Show us your vintage hats!

[chanteuseCarey]

vintage 40s hat with ostrich feathers

front view

showing other side of hat with good pic of snood made from a 1940s pattern for me by FL member CherryRed

showing entire vintage 40s ensemble, info posted on "What are you wearing today?" thread

 

[Vintage Betty]

front view

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This is really lovely - both the hat and you.

Thank you for sharing!

Vintage Betty

 

[Lauren]

Yay! Good mail day today I LOVE my new hats! I have such a terrible hat fetish, and the crazier the better! Luckily I got them for a steal on ebay.

 

[Shirin]

This is just about as perfect as they come. The design is marvelous.

 

[texasgirl]

I love your new hats Lauren!

I have a couple new ones I haven't posted. Here's one- this one has the NRA label and I got it for $3! I'll have to take pictures of the others

 

[chanteuseCarey]

Great hat and a great deal too texasgirl> I love your super dress/jacket too. this hat is one you wore when you appeared in "Public Enemies", right... I'm still sticking with that story

I have a couple new ones I haven't posted. Here's one- this one has the NRA label and I got it for $3! I'll have to take pictures of the others

 

[chanteuseCarey]

Recent vintage hats...

40s topper worn last night 7/7/09 at an Art Deco Society lecture on Dada and Surrealism pertaining to fashion:

30s raffia worn to an opening night showing of "Public Enemies"

40s with ostrich feathers with a snood worn to the ceremonies at the Presidio in SF on Memorial Day

40s tilt worn to a BAWMHRS dinner

another 40s tilt with peach flocked brown veiling worn to Ladies Bible Study

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[crazydaisy]

Lauren, love the first one!
Shirin, I agree that's beautiful!
Texas Girl, can't even start to say how much I like that hat and that dress and you in that outfit! :eusa_clap
Chanteuse Carey, your most recent outfit is my favourite one, those colours are just great on you and I really like all the details of the outfit and your elegant pose - it's a pleasure to look at!

I just got my first vintage hat at Frock me in London the other week. I am very excited about it and hope to get a pic soon for this thread. Not so excited about the price I paid, which forced me to leave the fair without anything else, leaving behind another hat, a fine pair of shoes that fitted perfectly, couple of nice brooches, and a little straw bag that really I ought to have bought anyway as it was cheap. I just felt too guilty. But now I feel guilty and stupid for having left without them, particularly the shoes and the little bag. I am so very sad.

 

[texasgirl]

Thanks cc-it's a wool jersey dress-one of my favorites! My husband got a kick out of that, well have to look for "me" next time we see it Great hats too BTW!

Aw, thanks crazydaisy! That's sweet

 

[Shirin]

Texasgirl your hat is lovely, but I have to agree, that coat is smashing!!! Ahhh, can I have it? JK!
Carey (can I call you carey?) That first hat really suits you, It just brings the whole look together. I also really like that 30s piece. Wow.

 

[Fleur De Guerre]

Yesterday I had my first ever outing, in over 4 years of wearing vintage all day every day, in a vintage hat! Took my time, rather! I now have two hats, this and one other, which will have to wait to be showed off until winter.

I'm posing with our very own Edward, looking smashing himself in suit and hat. I think the brim needs a steam, but I love it anyway!

 

[yummykiwi]

It's nicer with pincurls!

This might be the most beautiful hat I've ever seen!

confession: I am a hat virgin.
I just bought a few vintage hats at a garage sale - BEAUTIFUL - but I have no clue how to attach them to my head. Plus after years in the box they are a little misshapen.
Anyone know much about how to fix them? can I steam them and reshape them or something?
Hopefully I can get some pictures up tomorrow so that you can get a better look and give me some input


Kelly

 

[yummykiwi]

Let's see if this works. Here are a few of the hats I just got. Some of them are misshapen (most of them in fact). I am SO in love with the black and lt. pink ones. The lace on the pink one is SO torn - I think from catching on the beading. Would I need to find a milliner to fix these??

 

[zendy]

I really love that creamy lace topper. I bet that could look great with so many hairdos

 

[Shirin]

ooooh, those are lovely yummykiwi. I really like the lace one, and the dark brown cap.

 

[deadpandiva]

I have vintage dress fabric that matches this hat perfectly. the veiling is so cute. It two tiers. It needs to be steamed but that shouldn't be difficult.

 

[texasgirl]

Lovely hats yummykiwi and deadpandiva! Not sure how to fix the veil, but maybe someone on here might?!?!

Here are a couple of newish hats

This is a great green velour hat. I thought it was 30s when I bought it, but not so sure lately. I read recently that the elastic band started in the 40s- anyone know?

Here's a red hat I got from a fellow lounger. It's got a dab of glue right on the front. Do you think I should try to cover with some sort of embellishment, or not worry about it?

And this is neat, I won a Lot, which was a hat box with misc items in it. Turned out to have 2 hats, 2 muffs, and some gloves.

Here is one of the hats and muff

Inside the muff, there was all kinds of interesting items. A clothing receipt dated 1938, tickets dated 1935, and a note from her boss dated 1938, and some anacin- quite fuzzy looking!

And here's the other hat. Kinda different, has a strap that goes under the chin!??!

 

[yummykiwi]

deadpandiva and texasgirl - those are FANTASTIC. I particularly love the green one.

I don't know much about hats yet. I need to steam mine and reshape them.
How do you ladies keep these hats on your head?? I can't figure out a way to attach them - especially the light pink one. I wouldn't use a hat pin with it, would I?? [huh]

 

[Foofoogal]

fftopic: I found the FL years ago looking to find help with a hatmaker.
The name is Adele Claire and I have several hats by this person. I still cannot or do not know anymore today then years ago. If anyone knows this maker history please let me know. Exquisite hats. Thank you. Sandy
http://sandysfancypants.blogspot.com/

 

[Lauren]

Texasgirl, those are fantastic!!
I think the green one could be late 30s. I am pretty sure that's when elastic straps started, but I am not positive.
The little brown hat with the strap goes behind your head, not under the chin. I see a lot of sellers calling them "chin straps" but that wasn't really popular except for a very brief time in the late 30s, and they were for a specific kind of hat- almost military looking. There may be more instances, but those are the only ones I've run across. Generally when they're ruched ribbon like that they're behind the head ones
Very lovely!! I have a brown one almost exactly like your red one, but the red is certainly so much more stunning!
And how neat is all the little info you have from inside the muff!!?? Wow! I just love it when things come with their own history!