McCalls 1940, vintage hats worn with linen suits

Three linen suits each worn with a 1940s tilt hat. The lovely tailored suits are each a McCall's pattern. The stylish and fashionable vintage hats are similar to the hats available in The Vintage Hat Shop.

McCalls 1940

Art Deco hat, 1931 Pictorial Review Advertisement

I know the gal in the Pictorial Review is worried about her underarm odor and using the proper perspiration preparation as referenced in the advertisement for Ordorono. But I am just loving her hat! So classy art deco.

Pictorial Review May 1931, advertisement for Oro-Ro-No.

Vintage calote, calotte or Juliet caps. Vintage hats 1920s-1940s.

Calotte hats are rounded and fit close to the head. The capulet hats are also known as a Juliet cap, as in Romeo and Juliet-- Juliet's last name was Capulet. The skullcaps were popular in the 1920s through the 1940s and were made with a variety of materials and styles. Sometimes the hat had a stem on center top, a veil or a snood.

Take a look at the at the calot in the vintage advertisement  for Chesterfield cigarettes --

Some calottes are listed in The Vintage Hat Shop-

1940s calotte with snood

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Brown calotte with back veil

1930s black calotte

Children wearing Vintage Hats, 1897.

Manistee County Historical Museum

Children dressed in Sunday best, 1897. Love, love the perfect hats and holding hands!!

Carmel Snow Quote, Sally Victor hat

"Elegance is good taste plus a dash of daring."  Carmel Snow

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sally Victor

Vintage hat wearing on Ocean liner SS St. Paul 1900

Travel by Ocean Liner, 1900.

1940s McCalls fashions-- with hats, of course!

Take a peek at the 1939-40s fashions from McCall patterns.  Note the fitted midriff on each fashionable frock. Each dress has a unique and "perky" matching hat-- of course!

 

1940s Sister Hats, a Gage and a New York Creation!

Every once in awhile some hats will come to The Vintage Hat Shop and you just know there is a story behind their eye catching appearance. Both of these 1940s black felt hats were acquired from the same person. Don't they just tell you something about the kind of gal that would own 1940s hats?  The black "loopy" hat is a Gage and the tilt is a New York Creation. These weren't her mother's hats, she had an elegantly dramatic look all her own! Sophisticated and alluring-- you bet!

I would say this young woman loved 1940s hats and  was very classy and stylish, wouldn't you? Oh, how I wish I'd known her!
Both styles coming to The Vintage Hat Shop soon.

1930s tilt hat with one feather

Are you a fan of 1930s hats? Take a look at the feather tilt that was on the cover of McCalls Magazine in 1938. How dramatic! It would take confidence and style to wear such a fashion statement.  I certainly would have to try on this hat and do a bit of mirror modeling before listing it in The Vintage Hat Shop!

McCalls Magazine 1938

1940s tilt hat, from sad to Oo-La-La!

I recently found a 1940s tilt fuchsia hat just tossed in a corner at an antique shop. I took a close look to see if it would be a candidate for placement in  The Vintage Hat Shop.

I could see that it had good "bones" and a unique structure. Actually, I knew with a bit of work it could be a treasure!
I put it on my mannequin, Jo, for a good look--

  I never like to remove vintage veils but sometimes they just aren't repairable or attractive. Removal is the only option. So I got out my trusty seam-ripper and with the utmost care removed the velvet dotted veil.

The result is a striking tilt--a 1940s classic hat. The matching hat pin hardly was visible before, now it is the centerpiece of the forward toy tilt. 

Placed on the head at a jaunty tilt, the vintage hat exudes drama, elegance and a touch of class!

1940s fuchsia tilt

 


  Now I would say that is a hat with a load of  Oo-La-La!  Wouldn't you?!

Hedda Hopper- Hat Lover Extraordinaire!

Noted columnist Hedda Hopper was certainly a hat lover in her day. Take a look at the variety of hat styles from the 1940s and 1950s  that were her fashion. Yes, hats extraordinaire!!

Woman's Home Companion July 1952

Woman's Home Companion July 1952

Crochet your own 1940s tilt hat. Really??!

Tilt hats are among my favorite hats but I had not considered that many of them were hand crocheted in the 1940s. Not only did women crochet hats but purses to match.
Take a look at the styles offered in the Cordet Hat and Bag pattern book. No date is listed but the styles look to be from the mid 40s.

1933 Dodge and a tilt slouch hat.

Everything about this photo is classic. The 1933 Dodge, the setting, the gal driving. But my favorite item is the tilt slouch hat worn but the woman in red on the far right. Her entire outfit is so stylish!

Loretta Young Fashions, 1952.

What style you have, Loretta Young!!


Quote from fashion editor Elizabeth Maderia of the Woman's Home Companion---

Planning a wardrobe with Loretta Young is a fashion editor's dream-- here's a star who knows what she likes and how to wear it, plans clothes expertly for a life that includes small sons swarming in from school, a teen-age daughter, a handsome and successful husband, her own demanding career and work for charity besides.  You see her here in and about her lovely house; you'll next see her in Columbia's production of Paula. 

Woman's Home Companion  July 1952

Vintage Coke Pants, 1970s

If only I had the foresight to order Coke Pants for everyone in my family for only $2.98 back in the 70s. We could have had matching pants.   It makes me laugh just sitting here at the computer thinking about it.  Wouldn't have been pretty.

Vintage 1940s bride

Look at the fresh rosy cheeks on the June Bride!  What an unusual headpiece-- so fresh and romantic.

McCall Magazine June 1942

 

The Vintage Hat Shop- Bridesmaid hat

First Day of School 1955

Take a look at this first day of school, 1955. McCalls magazine cover.  I love that plaid lunchbox!

Last picnic of the summer, 1910.

As we are having our last picnics this weekend so they were over 100 years ago. Some things change, some things don't!

1941 War Ad features Halo Hat

I enjoy looking through old magazines and I always get a kick out of finding pictures that match my hats!
The Woman's Home Companion June, 1941 issue had this ad for Greyhound Bus.

I had just purchased this 1930s halo clamshell hat.What are the chances?!

1930s halo clamshell hat

The hat is now listed in The Vintage Hat Shop. I will be glad to send along the 1941 advertisement to the person that purchases the hat.

Dobbs Hatbox Miniature

In the 1930s, and 1940s men were very particular about having just the right fedora hat.  So if you  wanted to give your guy a hat for Christmas you gave him a small gift hatbox which enabled him to go to the store and choose a hat to his liking in the proper size.
I had never seen one of the mini hatbox/giftboxes  before this past weekend. I was so pleased to find the Dobbs box in a nearby antique shop. You can even see the "For" blank on the cover. The box is 3 in. high and 4 1/2 in. across.           Currently available in The Vintage Hat Shop.

Dobbs gift hatbox

And look at  the proud men wearing their favorite fedora!

Manistee County Museum