#women's vintage hats

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The Cloche, 1920s Style

Tancrède Synave (French, 1870-1936) • Au coin de café-le soir ( At the Corner of Café-le soi) • Unknown date

Chapeau de Marthe Collot (milenary advertisement) • 1920s

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Unknown women, ca.  1900, Sweden.

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LATIMOON Fascinators for Women Derby Pillbox Hat Cocktail Tea Party Feather Headband

[pinewood-to-hollywood]

Deborah Kerr in a test photo for King Solomon's Mines (1950).

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Postcard from the early 1900's with a cat supporting women's right to vote.

From the Facebook group “Cat Ladies for Kamala Harris”

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Happy hat couple. Vintage studio portrait of a fashionable man and woman. https://markonpark.etsy.com/listing/1349335299

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1925 illustration by Elsa Courlander by totallymystified Via Flickr: For an article about hats in The Girl’s Own Paper And Woman’s Magazine.

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Another part of ladies in hats from Victorian era.

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Ladies and their hats, about 1923. If this was in a movie, they would pronounce it "Hets." "Oh Marcella! I love your new het!"

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Edwardian Fashion: A Brief Overview

The Edwardian era (1901-1914) is the last period in British history to be named after the monarch who reigned over it. Although Edward VII reigned from 1901 to 1910 to be succeeded by George V, the Edwardian period is generally considered to have ended at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. The Edwardian age was known for the excesses, elegance, and strict social rules modeled by the wealthy.

The era's fashion was characterized by expensive fabrics and trimmings, and a mature, distinguished look. Some notable features of Edwardian fashion include: Corsets and long skirts were still common, and women often wore high collars during the day. Evening gowns featured silk satin fabrics, empire waists, and column silhouettes, and were often embroidered with beads or lace. The Gibson Girl style was also popular, featuring embroidered blouses, shirt collars, and waists worn with ties or cravats.

The Edwardian silhouette was that of the S curve – a shape that pushed the hips back and the bust forward, exaggerated by floppy blouses that hung over the waist at the front.

Lingerie style dresses were the preferred attire of tranquil femininity and upper-class lleisure.

Widely caricatured in newspapers and propaganda throughout the 1890s and 1900s, the New Woman was denounced for adopting more masculine styles of dress such as tailored jackets, and bloomers or 'bifurcated skirts' for cycling – not to mention her implied sexual freedom and shockingly masculine habit of smoking.

Dramatically large hats such as this one that almost covers two heads, were seen everywhere in the Edwardian era.

The S silhouette was achieved with a corset that put less pressure at the waistline by pushing a woman's chest forward and her hips back. Also helping the look were dress tops and blouses that were looser than Victorian clothing previous was.

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Beatrice Keiller and Greta Westin, 1896, Sweden.

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The more gracious days of shopping. Lord & Taylor, 1946.

Photo: Nina Leen for Life magazine

[susoriginals]

Vintage Ladies Black Wide Brim Woven Straw Hat w Hatband & Flower Trim by April Cornell Edwardian Victorian Only $14