1920s hats

Women in the Jazz Age did not leave the house without a hat or some type of head covering. Fortunately for them, there was no reason not to do so with the wide range of hats and headbands that were available to them. Although the snug fitting cloche hat was the most common, it certainly

How to wear a 1920's style cloche hat. An illustrated photo and film guide to the colors and designs of the iconic 1920's hats of the flapper

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A 20's style cloche hat made in a ivory lightweight fabric with a pleated satin band. The hat is covered with floral motif Alencon lace appliques. Eac…

Visual evolution of the diminutive cloche hat of the 1920s - Caroline Reboux's bell or 'cloche' hat of the 1920s took some years to evolve, as this timeline of photographs show - originally published in Hollywood

Every year, I attend a 1920s themed event, and every year I either make or buy a flapper dress. I am using the word "flapper" loosely. I avoid the fringe flapper dress look because it is not accurate to the '20s nor appropriate for a daytime event. When I make a flapper dress I look

Welcome to a long, involved story about how a hat went through many design permutations before it finally became a lovely thing that I enjoy wearing! I originally (all the way back in April 2017…) started out wanting to make this Lily Elsie mushroom hat to wear with my Miss Muffet dress: I began with a fairly generic straw sunhat I’d found at an op shop. I soaked it and re-shaped it over a hat-block and towels to get that mushroom shape. Somewhere there are photos of the process, but I just…

1910s - Early 1920's hats