKED" EDGES; NEW SILHOUETTE IN PRINT SILK NOW conies the midseason time of the year when most women feel the urge for a new hat just to "bridge over" until the arrival of the fir-t robin of spring. What's new? A question ques-tion to which the group of perforated and eyelet-embroidered felts in the picture pic-ture should prove a most convincing answer. In some Instances the cutout design is that elaborate, Paris designers refer Tt Is really not to be thought of, wearing a last season's dress and expecting to "get by with It." Not but what It has been possible In preceding years, for there were seasons and seasons sea-sons when the silhouette varied but slightly. But this season ! Well, there Is no doubt about It we are due for ! a decided change. The new silhouette 1 seems to have won the battle that has been raging ever since "lines" which PI T$ j W 2s k f "t' ; I K 4 ,t ntf New Hats From Paris. to the decorative openwork bands and insets as "felt lace." The model photographed in the oval Is one of the simpler types. This petite cloche has been slashed across the crown in a fern-leaf design, the openings open-ings revealing a lining of faille silk in a contrasting color. Sometimes the fanciful cutouts are worked directly In the hat itself as shown In the pen-and-ink sketch at the top to the right in this group. Theu again motifs of the openwork felt are inset as shown in the hat sketched next below. While the simple cutout work which perforates the' felt designfully is more generally adopted, In some instances are different were thrust upon us by the regime which controls the destinies des-tinies of fashion. So here we are contemplating, for one thing, print silk frocks like the one pictured below which is new, decidedly de-cidedly new, in the patterning of the silk of which It Is made, in the length of the hemline, and In its silhouette In general. It carries out effectively the Idea of combining siik which prints dark on a light background with silk in twin patterning which prints light on dark. Its princess cut and the draped neckline are two outstanding style features. Ever so many of the new silks have dark backgrounds, black, navy, brown, L I! 1 deep reds and greens. Tiny 4 L 4 i motifs in vivid color con- P'A I ' trast are spaced very reg- ? I m I ! ularly, whether the weave be C'At '!S crepe de chine, taffeta or hM f i ulard. r j W I Leaf and small fruit motifs P jl ,s-,k J 4 are numerous such as cher- L! H'l,' j-1 ries and leaves or strawber- "1' P" ries with tiny blossoms on feCl' t '5vt S dark backS""ounds. A crepe vu. J t$ printed with groups of leaves j "V jn green an(j white over a l darker green background be- y s speaks a spirit of newness, jg A 4 s Pastel designs on dark SSSiBWfc A i Vw-, groUndS matured among . , V. '-- advance silks such ns Vionnet V pink and sky blue on black. Print Silk Frock. An interesting variation in deep reds and greens. Tiny motifs in vivid color contrast con-trast are spaced very regularly, reg-ularly, whether the weave be crepe de chine, taffeta or foulard. Leaf and small fruit motifs are numerous such as cherries cher-ries and leaves or strawberries strawber-ries with tiny blossoms on dark backgrounds. A crepe printed with groups of leaves in green and white over a darker green background bespeaks be-speaks a spirit of newness. Pastel designs on dark grounds are featured among advance silks such ns Vionnet pink and sky blue on black. An interesting variation in Print Silk Frock. iyelet embroidery takes Its place. The embroidery is done exactly as one works on linen or any other material, with a view to achieving a lacy openwork open-work appearance. The third sketch below to the right Is eyelet embroidered. embroid-ered. In the lower left corner Is a sketch of a very interesting hat, In that the brim is "pinked" around the edge regular reg-ular old-fashioned pinking, such as flourished In our ancestors' day. The "pinking" makes a charming finish In connection with the new cutout work. It adds greatly to these openwork designs when they are lined with a contrasting color. A hla k "felt lace" lined with white Is effective. Sometimes Some-times the satin or faille lining. In fai t very often, is the exact shade of tlm felt. The contrast occurs in the dull surface of the felt versus the luster of the silk. For Immediate wear, felts In a wide range of pastel colorings, are the new note. This play on color satisfies the desire for a touch of spring, yet lxjing felt and conservative types these simple sim-ple little hats are timely and in excellent excel-lent taste. i prints is that of flat flowers, that Is the little blossoms are not sharply defined de-fined with an outline, color making the distinction. As to printed chiffons, some of them accent an intensified coloring, achieving achiev-ing a vivid beauty. Some of the print chiffons adopt a technique which simulates hanclpainting. Large tulips on a light background carried out with brush-and-paint effect, achieve brilliant splotches of color most effectively. effec-tively. Huge floral designs are a char acteristlc trend of many of the lin ported chiffons.' Fashions at the winter resorts always al-ways foretell coming summer modes. Already southern palms are making a fitting setting for picturesque chiffon frocks gaily flowered. Naturally these gowns call for hats with large brims-all brims-all of which is the story In advance for summer. The cunningest silk prints ever, have been devised for children, certain types of which show quaint little figures fig-ures frolicking in flower gardens or other scenes equally as typical ot childhood. JULIA BOTTO.MI.EY. ((ci. 1930. Western Newspaper Union.) |