The Ely Miner

MILLINERY IS MORE ORNATE;
PARIS SPONSORS OSTRICH BOA

HAT note of elegance and elaboration which so characterizes our costume modes this season is also finding its way into millinery. It is taking some persuasion on the part of Dame Fashion to jog us out of the lethargic state of being content to wear a simple little shape to almost the exclusion of millinery which is real millinery. However, the signs of the times tell us that the days of our complacency are over: from now on orders straight from headquarters demand that, at least for dressy occasions, we wear dressy millinery.

So it is that ornateness, achieved through artful color effects and crafty handwork, is bespoken throughout the realm of millinery. Which accounts for the dressy element having entered into the designing of the charming headwear shown in this picture.

That felt can assume the airs of a dress hat if it wants to is convincingly proved in the first hat shown. Briefly described it is a beige shape of exceeding great elegance cut by deft hands in irregular points and so positioned at the crown as to reveal an inlay of nasturtium velours. The edges are outlined with gold paint and there is a cunning little feather spattered with gold which doesn't show in the picture.

The wee hat at the top center is all aglitter with gilt stitchery on velvet ribbon, the same alternated with rows of grosgrain ribbon, the entire accenting a complicated handling.

The clever little shape with a deep cuff at the back shown to the right at the top is of velvet. It also is elaborated with whimsical embroidery.

Lastly is shown a model which displays the new slant-back draped crown. The passementerie across the front is beaded in oriental coloring.

Noted for costume chic is la Parisienne. One of the reasons why is that the French woman is endowed with the gift of sensing how, when, where and what accessories to wear for a perfect ensemble.

Just now a favorite theme with the lady of France is the ostrich boa or ruff. Nor is she adopting the feather boa exclusively for evening wear. On the contrary it has become to her almost as an essential to the completion of her daytime costume.

How charming a note the ostrich boa or, rather, ruff adds to the autumn appearance of madame and mademoiselle is told in this picture. The ostrich collarette to the left, worn with the black lace and georgette frock, is a dark rust shade, while the one on the figure to the right indulges in the new ombre shading, in this instance grading from dark green to pistachio with a presence of deep red hues as well. Note the smart felt hats, for if not a conspicuously draped velvet turban, then the French woman of fashion wears felt.

Not only in neckpieces for daytime wear, but in every conceivable interpretation, has ostrich entered the style picture. Feather boas, the long willowy type in two-tone combinations, are favored for dressier occasions. The newest item of all in fashionable dress is the gold ostrich evening neckpiece.

Styles in ostrich neckpieces for street wear include chokers, ruffs and some of the longer types. Some are also shown with ribbon streamers. Two-tone effects are the favorite, such as Chanel red with bright red, dark blue and Copenhagen, jade and jungle green, also black with white and cocoa with beige. The fact that the modern feather neckpiece is processed to resist dampness adds to its value and interest for practical wear.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY,
(©. 1926, Western Newspaper Union.)

which combines exotic coloring with twinkling metal thread. One of the important millinery items this season is the velvet hat enlivened with lavish stitchery.

Pictured in the center of this collection of millinery confections is a large dinner hat of black velvet made strikingly handsome with crown drape of gold mesh cloth, which is repeated in the shirred facing which frames the face bewitchingly.