Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1910 — NEW SHAPE IN FELT HATS [ARTICLE]

NEW SHAPE IN FELT HATS

Large, Flat Hats With SHghtiy Drooping Brims and Low Crowns, the Latest.* The expected turn of the wheel of fashion has brought into the millinery field a different shape of hat From the upturned brim there is a departure for summer wear in the form of large, flat hats, with slightly drooping brims and low crowns. Some of the brims are slightly narrower at the front, while a decided element of comfort is evident in the deep bandeaux, that resemble a skullcap, at the back of the hat, vanishing at the front into a thin rim of buckram. These are so fitted that no 1 hatpins are necessary. A wreath of flowers, nowhere rising above the crown, is the simple trimming used on the majority of the flat shapes. There can be the introduction of a velvet flower, if a note of contrast be needed. Some of these new models are of i fine straw, leghorn or of frames covered with satin and veiled with chiffon. As a change from the towering turbans or the shapes that eclipse the features, the low, flat hats, resting on the softness of naturally arranged hair, come as a welcome relief.