When to Wear a Beaded Cap

[Paisley]

I just bought a brimless cap. It's pink wool with a small amount of beading on top and at the edge. The beading is gray and forms two stylized leaves. What would be a good occasion to wear this? When would it have been worn when it was new? Evening only, or nice daytime occasion?

 

[Miss 1929]

If it's wool, it sounds like a hat you would wear with a dressy suit in the afternoon or for cocktails. 40s or 50s most likely, but hard to tell without seeing it.

In the 30s, there were vogues for beaded Juliet caps, but they are generally on rather flimsy material like net, and usually worn with dinner dresses or suits (meaning, a long dress, with long sleeves, ar a dress with a long sleeved jacket over it).

Unless of course you just had brain surgery like Bette Davis in Dark Victory... in which case you wear a silly little hat on the back of your head all the time.

 

[Anachronism]

I'm trying to imagine the hat.
From what i *think* it is, it sounds like something you would wear with a nice coat (not a puffy shiny parka).
It would also depend on what you wear during the daytime. The office I work at is not at all casual, almost to the point where I feel too out of place at class before work.
But then again, I have a friend (who is also a law clerk, go figure) who can wear jeans and a flannel shirt to his office.

 

[miss_elise]

i think we need a pic of it to show more about what kind of thing it may have been worn with

 

[Paisley]

Thanks for your suggestions--they all sound about right.

On cloudy days, I may wear it with my

• navy coat dress
• colorful geometric cotton sweater
• blue and white outfits
• gray and black outfits

I promise not to wear it with my parka or chukka boots.

I'll get more of these hats if I ever have brain surgery at the back of my head.

 

[Miss 1929]

Hope that you never HAVE to but only GET to buy more!
One Dark Victory is enough, thank you!
Show us the hat... it sounds pretty.

 

[Paisley]

I wish I had a digital camera! I'll wear it to work sometime soon and ask somebody to take a picture of it.

 

[Paisley]

The Hat

 

[miss_elise]

oh, pretty!

and it goes great with what you have on

 

[Miss 1929]

I am picturing it with a matching Lilli Ann suit ... in our wildest fantasies...

 

[Paisley]

oh, pretty!

and it goes great with what you have on

Thank you!

 

[Lorena B]

Lovely hat!!,

I think it would also look nice wearing it with a navy blue jacket with a nice pinkish brooch in the upper side of the chest for some nice contrast/ matching.

 

[Paisley]

Thanks! I agree with the navy jacket idea. I had some pink earrings on the day the photo was taken.