The Mode in Hats and Headdress by R. Turner Wilcox 1948
The Mode in Hats and Headdress. R. Turner Wilcox, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1948.
Antiques & Collectibles
Historical Hats and Headdresses
The showcase depicts an astonishing range of women's styles — Egyptian headdresses, Spanish mantillas, French straw sailor hats, buckle-trimmed tam-o-shanters, wedding veils, bonnets, snoods, and jeweled crowns.
Men's headwear includes feather-trimmed turbans, soldiers' helmets, cowboy hats and top hats, derbies and boaters, berets, sombreros, and Homburgs.
Hairstyles run the gamut as well: ringlets, topknots, and spit curls, ponytails, pageboys, and poodle cuts, as well as pompadours, mutton chops, and crew cuts.
With delightful details on jewelry, cosmetics, and beauty treatments, this is a unique reference that fashion designers, stylists, and historians will treasure.
Ex-library book (Marshall Field & Co. EMPLOYES' LIBRARY) with a black cover and a bold silver title. Secure text block with a gutter tear at the front/rear endpaper. And a slightly rubbed cover with corner frays. Nicely illustrated with clean pages. About 11-1/4 x 7-1/2 with 332 pages.