1940's Hats // A Collections Management Update

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • We all know I love a hat, or okay....any vintage accessory really, so it is no surprise I have managed to add a few more 1940's hats to my collection over the last year. Here are the new additions to the hoard, ahem, I mean TCH fashion collection. The dream is to build a museum-like dressing room one day with a wall-wide glass case to house all these of course, but until then, it's all about keeping them safe and loved.
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Комментарии • 323

  • @chornayadrakoshig
    @chornayadrakoshig 2 года назад +41

    While I'm not much of a hat wearer, I adore to watch your collection videos - it's *~magnificent~*
    Btw, on a topic of not wearing things that are packed in storage - is it because you don't want to go through the hassle of unpacking it or you forget about specific items when they are "out of sight out of mind" when you plan outfits? Because I have the second problem and in my case digital wardrobe planning apps came to rescue c': God it was annoying to photograph but now I finally wear all my jewelry because the app helps to _remember_ I have stuff somewhere in the boxes

    • @Nineathy
      @Nineathy 2 года назад +5

      I scrolled down here to ask a similar question! Some of my things definitely don't get worn enough just because they fade to the periphery of my memory if not easily visible.

    • @daemein
      @daemein 2 года назад +1

      Do you have specific wardrobe planning apps you like? I have been looking for something like that to digitally organize my collection. I didn't think of wardrobe planning, and was thinking more along the lines of curating, so I eyeballed the boxes app, but never went for it. I wasn't convinced that it fulfilled my needs. I'd love a suggestion! Thanks.

    • @chornayadrakoshig
      @chornayadrakoshig 2 года назад +2

      @@daemein I personally use Acloset, but the main features I utilise are outfit planning/tracking and some statistics. Talking about storage, there are some parts of the app you can use for that, like tags or comments under each item, but this app isn't designed for storage organisation specially

    • @michellebyrom6551
      @michellebyrom6551 2 года назад +4

      glass fronted cupboards that keep the dust and moths out might help. You'd need to make sure it's out of direct sunlight to prevent fading though. Standard cupboards that you have to open before deciding could be a compromise.
      Hats that require shape support beyond tissue paper can go onto decorated stands. Styrofoam covered in tissue paper or papier mache formed over bowls or balloons can be stuck to cupboard walls.
      Just a thought.
      Vintage display cabinet maybe?

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +7

      It is indeed the unpacking and finding the exact hat I'm after that is the trouble, they are safe but not easily accessible! I simply need more space as an accessory hoarder, a room sized closet should do nicely someday...✨

  • @shawnaclair1151
    @shawnaclair1151 2 года назад

    Beautiful hat collection! I also love the way you are doing your hair currently I would love to see how you go about styling it.

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      Thank you Shawna! I'm afraid I don't do anything special to my hair other than curl it with a curling iron and hope it behaves 😅

  • @DeniseMJoerg
    @DeniseMJoerg 2 года назад

    Wonderful additions to your collection. You wear hats very well!

  • @rachellee.9389
    @rachellee.9389 2 года назад +1

    Arlac? Sounds like one of the many aliases that the Dracula family used...

  • @rachellee.9389
    @rachellee.9389 2 года назад +1

    Can hats be restored like old paintings to bring the color back?

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +1

      I imagine that old paintings have tarnished varnish that is removed to show the true color, where hats have no such coating alas 😅 One could paint them or dye them, but it isn't advised for collecting value as it would hurt resale

  • @charlespentrose7834
    @charlespentrose7834 2 года назад +33

    I officially have hat envy. Wish I had the money to buy, and the space to store, a large selection of nice hats.

    • @AnniCarlsson
      @AnniCarlsson 2 года назад +3

      Same. And I don't even use hats other then the knitted ones during winter because really cold. Live in Sweden. But still want all the hats 😂

  • @HockityPock
    @HockityPock 2 года назад +34

    Your joy over the miniature tricorn is contagious. Very jealous of that find!

