Head Wear Collection

Kangol advertisement 1956
Advertisement for Kangol hats showing three chic, elegant women wearing Kangol hats (of course) at an event, possibly a private view at an art gallery

Womens Hats 1916
What the well-dressed American female is wearing on her head in 1916 - from a mail order catalog by Bellas Hess

Ladies Hats 1871
Seletion of fashionable bonnets from 1871

A Variety of Mens Hats
A selection of mens hats, including a Bowler Hat, a Tweed Cap, a soft felt hat, a best silk hat, an opera hat, a chauffeurs cap, a Ladies Riding hat and a Tweed hat

Evening headwear by Lewis and Judith Barbier
A selection of evening headwear from the 1920s, three designed by Lewis and four by Judith Barbier. Date: 1924

Selection of autumn hat designs by Esther Meyer

Javanese Actors
Actors and Actresses from Java, wearing traditional headwear. Date: circa 1880

Rene Fraser, 1930
A lady, Rene Fraser, photographed in 1930 wearing a close fitting, cloche style hat and pearl earrings with aplomb

Wedding Dress 1905
A lady in a wedding dress with train and mob cap headwear with veil; and a woman in a green dress with buttoned sleeves

Hat & Mask in One 1929
Dual purpose headwear: cloche hat worn so low over the eyes that it doubles as a mask. Eyeholes are cut in the crown. Perfect hat for hiding upper facial flaws

Girl in Headscarf
A girl poses wearing a head scarf (quite fashionable in the 1950s and not just worn by the Queen)

Woman in headscarf by David Wright
Unfinished illustration of a woman wearing a hood or headscarf by David Wright, best known for his pin-up girls during World War II. Date: c.1942

Selection of autumn hats designed by Georgette & Cie
A selection of four stylish autumn hats from the 1920s, designed by Georgette & Cie. 1924

A Saltner from Merano, Italy
Since in the earliest paradise on record poor human nature found the plucking of forbidden fruit an irresistible temptation

Coptic Priest
A spectacular portrait of an Coptic Priest, holding a small cross. Copts in Egypt constitute the largest Christian community in the Middle East

Summer hats by Marie Crozet and Maria Guy
A selection of stylish summer hats from the 1920s. The three at the top are by Marie Crozet, and the lower two are by Maria Guy. 1924

Vietnamese Woman - Saigon, Vietnam Date: circa 1910s

Tabriz, Iran - Fruit Seller
A Beautiful early photographic picture postcard showing a Fruit Seller. Rather bizarrely there is a partial view of a chap on a ladder emerging into the top-right hand corner of the shot - what he is

Summer hats by Agnes and Lucie Hamar
A selection of stylish summer hats from the 1920s. The three at the top are designed by Agnes, the three lower ones by Lucie Hamar. 1924

Asprey advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Asprey & Co, jewellers, displaying a tiara for anyone needing an eleventhhour one for the Coronation of 1953

Hat by Agnes, 1930
A knitted cap of dark blue wool moulded to the head by Agnes. It pulls down on one side and places a wool flower in bright colours on the right side

Hats by Bernard Devaux, 1960
Three hats by Bernard Devaux, design for Lanvin Castillo and available through British milliner Simone Mirman. Top right is a turban shape in white net studded with a jewelled crescent

Hat by Molyneux, 1930
A hat by Captain Molyneux using felt and curves breitschwantz fur at the sides and back of this close-fitting mode. A fine full veil with a spotted border softens the line and falls to the chin

Mrs Anthony Royle in a hat by Peter Shepherd
Mrs Anthony Royle, wife of the M.P. for Richmond, wearing a bold busby hat transformed into a mass of buttercup petals for summer designed by Peter Shepherd

Woolland afternoon hat, 1953
In 1953, you had hats specifically to wear in the afternoon! This one, from Woollands is the perfect summer complement to a dark town frock (you also had dresses that were only worn in town)

Profile lady 1884
A fetching blue and black diagonal felt hat with a low flat crown. 1884

Ladies headdress 1896
Ladies bonnet with veil Date: circa 1896

Woman in purple hat
Woman wearing a bonnet type purple hat, one definite point on one side while the other side curved outward and down. Date: 1931

The high hat trend, 1960
A selection of hats with high crowns, fashionable in the early 1960s. Top left is an original Tyrolean hat, which, can be bought over the counter at the big department stores for a modest price

Women of Normandy. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Bosnian Women in traditional costume
Three Bosnian women in traditional national costume

Children from Madeira in traditional (and brightly coloured) costume

Veiled Turkish Lady from a good Family with fine gloves and a fan

Black African dancer - Egypt
A Black African dancer in Egypt wearing a feathered headdress, playing an elaborate harp

Steaming a Hat
Photograph demonstrating how to steam a hat in order to freshen shabby headwear

Headwear fashion, 1964
Illustration showing a design by Reed Crawford made of tiny pink-petalled daisies massed on the crown and a shallow brim of yellow straw, 1964

Winter headwear fashion, 1927
A striking design displaying a diamante buckle on a grey velour hat

Falcon headwear ad
Advertisement for Falcon headwear for men showing a dapper gentleman wearing a smart trilby hat

Asian Headwear / Racinet
Asian headwear including various turbans

HATS OF 1926
What the well-dressed woman is wearing on her head this autumn - creations by Agnes, Suzanne Talbot and three by Maria Guy

Making Panama Hats in, of all places, Panama

Two Ladies in Hats
Two women wear creations by Agnes of Paris

Hat Styles for 1896
Seletion of ladies Hats

MENs HATS
Top hats come in Twenty Different Shapes at the Western Hat Company of Oxford Street, London, known for their unequalled Half-Guinea Hats

HATS FOR 1924
What to wear on ones head this year ? Louise Marsy has some answers, one of which hides the face almost completely, concealing spots, black eyes and the like

3 Items by Patou
Nos Chapeaux - trois creations par Jean Patou

Costume / Women / C15 France
A group of French noble women in a variety of dress and headwear styles

Costume / Woman, 1790
Frenchwoman in post- revolutionary costume with fan and extragavant headwear

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