Comentarios en: Sombrero de la Semana #3 https://consombrero.supercurro.net/2010/01/sombrero-de-la-semana-3/ Sombreros a medida, arreglos de sombrerería y tocados Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:57:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 Por: Natalia https://consombrero.supercurro.net/2010/01/sombrero-de-la-semana-3/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:14:54 +0000 http://consombrero.homelinux.com/?p=2565#comment-328 This week we are going to deal with a hat that denoted an era: the Roaring Twenties. The cloche or bell hat was the Flappers’ hat: girls who represented women’s liberation wearing short dresses with ballet pumps and red lipstick. Their integration into the workplace meant that they had to give up the big and splendid hats of the Belle Epoque and, among other things they had to have their hair cut like a boy (garcon cut). They smoked, danced until dawn, even put their make-up on in public.
Further beyond this bucolic image, there is no doubt that this hat design survived the streets until the 30s, and the milliner’s made alterations to the length of the brim, adornments or materials in order to offer new hat designs each season. Consequently, amongst the antique hat collection we found a great variety of cloches.
The hat of the week I have chosen is one I bought whilst on a trip to Paris in 1992. I took some photos of the details that we, the experts in this field, observe to identify it. The quality of the felt isn’t remarkable; it has short hair and fine thickness. In practice, it has maintained its form although it has not always been well stored.
The Grosgrain ribbon that adorns the hat was made of cotton and sewed by machine, which didn’t make the most of the style of the hat. If we observe closer, paying more attention to detail we can see that the grosgrain ribbon is tied, with a turn up. This typical masculine adornment could be a ribbon, a brooch or a bow. The brim of the hat has been reduced and slightly tilted. The hat rim has been sewn on by machine.

Translated by N.Díaz

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