The Victorian era was almost a century of fashion. In that time, ladies' Victorian hats grew from the large bonnet to the small bonnet, short hat to tall hat, plain to elaborately decorated. Keeping track of all the changes is no easy feat, as hat styles came and went every few years. Changes mimicked dress

Ok, so I have a lot of catching up to do on here! Between finishing up my PhD and then an international move, there hasn’t been much time for blogging over the past few months. But I have bee…

Bonnet Place of origin: England, Great Britain (made) Date: ca. 1860 (made) Artist/Maker: Unknown (production) Ma...

Possibly one of the most iconic images of a woman of the Georgian era wearing a riding habit has to be that of Lady Seymour Worsley. So, with that in mind, we thought we would take a look at this f…

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poke hat, trimmed with chiné ribbon

When I was at Fenwicks in London (which is such a great store!) recently, trying on whimsical hat after whimsical hat, I wished we wore hats more often. They are like candy for the head and whose head could not use a little candy : ) One of my favorite lines in one of the The Thin Man movies is when someone shouts out to Mrs. Nora Charles, "look at the screwy hat on that dame!" To all dames with screwy hats... Happy Easter! Madonna at the premiere of Evita in John Galliano: Marlene Dietrich in a hat looking fabulous: Audrey Hepburn in a hat - could not choose just one: Not technically a hat but a head scarf on Jackie Kennedy Onassis: Hats at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton: Sarah Jessica Parker has worn some fun hats: and who can forget the late, great Isabella Blow... xo, Juliana