Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1917 — NEW SHAPES ODD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEW SHAPES ODD

Popular Hat Imitation of Stage Driver’s Headpiece. c Charm of This Style Linea In the Shaggy Material With Which the Frame Is Covered. J The lower head in the accompanying sketch shows the high-crowned hat of “oursine," which is an almost exact Imitation of the quaint hats worn by the drivers of stage coaches in olden times. This may be said to be the most popular shape of the present season and it is exceedingly becoming to pretty faces, writes Idalia de Villiers, Paris fashion correspondent. The whole charm of this style of hat Is embraced in the shaggy material

with which the’shape is covered. In some cases long-haired silk beaver is adopted, but silk beaver hats are exceedingly expensive and for ordinary wear shapes covered with soft “oursine” are quite as effective. The model sketched was in pure white oursine, with a wide band of sapphire-blue velvet twisted round the top of the crown and tied in a loose bow at one side. Similar hats are simply trimmed with a wide band of crochet work in some bright-colored wool, with a full tassel falling coquettlshly over the right ear. The second head shows a model by Lewis. This is one of the newest shapes, and it is half hat, half toque. In front the brim is pressed into a point, but at the back it is flat and finished with a large, flat bow. No trimming is introduced on hats of this kind, and they are worn well pressed down over the hair. For wearing with simple tailored suits this model would be specially suitable and it might be made in some bright colored velvet or panne; for example. in emerald green or tomato red. The crown is high and very full, with a slight tendency toward extra width at the back. For everyday wear such a hat might be made of gray oursine, or of golden-yellow chamois cloth, with a flat black satin bow at the back.

Two New Shapes.