Those Amazing Hats!

Mrs. Steinbacher was easy to spot, owing to an eruption of ostrich plumes and felted roses spewing from her head.

Welcome to Miriam's world of hats. Hats were still big in the Edwardian era in more ways than one. This period covers the reign of England's King Edward VII, from 1900 to 1910, and spills over to the start of World War I in 1914.

Edwardian hats for women were often wide, and high, and overflowing. The one shown in this picture is relatively tame, but I couldn't resist showing it to ...