Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1916 — FILMY HATS OF HAIR BRAID [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FILMY HATS OF HAIR BRAID

One of thbse filmy hats of lace hair braid, which may go to any length—or width—it likes, is shown here. It is a model for midsummer and its wideness of brim would make it too heavy if the braid were mpre than mere threads of lustrous Bilk fiber woven into the most open of lace patterns. It 1s faced with xnalines, and there are many similar models with facings of thin crepe or chiffon. They are all so light that they may provide a wide expanse of brim, supporting the flowero of midsummer, without compact braids. Nearly all the hats made of hair braid are either white or black. The same braid is dyed into tints and colors, but it is most* beautiful in white. Often a whlteJiat is faced with a pale tint, and this brim treatment is liked particularly well for hats to , be trimmed with a fall wreath of ostrich In a light tint

Frames made of fine silk-covered wire are -used for wide-brimmed hats, but for smaller hats a few shapes have been made 'of the narrower braidß without any wire support. They are pliable, but one edge of the braid is corded and is wiry enough to be used instead of wire when the model is narrow brimmed. These are made in white and pale tints. In black, the best effects are made by combining the lace braid with black malines. Black paradise feathers or ornaments of malines are chosen for such models, and they are most beautiful *in all black. The hair braid is highly lustrous and this luster_seems more conspicuous in black than In white or colors. Lace hair braid is made up into beautiful headwear for all ages of wearers, from the little girl to grandmamma. It is fine-grained material, and everything fine and dainty in apparel looks well with it. It Is associated in our minds with the most enticingly lovely clothes that women wear in the gracious days of summer.