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +3

      It wasn't even that expensive, I still can't believe no one had snapped it up before I got to it 😍

  • @rainicascadia5514
    @rainicascadia5514 2 года назад +24

    This is my fav channel! I'm a knit wear designer and long time sewing designer till a few years ago due to health conditions. I've been so afraid I lost all my creativity due to that. Depression! You! Creative person! With your videos have re-placed a spark in me! Love ya soooo much for that! 💗💗💗

    • @m.maclellan7147
      @m.maclellan7147 2 года назад +3

      Glad to hear you've got your "spark" back ! Wishing you good health and happier days.

    • @rainicascadia5514
      @rainicascadia5514 2 года назад +1

      @@m.maclellan7147 thank you Margaret 💗

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +1

      Thank you Raini! I hope you can return to full flame soon ✨❤️

  • @lfitz3545
    @lfitz3545 2 года назад +11

    Oh good grief!
    Not checked in with you for a while and what an amazing reintroduction.
    1. You look amazing.
    2. Your hair looks amazing.
    3. Your hair withheld with all that hat wearing and jiggery pokery.
    4. I want your hair style and I'm now going to change mine likely this forthcoming week.
    5. Your new hat additions are quite off the chart.
    6. Your attention to packing/storing your hats carefully is a lesson to us all.
    And, as always Bianca, never stop doing what you do.
    Your narrative is most inspiring.
    Lois from London x

  • @KbatzReviews
    @KbatzReviews 2 года назад +10

    Hats need to make a serious comeback! Useful and stylish I don't know why more people don't wear them. 👒

    • @monicabostick9282
      @monicabostick9282 Год назад

      Me too, I have been a devout hat enthusiasts literally ever since I was a very little girl, I wish that I could go back in time, and visit one of the Miliner Haute Couture boutiques of yesteryear!
      I'd absolutely lose my mind in a shopping frenzy😉❤️‍🔥💯💥💃🏽

  • @suzannewch7202
    @suzannewch7202 2 года назад +14

    Just love listening to your hat-enthusiasm! And seeing you model them all!… oh and can we just appreciate your great make-up?

  • @WhitneyAvalon
    @WhitneyAvalon 2 года назад +13

    Love these, especially the “cat ear” one!

  • @ailsadixon408
    @ailsadixon408 2 года назад +15

    Favoloso!!! These are all glorious. It's so wonderful to see you truly becoming the magnificent noir-futurist, Victorian gothic butterfly, rainbow space villainess you were doubtless born to be! Thank you for bringing us along for the ride. I thought I'd never seen anything better than the green feather number and then BAM! Toy tricorn, BAM! Black saucer surrealist pompom joy. I just can't 💚🖤💚

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +1

      Thanks Ailsa! Pom pom chenille dots for the win indeed ✨

  • @waterbitten
    @waterbitten 2 года назад +10

    Collections management!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 it makes no sense to me how much I love your love of hats, especially because I don't wear hats.

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +1

      Thank you! I mean I love the look of plenty of vintage I wouldn't wear myself so it's fair!

  • @Rhaifha
    @Rhaifha 2 года назад +8

    Those hats all look great on you! Thank for showing us your collection additions, I feel like I'm living vicariously through you! 😊

  • @violetsidhe
    @violetsidhe 2 года назад +5

    So many amazing hats and Bianca you are not a hoarder you are collector and rescuer of the hats

  • @Susanfuzz
    @Susanfuzz 2 года назад +3

    It was great to see my punkin friend from Halloween 😍😍😍 oh and the hats were smashing too, lol

  • @wawawawatusi
    @wawawawatusi 2 года назад +4

    When you put on the brown felt with green feathers...magic happened.

  • @velvetsunshine9106
    @velvetsunshine9106 2 года назад +5

    Love them all! Thank you for sharing your passion. X
    I photograph all my shoes and hats that have to be packed away, then stick photos on the inside of the wardrobe to remind me to wear them

  • @estherbjerga523
    @estherbjerga523 2 года назад +17

    Just wanted to say, cardboard isn't acid free, so the piece structuring the little minty fur hat might be happy to be replaced with a piece of acid free mat board or something of the sort. :) love the whole collection

  • @Rotten_Ralph
    @Rotten_Ralph 2 года назад +4

    My hat collection is unfortunately boxed up as well. Mine is costume hats my friend Tiffany hired me to sell for her at the Colorado Renaissance Festival. They are art pieces and should be displayed but I have a single head on my shoulders and not a wall set up to display them on. Yet… give me time 😈

    • @m.maclellan7147
      @m.maclellan7147 2 года назад +2

      Get an Instagram account & show them off !

