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Vintage Hats & Bonnets 1770-1970: Identification & Values
For centuries the hat has reflected the mood of its wearer and the spirit of its time. Hats are the crowning glory, the pinnacle, the grand finale of an outfit. Through history, when times were good, a joyous hat was a triumphant banner - when times were desperate, a brave hat could raise spirits. Vintage Hats & Bonnets is a time machine that follows the evolution of fashi...more
Hardcover, 404 pages
Published
March 1st 1998
by Collector Books
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Collector's guides are often more useful to costumers than costuming books are. Vintage Hats & Bonnets 1770 - 1970 by Susan Langley certainly is useful. It has plenty of color photographs of surviving and antique hats -- and if there are only a half-dozen or so pre-1800, that's still not bad, particularly since there are abundant color reproductions of fashion plates and paintings to help place the hats in context.
As one goes forward in time, of course, more and more hats survive. T...more
As one goes forward in time, of course, more and more hats survive. T...more
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