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Showing posts with label headwear. Show all posts

Showing posts with label headwear. Show all posts

The 1960s Floppy Hat

Floppy hats were quite the thing in the 18th century Style Inspiration Wide-brimmed, floppy hats were worn with great aplomb in the 18th...

French Berets

The beret is a classic style that never dates, perhaps because it is so simple a design - basically just a circle. It's also very old, ...

Fascinators

The fascinator offers allure and intrigue. From Amazon A Veil of Elegant Mystery Modern style fascinators - those frivolous, feather...

The Turban

Will the Turban Return...? Lana Turner. Still from The Postman Always Rings Twice Although they were a popular item in the 1940s and ...

Vintage Headbands

Pauline Garon in a Photoplay Magazinre shot. 1924 Hollywood actress Norma Talmadge Although headbands have been worn for centuri...

The Cloche Hat

Straw, felt and velvet appliqued cloche. Victoria &Albert Museum The cloche was to the 1920s what the snood was to the '40s, o...

The Snood

Attractive? If you want one, contact the Snood Lady A kind of half cap and half hairnet, the snood was a popular fashion accessory ...

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