Edwardian Ladies’ Hat Fashions: Where Did You Get That Hat?
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Preface
Enter the New Boy
The Edwardian Craze
Postcards by the Million
The Merry Widow
Goodbye ‘Bertie’
Lucky Old Edwin
The Eminence Noir’
Sleepers
Rose Tinted Spectacles
Escape to the Seaside
Edward Linley Sambourne
Hatpins
The Sting of a Hornet
Who’s a Pretty Boy Then?
Feather Farms and Breeders
Ostrich Feather Palaces
Parisian Humour
Saving the Birds
Absolute Butchery
Plumassiers
The Feather King
Monsieur Methot
Canada’s ‘Greatest Store’
Maison Lemarié
The Amazing Coco Chanel
Paranoia?
Lost in Time
Down with the Hun!
Keeping the Presses Rolling
Gilding the Lily
From the Trenches
Hope for the Birds!
Appendix 1 - Hats, Fasion and Textiles Around the World
Appendix 2 – A Century of Bird Protection
Appendix 3 – Museum, Fashion Archives and Societies
About the Author