Lady Mary

Fashionable hats, published in the January 1911 issue of Ladies Home Journal.

by Kendra Van Cleave, First published for the July/August 2008 issue of Finery Hairstyles and headwear are inextricably linked in almost every era; hairstyles affect the shape and placement of the hat and vice versa. The “pompadour” popular in the 1890s belied its name. Rather than a large amount of volume, hair was dressed loosely but still simply and close […]

The Edwardian fashion era is often remembered by large over-sized hats stacked with plumes of feathers, bows, flowers, birds, lace, and tull...

Hats were a key component to women's fashion during the gilded age. They were commonly worn everyday and most women didn't leave the house without one.

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Found image. Photograph taken by Y. Burns, The Studio, Victoria Pier, Blackpool.