I miss hats – the totally superfluous, impractical pillboxes, cloches, and wide-brimmed beauties designed solely for sitting on top of a head and making the wearer look pretty. The hat was an important accessory, especially on Sundays which was a tradition dating to the Middle Ages when the church decreed that women’s hair must be covered.
This wall installation uses the crown of slightly over sized Pillbox Hats to present a frame for portraits created from vintage photographs circa 1940 of ladies in their varying styles of hats.
