Headwear Collection

Tatler front cover, 1958
Front cover of The Tatler for April 1958 featuring a model wearing a hat, or Easter bonnet, by French designer Pierre Cardin, using yards of wide-mesh net, swathed on a white

Woman in Bangkok wearing traditional Thai hat, or ngob
A happy young woman in Bangkok wearing traditional Thai hat, or ngob Date: 2000

WW2 Headwear Greetings Cards
A series of three WW2 greetings cards in the shape of service hats including the Auxiliary Fire Service, the Royal Air Force and Air Raid Precautions Warden. Date: circa 1940s

Edmond Hanssens. Belgian military and explorer. Portrait
Edmond Hanssens (1843-1884). Belgian military, explorer and colonial administrator. He took part in the expedition of Stanley to the Congo. Engraving

The Prince of Wales and Bridal Crown, Norway
The Prince of Wales, Albert Edward, tries on a bridal crown on the head of a waiting maid, during a visit to Norway, 1885. Bridal crowns were worn by single women on holidays and then their wedding

Hats for autumn
Showcasing the latest range of hats available at Gorringes. Date: 1939

Corduroy Hats
Marshall & Snelgrove, advertising their new wider rib corduroy hats. Date: 1939

Shady crinoline hat, trimmed with ribbon velvet bows and gathered ribbon velvet under brim. Date: 1927

Straw hats return to favour in 1930 - factory in Luton
Straw hats return to favour! Luton, the centre of the straw hat industry had suffered from lean years since 1914; khaki was the wear of choice until 1918

John Gilbert - American actor, screenwriter and director
John Gilbert (1897-1936) - American actor, screenwriter and director. Gilbert ose to fame during the silent film era and became a popular leading man known as The Great Lover. Date: circa 1920s

Viva Paris. Pierre Cardins suit in white wool gabardine (by Fournier) single-breasted with an officer collar and a front panel of semi-circular cutouts

Four Cloche Hats. 1 - Striped crochet cloche in red, white and blue by Jane Gozzet at Spice No.1 accompanied by patriotic bead and pearl earrings from Harrods

Large group of holidaymakers on a British beach - looking up at the photographer (possibly stood on the promenade?) - the photograph was taken at 8pm on July 11, 1925

Advert for International Fur Store 1908
Two women wearing the latest motoring fur coats, in three quarter or full length, available in grey squirrel, pony, silver rabbit or seal-dyed, to wear immediate. Date: 1908

The First Lamas to visit Europe in a taxi
The first Lamas (Tibetan priests) to visit Europe, persuaded by filmographer of the 1922 Everest Expedition, Captain Noel

Large Hat, little girl - Mabel Luci Attwell postcard
" It would be nice to see more of each other!" - Large Hat, little girl - Mabel Luci Attwell postcard. Date: circa 1938

Aviator Antonia de Varelia in aviation style hat
The well-known female aviator, Antonia de Vareli photographed in a close-fitting helmet style hat made of silk and lined with suede. 1928

Advert for Lovegroves - motoring hood 1905
Sandringham motoring hood in fur trim in leather, ideal headgear for motorists combining cap wrap and dust hood, doesn t matter if you are visually impaired as long as you can keep your hair

Motoring attire for women 1905
Edwardian womens clothing for motoring excursions, left; model wearing leather jacket, right; motoring toque hat with veil over face. 1905

Practical and efficient motor veils 1905
Two women wearing motoring headwear with protective veil over their faces, available from D. H Evans. 1905

Womens motoring coat 1905
Woman wearing dust-resistant full length motoring coat. 1905

Advert for Peter Robinson womens clothing 1905
Single breasted smart sports jersey in wool with motoring hat. 1905

Advert for Peacock hats 1927
Profile of a model wearing a fashionable low brimmed cloche hat. 1927

Advert for Copland & Lye womens latest fashion 1887
Latest styles in Victorian winter dresses from Paris, for young women and girls between the ages of 6 and 16. Date: 1887

