THE BONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY: NOVEMBER
Small Hats in Felt and Suede.
Tis to be hoped that small hats are what most women like. They will be asked to wear them through the winter.
However, there are women who will insist upon the big hat. Their faces need it. The crown will not be large or draped which is a with difficu't fact for women large faces to overcome, but they acrifice fashion for beauty.
taken the place of satin. The French milliners say it is hard to get, therefore, the pries is high. Fine felt shapes ready for decora- tion are difficult to find, but it is probable they will be plentiful
NEW SMALL HAT.
This autuma. one designar shows curious Italian bat swing ing back to the days of Faust and Marguerite, as do all her
substituted for suede, green and joloso quarters; placed in the front red come into prominence. } of the bat
Ons designer features his smart This is the Best appearance in felt bats in the colour called cock, years of the ornamental hatpis, is is buils with a broad crown and but na one holds these absurdly an irregular, upturned brim. One sbart sticks responsible for keep portlan of the brim ising on the hat They are maio caught with a creamy ornament frivolity. somewhat like the oblong places ofmother-of-peart. The desire for Fur lined, reversible capes are. whatever is Indo-China bas new this season. With twist brought mother-of-pearl into one may change from a wrap of fashion
Fur to one of wool.
At the left, o black velvet jockey cup with fringe of narrow ribbonat the side. it won with a white crepe freek, with arma bracelets of white talle tied in large bows. A: the right, a green refret turban trimmed with sweeping aque Teathers.
Model of move-toland forgette and felt combine 1.
A mederately high crown. not exaggerated in size, is the" type the milliners offer. The French-i woman rarely goes into a shop and buys a bat. She goes to the milliner, talks for an hour about materials and formation, has a her preliminary hat built on head, then goes back for fittings. in the manner of buying gowns.
IMMENSE CROWNS VASISH. The crowns on the large hats are draped. So far there are few feathers. When there are festhers, they belong to the barn. yard rooster and not the African bird.
There are wreath of roses on some of the new crowns. They usually match the colour of the hat, but they are abnded inj several tones of the one colour. This is especially well done in pale brown.
These large bats are of velvet
as often as felt, but they are not
afmoire, satin, or taffets. Satin i
has been retired by the milliners!
Under while retret lined with
except in the ribbon bats which Mekot embroidered in black and
are swirling along at a great paca.silver.
London has adopted them with
enthusiasm. They fold up to go
Oce of the suede hats has its entire surface covered with -■ geometrical design in bits of shell
THIS WEEK'S RECIPE,
Cold Strawberry Pudding.
Ingredients:-3 egg yolks, 2 tablespoons lemon juice. 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon gelatine, 14) cupcold water. I cup strawberries cut in sms pisces, cup cerem besten till stiff, whites of 3 c884 stiffly beaten.
Almond green celeet hat with trich in a slightly darker shade.
same decorative type of trimming. introducing pigeon-blood rubies, Cook egg yolks, lemon juice is used by a Quaker-like dove. and sugar together over hot water
grey house frock, that has its until thickened. Add the gelatine long hanging side draperies, which has soaked in the cold and its apron front bordered water. Remore from Sire, place with Darrow ruches of grey over ice, or cold water, add Valenciennes.
strawberries and allow to cool. Tomato-coloured crepe geor stirring oftea- As the mixture gette, worked with a design of begins to stiffen and bafore it fruit, carried out in brown porce "Bets." add cream and egg while. lain bade of many shadings, and carefully fold them into the strikes & new note in a model gelatine mixtore. Turn into afrock that Paris has produced for mold and chill. Camold and this season, the beauty of this serve with beaten cream,sweeten-
gown being enhanced by side ed and flavoured with vanilla. and strawberries.
CREPE GEORGETTE.
A New Way of Using It. Parisian designers are exciting themselves over the latest and most novel way of using crepe georgette. Not only do the new georgette gowns show delightful
or porcelain in white, green and embroideries and drawn-thread
in a travelling bag without even new costumes. It starts out red. Other sunde hats are heavi- work, but in nearly every in- the aid of tissue paper to keep to be a large skull cap caverly encrusted with a design done stance the panels of their skirts, them in good condition.
