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Women's Hats: Fun or Fundamental?

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In the 1960s, my mom brought me this Dutch designer hat, I wish I still had it, it's become famous! American women have historically loved hats; but that love comes and goes between the issue of balancing common sense and fashion sense. Baseball caps, cowboy hats, and winter wool have become wardrobe staples, but except for special occasions we have lost sight of the hats that were, and what they were called. Their shapes actually each had a name. Greta Garbo, in a head hugging cloche, the classic French bell shape A little history: Hats for more than any reason beside the absolute necessity of protecting one’s head, didn’t roll in until the Middle Ages when the Catholic church demanded that women cover their hair as part of their religion. Ingrid Bergman, in a great beret, still winter wearable and still popular Women shopkeepers rose to the challenge, creating a new industry, making or providing the needed head covers. After a few centuries, those simple ...