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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1898
Page
4
The piece surveys hat fashions with emphasis on velvet hats and bold trims. It notes American readers resisting red hats and eyes covered styles, while describing new round crown hats with velvet bands, velvet walls, and rhinestone buckles. It highlights crinoline foundations under velvets and the way to secure toques with pins.
Dec 3 fashion notes describe how women seek new winter hats before Christmas, favoring tiny feathered toques and broad brims. The piece details style over material cost, a milliner's eye for fit, and specific hat ornaments such as rhinestone pins and velvet crowns.
Paris previews for Christmas season emphasize light dainty evening wraps in china silk chiffon and soft materials, white predominating. Theatre outings attract elegant frocks, fur once common gives way to frilled wraps, with intricate tulle ruches, lace, and velvet trims described in lavish detail across a crowded opera house scene.
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