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PAGE TWELVE Purple felt by Sally Victor -- Brasilia theme, ONTARIO TODAY Leopard slouch By Walter Florell, rd SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1960 Accent On CCOSSOVEes BY MARGARET NESS OUR head and your feet are this" season's fashion interest, With the silhouette remaining practically the same, with ease and simplicity the two key words, hats take on a real im- portance, Crowns are very high . . . daringly tall, in fact, At his New York showing, John Frederics featured a group he calls his "Pinch-Punch" hats, Very high stovepipes in rich Beaver-like fabric, their height can be lowered with "a pinch here and a punch there", This is an idea you might keep in mind Lavender-mauve-blue velvet, by Amy, when hat shopping, At some functions you can wear an extreme style, at others you need a more conservative hat. Here, in one, you get both, : As Lilly Dache says: "Fall 1960 contains many looks, Turbans influence even the more tailored. silhouettes, Looks importantly featured are the high line of the soaring dome, the jaunty and deep fitting cloches of the 1920's Jazz era." There is also the toque, so beloved by Queen Mary, but with more height, There is everything from long-haired beaver felts to satin, Velvet is again important, And in New York, fur has become a must . . . a whole hat, as in the photographed Somali leopard by Walter Florell or as a trim as in the red fox band on velvet by Mr, John, Feathers, too, are popular, Woodmere featured a high Victorian bonnet of plum velour with Parma and grape Ostrich feathers on the brim, And speaking of the romantic Victorian era, Mr, John based his entire collection on this theme, His group included "Britannia Travellers", "Windsor Park Rustics" with a not so rustic fur-on-wool challis, | "Saville Row Suitors" with one hat called "Tea at Claridges", "Victorian Beguilers" for after-five hours, and "Crystal Palace Portraits" for evening. Often, however, the resemblance to Victorian times was diffi- cult to see. But his---and every Fall collection -- is "romantic Pe Stovepipe, mauve velour, satin bound, by Frederics, indeed, It's really a lovely hat season, You'll enjoy wearing a hat, Sally Victor, who "hats" Mamie Eisenhower, takes her inspiration from various sources, including, believe it or not, architecture, Last season she deftly created a hat to look exactly like the outside of the spiral Guggenheim Museum, For Fall she chose Brasilia, the new capital of Brazil that is carved out of the wilderness, Photographed is her interpre- tation of Brasilia Cathedral, with the felt cut and munipulated according to the unusual pattern of the architecture, Mrs, Victor was also inspired by the Olympic Games, the 150th anniversary of the birth of the composer Chopin (one hat, "Polonaise", was in bronze velvet, draped high and - wide), the visit of the young Queen of Thailand to the U.S.A. (a red velvet turban, draped in tiers like a temple), and the 100th birthday of Grandma Moses who started painting her homey landscapes at the age of 77 (one hat, called "Sleigh Ride", is a perky draped bonnet of blue, purple and black plaided cut velvet, with a saucy bird). _ Another well-known milliner, Emmie, chose, like Mr, John, a single theme, Hers is based on the lavish bespangled Winter Circuses that thrill the European capitals. There was, the "Lion Tamer" group, including an emerald green stitched velour with cheetah fur drape; the "Pony Plume" group with @