  • @tonyboloni64
    @tonyboloni64 2 года назад +2

    The hat from O'Neil's in Akron. O'Neil's was the top drawer department store; someone buying something at O'Neil's knew they had just bought something enviable, desirable and smart. As in a smart new hat.

    • @octavia088
      @octavia088 2 года назад +1

      Akron was probably quite a stylish place back in the day, when you consider how many rubber executives’ wives there would have been in town. With country club events and travel, they probably expected O’Neil’s to outfit them smartly.

  • @amandasackman7723
    @amandasackman7723 2 года назад +5

    I'm so jealous 😫 I want all the hats!

  • @rcdoodles6214
    @rcdoodles6214 2 года назад +3

    Amazing, beautiful collection. Your hats are tangible reminders of what a different world existed in the 1930’s-40’s. We are an extremely casual culture today. Women enjoyed being feminine and dressed beautifully back then. I’m going to research how and why veils came to be such a thing, along with gloves it may have been a desire for modesty. Thanks for this wonderfully fun video!

    • @m.maclellan7147
      @m.maclellan7147 2 года назад +2

      I was coming to comments to ask Bianca to do a video on veils ! I am 59, so vaguely remember Catholic Women wearing "chapel veils", but was never a "girly" girl - so didn't pay attention !
      I am Loving the really sculptural hats ! Can you even study hat making nowadays? Are there millinery schools in the USA ?
      The great thing is you can find and source materials easily now. You could make hats from the wool of Heritage Breeds of sheep ! That would be something I would love !
      I wonder if you could source veils from either India or China, since both are historically involved with silk products.
      Or perhaps, South America - using either baby Alpaca (super fine!) or their "cousin" Vicuna's ! (Super super fine hair!)

  • @tanishahogan9396
    @tanishahogan9396 2 года назад +2

    Could you do a series on how to wear the hats? The way you demoed the different styles of how to wear a pillbox hat, really told me I have no idea how to wear them...and the picture with the snood and tilted hat was interesting, too. And if the same style was worn through different decades, did they wear it different ways throughout those decades?
    Also, film noir dame is a great feeling! Also, that small tricorn is amazing!!!

  • @apriljodoin9643
    @apriljodoin9643 2 года назад +2

    Love hats. Always have. Wish they were in style now a days.

  • @kellylincoln8244
    @kellylincoln8244 2 года назад +4

    I was just re-watching your last hat collections management yesterday! What great timing. I’m thinking of getting a couple of hats and your videos are always such great inspiration. Question about pricing, I’m interested in some more classic styles like the pancake and halo etc but they all seem so expensive online (I love lilies and remains and buttons and bows, but some of the hats there that im interested in are like 175 dollars. Is that just the going price and I need to save up? Or can I find better deals somewhere else? I’d love to get some classic hats for under 50 but I can’t seem to find any and im not sure if it’s my timing or if it’s inflation 😭.

    • @kellylincoln8244
      @kellylincoln8244 2 года назад +1

      Ahh hit post before I was done- I was wondering what you think a good price range is for a classic hat. In other hat videos you’ve said you don’t do more than 50-60, does that still hold true?