Woman wearing lace straw hat with deep maize shade, trimmed with maize crepe and a bunch of field flowers in a flot of crepe. Date: 1886

Woman wearing a coarse brown straw hat, lined with brown velvet shade mordore and trimmed with velvet bows and pink roses. Date: 1886

Edna May - American Actress - Large ostrich feather hat
circa 1910s

Traditional Costumes from the Bresse region of France
Traditional Costumes from the Bresse region - a former French province. It is located in the regions of Rhone-Alpes, Bourgogne, and Franche-Comte of eastern France

Woman wearing bonnet 1896
Lady wearing a netted veil. Date: 1896

Advert for Velaine hats 1920
Hats by Verlaine Date: 1920

Fashion for large hats, roller skating and hobble skirts
Comic postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats during this period. Also this card encompasses the fashion for Hobble skirts and roller skating! Date: circa 1911

Variety of Fashionable headwear in the 1910s
Variety of Womens Fashionable headwear in the 1910s, from wide-brimmed hats with bows and feathers to smaller caps and bonnets - paving the way toward the familiar styles of the later 1920s

Harem Skirt - Enormous Hat
The Harem Skirt - The Simple Life - The shade option provided by wearing an all-encompassing hat! Date: 1911

Nice, France - Chinese-style Embroidered Straw Sunhats
The boutique of Madame Vivienne Bessi, specialising in Chinese-style Embroidered Straw Sunhats - fashionable in Nice, Riviera, France at this period. Date: circa 1940

Italian Model wearing dyed Ostrich-feather hat
Italian Model wearing blue dyed Ostrich-feather hat. Date: 1908

French Fashion - Large back felt hat worn by a photographic model, although the hat is rendered in felt and fabric and the girls hair is from some un-determined source

Edwardian women in tricorne and bicorne hats 1912
Left tricorne, hat with three-cornered, in black tagal, trimmed with two pom - poms, one in black and the other white. Right, amazon, hat made of leghorn

Edwardian floral and feathered hats 1909
Head and shoulders of fashionable women wearing picture hats using floral and plumed designs. 1909

Ayres and Smith straw boater hat advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for the English Rustic straw hat created in a very specific, traditional plait. Date: 1931

What People Are Wearing - Annika Wills and Anne Nightingale
On the left: The English actress Annika Wills (better known as Anneke Wills, b. 1941) wearing a Levi jacket and jeans from Sportique and a matching hat belonging to her husband

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- If the Cap Fits You
f the Cap Fits You, Join the Army Today. Recruitment poster, published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee as Poster No. 53

La Milo 1913
Actress Pansy Montague, a.k.a La Milo, whose posings (as a statue) on the London stage and in various music halls around the country, provoked controversy. Date: 1913

Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hat
The traditional vertigious tantour hat of a married Druze (a monotheistic religious community) woman of Lebanon (sadly not an example of the popular trend to replicate the landscape of late 19th)

Lady wearing a large hat with Ostrich Feathers
Beautiful Lady wearing an extraordinary large hat with Ostrich Feathers (dyed mauve). Date: circa 1910s

Portugal - Madeira - Woman in traditional costume, featuring the pointed Carapuca hat/cap. She is holding a rather deceased fowl and a large stick

White gangster hat by Edward Mann
Model wearing a white gabardine " gangster" hat with red, white and blue striped band by Edward Mann. Worn with make-up by Richard Hudnut using bright pink bloom cream rouge for the hearts

Straw stetson hat by Peter Shepherd
Model wearing a navy straw stetson with blue, pink and white band by Peter Shepherd. Worn with make-up by Max Factor. Date: 1966

Straw hats by Otto Lucas Junior and Chez Elle
On the left: model wearing a plum straw hat with versatile brim by Otto Lucas Junior. To give her that natural, glowing look

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