There are still black velvet hatsing the hair completely, except in gold thread and bits of jade the small curls over the eats. and pearl are ranged in close sweeping out as widely as a sun- but across this bigh cap, extend-groups to give Bashing colour. shade, with the heavy silver laceing from ear to ear, goes & te JOCKEY CROWN IN FASHION. of the Italian Renaissance for upright band of the mat I ornamentation. This lace is which curves over the top. That's You can call the new crown wrapped about the crown and tied all there is to that.
the jokes and steeres of their long, straight bodices are to be found trimmed with dainty frills of fluted Valenciennes edging, which is dyed to match the georgette.
It is difficult to describe. the
with its sharply cut segments, by charm of the new gowns, for they
OF INTEREST.
Laces, in all high colours, and
general wear. It is made in Italian ilk
ja a loose bow with long loops This hat is in black, purple, the name of jeskey or cantaloupe, seem to combine a simplicity and sad ends that fall over one side. and grey velvet, also in hammered The name is not important. The daintiness in one, making quite The interesting feature in these gold and silver tissue. Over the fashion is. This crown is used ideal toilettes for indoor wear. large hats, no matter what their latter is thrown a softening veil with ant without a brim. Its Frocks of this sort look, perhaps, fabric, is the fact that they scoop of fine old lass, so fragile in its segments are not in differing col-bast in the new shades of beige, panels of fine knife pleating that up in front. They do not show texture that it does not add to ours. The yare subdued by being known as "burnt bread."
*re rery effective, although the hair in front, but they show the heaviness of the metallic of the same fabric and colour.
On big Parisian dressmaker extremely simple. about an-loch of bare forehead tissue, bat gives it lightness. There are turbans that look has scored a distinct triumph by Kaito-pleating is being develop above the eyebrows, then slope downward across the temples whether or not is will be popular fashion for these segments came made of black georgette, trimmed For instance; a fine bius serge This is not an easy hat to wear. Chinese-and that is where the designing new lingerie modeled in all manner of original forms. covering the head to the nape of is difficult to say. It may ka-from; one only wants the Manda with many fiutings and pleatings frock-cost is made with a skirt ria's button at the top to com- of fine black Valenciennes net. in which narrow panels of the piste the resemblance. Curiously Sometimes girdles of stones,arga are divided by koife pleat- enough, the French milliners put made to simulate real jewels, ings made of navy blue and Sometimes the ornamentations is
small veil, Venetian-lite, of trim frocks of this character, white striped satin, brightly & contrast, but fashion permits menced to be cold instead of black lace across the eyes. This giving them an added, richness. cired, and pleated in such a way so now that it hasn't yet been the one tone thengbout if worgen warm so they are not new, but is done with black hats; the brown On a beige colour dress is seen that the white stripe, is only re- named, which combines vest bras. tions, from Paris te made of felt and suede ones usually have sash girdle made of a wide band vealed when the wearer walke-iere, corset and bloomers. So most díaborate fabricg #will. prefer monotony.
These hats are made. in divers a slight brim and as ornamenta of Valenciennes lace, worked all collar of the striped tire extin, farits use has been limited large higher tops and more defi SOFT FELT RIVALS SUEDE.. Felt has leapt into new impor-shapes. Usually they are of cin- tion there are the two short jow-over with reproduction yellow and cds to match, completing ly to the stage, but it is now whistine than we have BOO
|being-put-on the market for män tance. It rivals velvet. It has asmon brown. When leather is felled hatpins, facing each other at diamonds and emeralds. The this novel costume
the neck.
The new brims are not lined with a contrasting colour. The whole hat keeps to one colour.
fivence other millinery..
SLEDE LEADS IN SMALL HATS.
French women have suede bats since the season com
they are important.
worn
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is gold and silver mesh, are in de- The sash of one of the newest - rocks. There is a tendency to use a dinner gown is trimmed with and for dinner gowns and dance Paris importations in the way of Spanish lace in black or grey over ostrich fringes shading from colourful foundations.
orange into deep brown. It le worn with a brown silk frook
Some recent corast impodle
There is a new piece of lingerie.
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