Greencastle, PA

History: The Roaring ‘20’s! – Prohibition, Jazz Age, the Charleston, Flappers, the Fitzgerald’s, Hemingway, Gershwin, Will Rogers,  Babe Ruth, Charles Lindbergh, Clara Bow, Rudolph Valentino, and the Right to Vote! And then… the crash of Wall Street on October 29, 1929 and the dawn of the Great Depression.

Fashion:  Curves were out. The thin, straight, boy-look was in.  Hemlines went up and down.  Women used makeup and went to health clubs. Egyptian motifs and embroidered Spanish shawls were in.  Art Deco with its streamlined or geometric lines was popular.  Bugle beads and sequins adorned evening ware.

Hats:  The cloche was the hat of the ‘20’s worn straight and low over the forehead.  Hats were made of felt, straw, silk and horsehair along with synthetics.

ca. 1920 A black satin, wide-brimmed cloche hat with central feather trim.

The condition as well as the sophistication of the hat is very appealing.  It is marked Chandler and actually came in its own original box.  The 1920’s was a period in which both brimmed and brimless hats (cloches) were worn.