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +1

      The trouble is, for as classic as the saucer/pancake/halo hats are, they are far rarer today and therefore more expensive to collect, especially in good condition. The bigger the hat, the more emblematic of an era, the more desirable it will be, which also drives up the going rate. Smaller hats like the berets and tilty pillboxes seen in this video, as well as smaller 50s half hats, can be found for a steal sometimes, $20-$30 dollars, but nice straws and larger wool hats definitely go for $75-$200 depending on how iconic they are and the condition. Unfortunately the supply just doesn't match up with the demand, so they are an investment for sure! Sometimes you can find epic deals, I have a large navy wool halo 40s hat that I snagged for $25 on etsy, but mostly the good stuff goes for more yes. I am a uniquely committed magpie who will type in "1940s hat" into etsy and go through every single page of results looking for deals while listening to podcasts...if anyone ever wonders how I unwind at night lol

    • @kellylincoln8244
      @kellylincoln8244 2 года назад +1

      Thank you for the reply! It’s really helpful for me to get an idea on reasonable pricing- it seems to vary so much! I’ll try and find some berets, and keeping crossing my fingers for the magical deal to pop up on Etsy or eBay! And maybe start saving up for a big hat…one day a big ol platter hat shall be mine!

  • @janethagy8871
    @janethagy8871 2 года назад +4

    Once again my heart is a-flutter seeing these amazing hats. Thank you so much for continuing to bring such interesting and inspiring content to RUclips!

  • @barbaragraham6886
    @barbaragraham6886 2 года назад +4

    Amazing collection! I always learn so much from your videos. My favorite is the mustard colored doughnut hat :-) Thank you for sharing!

  • @lilpinkbear
    @lilpinkbear 2 года назад +3

    What a delightful selection of hats. I loved getting a look at these vintage treasures. That wee pirate hat, oh my! Thank you for sharing Bianca.

  • @lynn858
    @lynn858 2 года назад +3

    I would have thought that the hair should be styled over the band/elastic. It would impede taking off the hat, but women were expected to keep hats on, so no issue?
    Obviously for this video one would simply put the elastic over top of the hair, but I’d have imagine Bianca would describe that one “would” style the hair overtop if that had been the norm.
    The stiff loops on the first yellow one, seem very odd, visually to me. Was this something you usually saw? Maybe I just haven’t seen too many pictures specifically of the of the side back of people’s heads.

    • @jillstedtenfeldt6799
      @jillstedtenfeldt6799 2 года назад +1

      Yes, hats with plain elastic definitely goes under the hair. Many years ago I found a little, late 30s, black half halo and couldn't quite "get" the elastic so...mum to the rescue (born 1922) showed me how easily it laid under the hair. And it stayed in place during a snow storm.

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      As a general rule, decorative or matching bands go over the hair, and elastics and little combs are hidden in the hair. Many 1940's hats like a few of mine seen here have matching felt or fabric straps that were worn over the hair, and the loops or bands are sometimes additionally decorated with flowers and such as seen in these examples www.pinterest.com/pin/93801604725206458/ www.pinterest.com/pin/460563499403653836/ www.pinterest.com/pin/460563499400313347/ www.pinterest.com/pin/460563499400836615/ www.pinterest.com/pin/460563499369012539/

  • @leslikuyweski4576
    @leslikuyweski4576 2 года назад +3

    Love your hats! My mother wore hats in the 60's. She downsized about 10 years ago and donated all the hats. I could have cried! I wish I had them!

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +2

      Oh no! My grandparents donated a bunch of stuff before I was old enough and into vintage, luckily now they know to send anything they find in the back of the garage to me 😂❤

  • @TheMMFamily9
    @TheMMFamily9 2 года назад +2

    id love to reproduce them..i have a wall of hats, some vintage some my reproduction's

  • @carolbarbee5653
    @carolbarbee5653 2 года назад +4

    You look great in a hat your collection of hat's is amazing😍

  • @LeaVeliz
    @LeaVeliz 2 года назад +5

    The black half hat is just too gorgeous!

  • @kaytiej8311
    @kaytiej8311 2 года назад +1

    So many beautiful, beautiful hats! I love so many of them. But above all l just love sharing in your joy and delight as you describe and put them on. Everything you say is, well, just perfect - like the hats!

  • @sandrabrown6326
    @sandrabrown6326 2 года назад +4

    I really liked all of your hats. Thanks for sharing.

