Today is Melbourne Cup Day, a day when fashion goes—literally—to Australian women's heads. While women wear their hats and fascinators at the race course today, I thought I'd take the opportunity to look back to an era when hats were for every day, not just special occasions.
Here we have a selection of hats from the National Cloak and Suit Company, which show the styles available in the mid-1920s. All the hats pictured here have deep crowns and fit well down on the foreheads of their wearers. However, they have a variety of brims: narrow (the classic cloche style), broader (described as a "Poke shape model"), turned back and rolled. Trimmings range from simple ribbons to elaborate feather confections, with embroidery and applique being popular decorations. The most common material for making the hats appears to be hemp braid, but wool felt and taffeta are also used.
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