What smart outfit doesn't need a hat to complete it?
A few posts ago I showed you a typical hat from the beginning of the decade: close fitting and brimless. These hats from 1937 seem to have gone to the opposite extreme, with wide brims and very shallow crowns. (The crowns are so shallow that the artist depicting these hats makes it look as if the models have had the tops of their heads sliced off!)
The hats are worn tilted over one eye, and as we can see from the right-hand figure, held on by a band passing around the back of the head.
POUR L'ÉTÉ
Grande CAPELINE de paille fine, avec calotte basse ceinturée d'un ruban. Bouquet de petite fleurs multicolores.
CANOTIER avec cache-peigne en fleurs de velours. Voiletts posée un arrière.
[FOR SUMMER
Large straw hat with a low crown tied with a ribbon. Bouquet of small multicolored flowers.
Boater hat with a velvet floral comb cover. Veil draped at the back.]
Straw was the most popular material for summer hats, with felt being more commonly worn in winter.
