Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1916 — HIGH CROWNS IN VOGUE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HIGH CROWNS IN VOGUE

FABHION TURNS TO IDEAS OF A PAST GENERATION. Hat> Coptod From the Painting* «F Alfred Stevens Have Been Taken Up by Those Who Bet the Btyles In Millinery. We are quite “Alfred Stevens," so far as our hats are concerned. This popular painter has always had a strong influence on the world of fashion. When he was living he painted all the fashionable beauties of his day in their best and most attractive toilets, the Empress Eugenie, for example, and all the lovely women of Queen Victoria’s court, writes Idalla de Villiers, Paris correspondent. Just now the high-crowned Alfred Stevens hat is an absolute rage in Paris. I have sketched one of the new models, and you will be able to see for yourself that the outline Is as charming as it is unexpected. The narrow brim of this hat was covered with mink fur and the exaggeratedly high crown was made of bordeaux red silk ribbon, the latter being arranged in a series of large loops over a stiff net crown. Directly In front there was an oxydized silver rose. This style of hat looks charming when worn in conjunction with a smart little tour de cou, as shown in my drawing. Any woman possessed of small, regular features will find these Alfred Stevens hats most becoming and it must always be remembered that the hair must be dressed close to the head when such hats are worn. Very high-crowned toques are alsofash ion able this winter; the material used for these toques Is almost always velvet and no trimming is introduced. T ey fit close to the head and are pressed down over the hair. The folds of velvet are so cleverly manipulated that they form a *ort of cup in the middle, while the sides rise to unexpected heights. Lewis, the famous Parisian milliner, is again using large “weeping” feathers, and when this artist gives a decided lead one may

take for granted that he will have a large following. It sems almost a pity to revive the fashion of “weeping” feathers. Though they were undoubtedly picturesque, they had a tendency to make a hat or toque look very heavy, and then the spirit of exaggeration seems to cling to feathers of thiß order; once women

One of the New “Alfred Stevens” Toques of Bordeaux Red Silk Ribbons With a Brim of Mink.