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Hill, Clare, fl. 1900 / Millinery: theoretical and practical
(1909)
Ready-to-wear hats, pp. 132-[142]
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MILLINERY READY-TO-WEAR HATS A few of the modes, and occasions when worn, the material employed in their construction. The "Tam" (simple): worn for school, motoring, cycling, yachting, golfing, shooting, wet and windy weather. Usually made in wool, cloth, etc., for winter wear, sometimes in linen, or holland, and straw for summer. The "Tam," with peak (Diag. LIV.), or brimmed as a flam or mushroom (Diags. LV., LV. A), or with tabs over crown for all the same occasions, also when driving, gardening, etc. Made in the same materials as the first- The "Man of War," for school only, made in cloth, straw, and linen. The Yachtsman's Cap, when yachting, for seaside wear, for motoring. Made in cloth, straw, linen, oilskin. The Sailor, English, French, American. For yachting, seaside, motoring, driving, morning wear. Made in cloth, straw, and linen. The Boat (Diag. LVI.), the Marquise, Porkpie (Diag. LVII.), and many other shapes, when built on tailor principles, severe lines, absence of trimming, or only trimmed in the simplest or stiffest form, may all be classed with the ready-to-wear, and as such can be properly worn in the morning, and when shopping, and on all other occasions when the costume is in keeping, or tailor-built. 132
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