  • @lindagoesel3815
    @lindagoesel3815 2 года назад +2

    This is so fun. Wish I could have these myself. I always wore hats when I was younger. Now it's just fascinators, or berets. Thanks for the great show, love that you try them all on for us.

  • @juliemeanor6531
    @juliemeanor6531 2 года назад +3

    The rust with olive feathers,😍!! All of them a beautiful.

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      Imagine my joy in the store looking up top see it 🤣 Immediate "yes I'll take that please"

  • @LivingVintageAndHandmade
    @LivingVintageAndHandmade 2 года назад +2

    We are totally of like minds when it comes to hats! “How could I not?” 👍👍👍

  • @suellenfunk1898
    @suellenfunk1898 2 года назад +3

    You have the BEST taste in vintage hats! They all look perfect on you!

  • @kyrapink16k
    @kyrapink16k 2 года назад +2

    I always love watching your collections and hauls, they're are such a treasure trove of beautiful things!

  • @wendyolmeda5069
    @wendyolmeda5069 2 года назад +1

    Seriously great collection. My dream is a dressing room...a wall of shoes & bags...a wall of hats & accessories... then the DRESSES♡. Thanks for sharing. I live on the Island, and vintage can be pricey but every now and then you'll find 1 hat, gloves, purse, shoes ♡♡

  • @MysteryMommy1
    @MysteryMommy1 2 года назад +1

    The green feathers make your eyeshadow pop

  • @coolgirlvintage3623
    @coolgirlvintage3623 2 года назад +1

    I love the donut with the remix shoes and cord bag! Also the petal crown thing, NY creations is the best, always..The sequin little topper is my favorite. Yes, I have a hat problem, and, I'm also on my second account here. I'm Dawn from Hudson Vintage.. I wish you would do a live with me on your jewelry! Consider it?

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      I have never done a livestream of any kind, but I would like to in the future! I just don't have the set up or knowhow really, though my brother used to be a streamer so really I could perhaps convince him to help me 😂

  • @Charliefarley170287
    @Charliefarley170287 2 года назад +1

    Hang on, I’m supposed to only wear sequins for evening wear? But how am I supposed to dazzle people with my sparkliness? I wear sparkle all the time! 😂

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      Feel free to sparkle all the time 😅 I think they wore them for daywear in the 1940s too if the old films are anything to go by ✨

  • @lilcottie
    @lilcottie 2 года назад +1

    Not sure if someone has mentioned this already, but in reference to the sequined evening hat, what we do for dusting at the costume collection where I volunteer is use a low-powered vacuum, but separated from the item by a piece of window screen. That way, even if something (like a sequin) comes off in the process, it won't get sucked in and you can reattach it. That might be a good solution to your issue, and it can be gentler than compressed air depending on the vacuum!

    • @killamoosdraree730
      @killamoosdraree730 Год назад

      You can similarly attach hosiery over the entire nozzle of a vaccum cleaner with a rubber band to pick up objects like sequins and beading that may have hit the floor already during the cleaning process. I have also found a mini keyboard vacuum that is very low powered and has a small brush at the tip of it that works great for cleaning the interior hat band area of felted wool hats (the brush helps loosen the dust out while also fluffing out the felted wool enough to make it like new again).

  • @kellalafaire8534
    @kellalafaire8534 2 года назад +1

    Humbly, *humbly*, requesting a pirate lookbook

  • @anitaturner2999
    @anitaturner2999 2 года назад +2

    Bianca, you look so spectacular in your hats. I, too, love hats although mine are not vintage (at least the ones I wear). Thank you for sharing your new additions to your collection. Take care!

  • @dianavoermans
    @dianavoermans 2 года назад +1

    Why did we stop wearing hats? A do ra ble 🤩🤩🤩 every single one of them

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      Just because most don't wear them doesn't mean we cant! Wear a hat, life is short 😅 Worst that can happen is folks think you look silly, but like, who cares about them eh?

  • @silaslizzie43
    @silaslizzie43 2 года назад +1

    That black hat with the front petals is to die for! Definitely film-noir dame. Damn!

