Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1919 — Brilliant Black Hats and Others [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Brilliant Black Hats and Others

i . Brilliant, applied to millinery has either a literal or a figurative meaning end sometimes a handsome piece of headwear deserves the adjective In (both senses. There is never a season. Iwhen the transparent, picturesque black hat, made for more or less youthful wearers, does not appear in models .that deserve to be called brilliant millinery. The big black hat is dear to |the hearts of designers, especially so In a season when it flourishes in transparent fabrics. Such a hat appears in the group above, together with a hat iof black sequins, made for a matron of middle life and a braid and georgette hat that might fit any age between 20 and 50. Everything about the hat at thejeft bespeaks the elegant matron. The shape has a round crown and narrow, poftiy curvingbrim.coveredwith black sequins. The sequins are mounted on fine net and one may infer that the trim facing is of malines. A tall, black jaigrette bears itself proudly at the aide without offense since it is nbt the jfeather of the heron but the cleverest eort of imitation of it. On a wire frame the lovely black bat, made of malines, displays the resources of the milliner’s art in handling this airy fabric. Wires are covered with velvet which proves an asset In Summing up the beauties of the design. The top portion of the crown is of malines And there Is a band of sequins about the side crown with a ,

narrow ribbon above it. Almost the most Important of its merits lies in the scant flounce of malines about the edge wire. More than all, the shape is a thing of beauty. A hat of braid and crepe georgette is one of those becoming non-commital bits of headwear that accommodate themselves to w-earers yoyng and oth- * erwise. The top crown is soft, without foundation and of georgette, like the side crown, which is supported by a band under the georgette. An odd ornament which looks like embroidery work of straw braid trims it at the front.