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- - "The Hat Bible-The Wearing of Hat Fashion History Hats have been around for a very long time. Long time ago, people recognized that something over head can protect them from any outer injuries. The wearing of a hat fashion history dates from the first time when our ancestor put animal skin over their heads as protection against the natural force. Indeed, this can’t be considered to be a hat in real sense, but we can see that people began to have the sense to protect their head with some covering. One of the first hats was found in a tomb painting at Thebes and shows a man wearing a coolie-style straw hat. Other early hats include the Pileus, which was a simple skull cap, the Phrygian cap, which became identified later as the ‘liberty cap’ given to slaves in Greece and Rome when they were made free men, and the Pestasos which comes from ancient Greece and is the first known hat with a brim. Although women from an early stage were always expected to have their heads covered by veils, kerchiefs, hoods, caps and wimples, it was not until the end of the 16th century that women’s structured hats, based on those of male courtiers began to be seen. It was in the late seventeenth century that women’s headgear began to emerge gradually and not be influenced by men’s hat fashions. The word ‘milliner’–a maker of women’s hats, was first recorded in 1529 when the term referred to the products for which Milan and the northern Italian regions were well known, i.e. ribbons, gloves and straws. The haberdashers who imported these highly popular straws were called ‘Milliners’’ and they were spoken highly of by the women. By the mid 1800′s Swiss and Italian straws, people began to make hats out of straws. Meanwhile, imitation straws were also made from paper, cardboard, grass and horsehair. Moreover, people began to know how to make velvet and tulle. During the first half of the nineteenth century the bonnet dominated women’s fashion, presenting a quite large look with many ribbons, flowers, feathers and gauze trims, which have made the size of the hats even larger. By the end of the century, prevalent as bonnets, many other styles were also found, including wide brims with flat crowns, the flower pot and the toque – feathers and veils abounded. Although early in the 1900′s most hats were enormous and adorned with flowers, feathers, ribbons and tulle, by the mid 1920′s women’s hair had become much shorter with the shingle cut and the cloche, which hugged the head like a helmet with a very small brim, had come into fashion. Women at that time liked to wear such hats to have that masculine look. Now, after World War 1, there was suddenly such a proliferation of styles and materials that many women had to rely on the advice of milliners. This has enlarged the production of hats; making hats became an easier job that nearly everyone can do that. From the 1930′s to the 1950′s it could be said that New York, with its many European immigrants had become the world’s leading millinery city, with department stores such as Sacs Fifth Avenue, Henri Bendel and Bergdorf Goodman leading the way with their own millinery workrooms. During the 1930′s and 40′s, hats seemed to have higher crowns with smaller brims. However, it was War-Time again; women began to use turbans, which were made from pre-war materials, to cover their head from outer injuries. By the 1950′s the arrival of ready-to-wear clothes had lessen the popularity of the hats, thus robbing the milliners of their crucial part in the fashion world. Equally during the War many women, who had not previously worked, found themselves employed and were then loathed to lose their new-found freedom and independence. This new situation meant, however, that they no longer had so much time or energy to spend on being fashionable. As a result, fats fashion seemed to have been vanished for quite a long time. In the 1960′s the hat was once again overtaken by wigs and hairdressers, who colored, back-combed and sprayed women’s hair into exotic ‘sculptures’. Both men and women also realized that they could dress less formally and the hat was inevitably a temporary casualty. They can change their look by an up do hair style or by wearing a wig. However, in the 1980′s and 90′s there has been a revival of interest in women’s millinery. This was instigated, to a large extent, by public figures such as the late Princess of Wales’s enthusiasm for wearing hats. Celebrities always are leaders in the fashion world. As a result and therefore has made the 90′s a very innovative and diverse period for hats. Hats fashion grew into a vast fashion trend since then. Since their invention, hats have become a trimming for fashionable look. People began to wear hats in different occasions to show their stylish look. However the styles change, hats always have two basic styles – brimmed and brimless – and two basic forms – caps and hats. Milliners have been endeavoring to make full use of the details trimming to make various hats and caps, turning our fashion world more vibrant and colorful. […] "View
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