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... 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... 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... 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 ... 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... 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... Read more...
Clothes talk: Fashion grows up this season (1955)
Clothes talk with our fashion editor
It's happened at last -- fashion grows up this season. Gone is the little-girl look -- the doll dress, cinched... 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 ... 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... 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... 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 ... 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... Read more...
The fashionable 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 fa... Read more...
