1943 Felt hat
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1940-1948 A green felt hat
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The back of the hat
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Side view of the hat
Description
The hat is made of a crescent of green felt sewn to the back section with a piped seam; it is 4¾" wide at the centre front. The front edge is turned in and top-stitched on to the paler green petersham ribbon, ⅞" wide, which goes round the inside.
The top has a rosette each side made of a strip of the felt, 1⅞" wide, pleated and coiled in a spiral, and there is a bow motif at the centre back made from a piece of the felt, 6" long and 2¼" wide, its centre pinched in by a ½" wide strip. Felt hats often had self trimmings at this time, maybe to make the most of the available material when everything was scarce during the second World War; for some reason hats themselves were not rationed.
Contemporary illustration
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Detail from a fashion drawing in Woman and Home, July 1947
Contemporary items
More hats from the Hopkins Collection can be seen in Headwear, published by The School of Historical Dress and available from the Hopkins Costume Trust bookshop.