Ladies with Really Big Hats

[Warbaby]

I have a fairly extensive collection of Edwardian era fashion photo cards, including some with pretty spectacular hats (this photo is one of a series of spoofs on the elaborate hats of the era). If anyone is interested, let me know and I'll post more...

 

[miss_elise]

cool...

I'm looking for some inspiration for the racing season this year

 

[Brooksie]

I like it!

 

[Warbaby]

Note the title at the bottom of this one...

 

[cherry lips]

Post away, Warbaby! A silly hat a day keeps the doctor away

 

[HadleyH]

Heaven help us all!


lol

 

[helenhighwater]

Oh these are great! ;D

I did a course on fashion history and was astonished that women at that time would have dead birds on their hats and... kittens' heads on their muffs! Ewww...

 

[HadleyH]

Oh these are great! ;D

I did a course on fashion history and was astonished that women at that time would have dead birds on their hats and... kittens' heads on their muffs! Ewww...

They still do helenhighwater, they still do... [huh]

 

[Paisley]

Those hats have their own gravitational pull.

 

[Warbaby]

I can't imagine what it must feel like to move about in a hat like this.

 

[Warbaby]

Are we looking silly enough yet?

 

[Paisley]

These aren't hats, they're furniture for your head.

 

[dhermann1]

Kitten heads?

You sure they weren't mink, muskrat or fox?

 

[Warbaby]

Not quite a kitten, and not exactly on the hat, but...

 

[Warbaby]

Today's big hat - lots more to come...

 

[Antje]

I love the old pictures, but i can't think of wearing such big things on once head.

 

[Elizabeth.F]

I wish I had a big hat like that!

 

[D-Day-Doll]

Hopefully you don't mind some more modern photos of Edwardian hats in addition to the beautiful vintage cards. I'm in love with Edwardian hats, the bigger the better! Here I am with my biggest hat, although I wish I had enough hair for a Gibson girl style to really get the look down.

 

[Viola]

D-Day Doll, WHERE did you get that lovely hat? Is it vintage or a reproduction? I adore that style - I don't think I could go BIGGER, like the postcards (my brother volunteered that all one of those was missing was a "wrought iron cage with two live doves") but yours is so delightfully bold without being preposterous on me, hopefully.

 

[D-Day-Doll]

D-Day Doll, WHERE did you get that lovely hat? Is it vintage or a reproduction? I adore that style - I don't think I could go BIGGER, like the postcards (my brother volunteered that all one of those was missing was a "wrought iron cage with two live doves") but yours is so delightfully bold without being preposterous on me, hopefully.

It was an Ebay steal for $20. It is original according to the hatmaker who took a look at it. The details are beautiful, with the velvet edging, ribbons and fake flowers. The ostrich feathers are much more full than any modern ones I've seen. It was probably a nice hat in its day and luckily its still in great condition.