Whew…All I can say is that women must have been pretty brave back then, to go out in public wearing these concoctions!
One hat looks like my grandmother’s flowered swimming cap without the chin strap, another like it was constructed from a cane chair (or lattice fence) stolen from the set of “Fantasy Island” ..and ..hang on..is that Barbara Streisand in the second shot?!
Two organza scarf hats, both rose-trimmed, from the Harbig collection. Both cost approximately 25/ and will be available at leading stores.
THE NEW HATS ARE SOFTLY FEMININE
ACCORDING to Sydney milliner Bill McCowage, Australian hat styles for the coming spring and summer will combine all the best ideas from London, Paris and Rome.
London favours snoods worn beneath another hat and also “baby bonnets”-made from soft fabrics and
flowers.
Paris presents an abundance of imaginative and often exotic ideas which don’t conform with any one “line,” but the dominant theme is soft and feminine, influenced by “My Fair Lady.”
Two styles stand out -the Breton and the turban, and combinations of both.
Paris likes the head to be neat and not too gaudy.
Materials range from very soft chiffon and organza to fine, frequently transparent straws.
A novel idea from Paris, London and Rome is the use of chair cane for hats-introduced to Sydney by Mr McCowage.
Three hats from Sydney milliner, Bill McCowage, from left: Organdie halo toque, lacquered cane breton, scarfed pill-box.
To sum up: The new season’s hats are determined to be young and light; the blown-out crowns put the hair in a glass case without flattening it.
Colours are spring-like. The pink-red range goes from pale sweet pea tonings up to the red of old roses. There is a lot of navy, teamed with white, and some black-as always. The soft neutrals range from pale toast shades to burnt toast, teamed with white. We’ll also see a variety of blues and aquas.
From Womans Day. Australia. August 2, 1965.