Vintage women’s fashion: The stylish small hat (1915)
The small hat
We lament its coming and we hope for its going, but still we cling tenaciously to it
Why has the small hat taken such hold on fash... Click to read more...
1950 hat trends: The cloche, cap, scoop brim & other headwear for her
From 1950: A white hat, a flower hat, a wide feather-light straw so sheer that the sun shines through... This spring, hats have a lovely quality of becomingness.
Spring fashions for 1950: Fitted coats, shorter skirts, checks, coral pink
Fashion from 1950: This spring, there are more straight shoulders than last year. Are skirts shorter? Yes, but not unbecomingly so. Fourteen or fifteen inches from the floor, according to your height. The newest hat is almost shoulder-wide.
The Victorian lady’s way to keep warm: Fall & winter clothing from 1891
Tailor-made jackets in velvet are now quiet the thing, and made medium-length, double-breasted, turned-back collar and pockets on either side; very much, in fact, on the order of the English top coat.
Skirts, suits, dresses & coats: Tips on trends in ’50s fashion (1955)
It's happened at last -- fashion grows up this season. Gone is the little-girl look -- the doll dress, cinched waist, and crinolines -- it's the woman who is now the darling of designers.
Her hat designs are far out! Making headgear for astronauts (1965)
United States astronauts who go to the moon may wear headgear designed and produced by a ladies' milliner.
Fashion lessons from the ’20s: How to spoil the effect of beautiful clothes (1926)
How to spoil the effect of beautiful clothes
It isn't what you wear, it's how you wear it
Fashion before and after photos
No doubt you have... Click to read more...
Stetson hats for him and her (1947 & 1948)
How to look your best...
...meeting a traveler or traveling to a meeting (1947)
Wear the right hat for the occasion! Stetson Hats
H... Click to read more...
Craft: Make Revolutionary War-style soldier hats (1913)
There is never a boy child who does not love to play soldier. The young soldier will be happier if he has a soldier cap. Either of the paper ones represented here in reduced size will answer the purpose.
How to knit an antique-style opera hood (1862)
Knitting an old-fashioned opera hood
Make a chain of 90 stitches. Then knit one row across, then seam a row, knit a row, seam a row, knit a row; then... Click to read more...
Go window shopping in Washington DC in the 1920s
J C Harding & Co, Inc. electrical goods
"Housecleaning made easy" - appliances, radio, vacuums
Shoe store (1925)
Display of Dr ... Click to read more...
Hats of the season: Saucy tilt still apparent (1906)
Hats of the season
Nothing strikingly new in the advance millinery models - The saucy tilt still apparent
Feminine fashions are about as uncerta... Click to read more...
Vintage style: The sweeping popularity of ribbons (1906)
Sweeping popularity of ribbons
The ribbon girl has arrived in all her glory.
It is some years since the ribbon epidemic has been assigned a "s... Click to read more...
Young America votes for Eagleknit headwear (1956)
The name brand in kitted headwear
In knitted headwear, the popular vote goes to Eagleknit by a thumping majority. You can't equal Eagleknit's record ... Click to read more...
Simple one-piece hats you can make (1955)
Easygoing headgear
To cut in one piece and make in minutes
One little piece of bright felt by the yard, cut in a simple shape, a few quick stitche... Click to read more...
Vintage diner & patrons (1940s)
My grandfather was a carpenter/general contractor in San Francisco, and these three photos of this diner/coffee shop were in his portfolio. I don't ha... Click to read more...
Two charming Montgomery Ward hats (1908)
A Montgomery Ward hat that becomes nearly every woman
Y9743 - Virginia - $4.89
A style that pleases because it is attractive, dressy, stylish ... Click to read more...
Quiz: Who’s under these famous hats? (1955)
Keep it under your hat
by Max Brandel
Each of these hats represents a famous person. Can you identify them from their distinctive headgear? (Answe... Click to read more...
