Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1917 — FUR IS IN FAVOR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FUR IS IN FAVOR

More Fashionable Than Ever for Trimming Hats. With ’Elaborate Costume Paris Decrees Right Thing Is Perfectly Plain Felt or “Pull-on-Blouch.” All the Spanish beauties swear by “Lewis of Biarritz.” This milliner Has of course a Paris house, but it is at Biarritz that his prettiest models are shown, writes Idalia de Villiers, a Paris correspondent. The sketch shows one of the new autumn-winter creations. The toque shown would be ideal for a charming American “bud.” It is so

simple and yet so very Parisian. Just a large toque, with a high, soft crown, made of crow’s-wing-blue velvet and bordered with skunk, no trimming whatever. Such a toque must be drawn well down over the hair and worn absolutely straight on the head. A picturesque hat is made of black poult de sole, with a wide band of kolinsky round the high crown and folds of fine embroidery carried out in blue, black and red beads. This flat-brimmed shape is very becoming it always looks elegant and uncommon. Furtrimmed hats are more fashionable than ever, and they are worn with the most severely plain tailored suits; this Is a truly Parisian • idea and very effective. With a severely plain suit the hat may be picturesque and decorative, though always lightly trimmed. On the other hand, with an elaborate costume the right thing is the perfectly plain felt hat or “pull-on-slouch,” which has no other trimming than a couple of handsome hatpins. Lewis is mixing fur and embroidery on many of his new models, and with good results. Crowns seem going up and up and a number of unusually narrow brims are seen.

Toque of Blue Velvet.