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Hat Wearing

A brief look at the fashion history of hat-wearing in the C20th from 1900 to the present. The demise of the hat.

Hats and Hair 1900-1920

The fashion history of hats Edwardians favored and how hats changed when war occurred. The toque hat.

Hair 1900-1920

A look at the underpinning support frames used by Edwardian ladies to achieve pompadour and other hairstyles.  Fashion plates showing pictures of Edwardian hairstyles and some with hair ornaments, feathers etc.

Hats and Hair 1920-1930

A look at the importance and development of the fashion history of the cloche hat, the iconic symbol of the 1920s.

Hats and Hair 1930-1940

Hats Page 1930-40 A brief written hat fashion history of the 1930s.

Hats and Hairstyles Page 2 1930's Images

Images of hats and hair styles 1930-1939. Each thumbnail prints to an A4 sheet of small images for each year.

Hats and Hairstyles 1941-1945

NEW Images of Hats and Hairstyles 1946-1949 Images of hats and hair styles 1946 -1949. Each thumbnail prints to an A4 sheet of small images for each year.

NEW Constance Willems Designer Hats

An introduction to designer Constance Willems and her designer knit and felted hats, rain hoods and head wraps in luxury yarns. 18 Mar 2005

Reproduction Costume Hats & Shapers

A look at some hats from Lady Diane Hats and her repro costume hats and an introduction to hatshapers.com modern hat forming blocks. 07 Jan 2005

Hat and Hair Pictures

Hats and hair styles is a new large section I am developing and will add new line drawings, pictures and fashion plates at some time in the near future. 

 I will also be adding more hat and hair text for both the 19th and 20th centuries. So do check the top of the sitemap often for more hat and hair pages.

The Original Hat Pages

In the meantime, you can see some of my original hat and hairstyle quick sketches which capture the eras on these pages.

    Hair and Hats 1800-1840

    Hats and Hair 1840-1870

    Hats and Hair 1870- 1900

    Edwardian Hair and Hat Sketches 

    Some 1920's hairstyles are shown in the page Flapper Fashion.

New Era Hair

Bonnet for Men

The Best Heatless Curls