  • @sigridvanvelzen5943
    @sigridvanvelzen5943 2 года назад +1

    What was the use of a veil back then, just stylish? Anyone know where it originates?

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      I do believe it was just pretty and or mysterious at this point! They had practical veils in the Edwardian era for riding in a semi-open car, and I assume earlier for riding in open carriages? and for mourning wear certainly

  • @jirup
    @jirup 2 года назад +1

    You have made me want to pull out the old family albums... my Gran was an absolute fiend for hats.

  • @kelley4086
    @kelley4086 2 года назад +2

    That tricorn hat is so incredible! I want desperately to figure out how to make one. Do you ever dabble in hat pins? They are super fun and easy to make.

  • @bethknapp4935
    @bethknapp4935 2 года назад +1

    I wish I looked good in hats. Sadly I do not, but you!!! You look stunning in all of your hats. They are all just beautiful little pieces of art and I love when you show your collections. ❤️

    • @e_viola
      @e_viola 2 года назад

      I used to think that too, but it just takes a little time to find what styles suit one's face

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      Thank you Beth!

  • @linw7320
    @linw7320 2 года назад +1

    OMG That was too much fun!! I loved all of the hats and they each look so great on you Bianca. Also you are very funny 😁 a real pleasure !

  • @teressebirkett3387
    @teressebirkett3387 2 года назад

    Hats with built in fly nets ..... from the 40s....who knew! Wonderful collection

  • @bnhietala
    @bnhietala 2 года назад +1

    The hair looks beautiful! And the need to redo it later is a small price to pay when you're playing with hats. The green hat with the veiling and the yellow feather looks like the veil falls close enough to your face that it could double as a fashionable mosquito netting. Perfect for a walk on a summer day to keep the bugs out of your face! And, let's be honest, summer is basically bug season. A glamourous fashion and function accesory, and you absolutely shoul have one in more colors! Oh! A tan one to go with an adventure fashion outfit!

  • @emeraldrose512
    @emeraldrose512 2 года назад +1

    Oh, soooo beautiful 😍 🤩 These hats are so beautiful ❤️ What a wonderful collection! They all suit you so well! I'm new to your channel and I'm truly addicted already! Thank you so much for sharing ❤️

  • @TheClairegrant
    @TheClairegrant Год назад

    MY FASHIONISTA Mother said to never wear a hat straight (1932-2012). I don't know which I love better this video or perusing Montgomery Wards catalogue. Nice!

  • @elainebye9090
    @elainebye9090 2 года назад +1

    Wow, you have many gems there! I am mesmerized by the ones with green feathers. 🥰

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      Thank you Elaine! Green and feathers is the best combo ✨💚

  • @annlidslot8212
    @annlidslot8212 2 года назад +2

    Hi, Yes!!! Hats!!! I do adore another hat video. I love hats. Congratulation on your hats. I can' say that I have a favorite. All of them are fantastic as per your usual. I will await a video about your new costume jewelry in the future. Yours, Ann

  • @monicabostick9282
    @monicabostick9282 Год назад

    OMG, I'm absolutely in Love with these gorgeous ladies hats, such great couture from the past🤗

  • @loretta_3843
    @loretta_3843 2 года назад

    Thank you so much for sharing your collection with us. It's so lovely and it's a very fun, indulgent watch! I don't know why, but I love a hat with a veil. Thanks again! 😘😘

  • @lesleyharris525
    @lesleyharris525 2 года назад

    Hi, don't think of it as hoarding but caring for delicate antiques, just don't let anyone hear you saying my precious. Lol.💖

  • @jenniferw1570
    @jenniferw1570 2 года назад

    Wonderful collection! I'm a bit obsessed with hats. I was just on ebay looking at 1940's hats and saw some amazing and very unique ones; a black velour openwork style that would resemble a spider perched on your head, perfect for Halloween! A cute 30's ? sailor style beanie; perfect for a stroll on the boardwalk; A black velour beanie pillbox hybrid with a rolled stalk on top which has a length of fringe hanging down the side, some Fez vibes but so cute; there was an authentic halo bonnet style with a chin strap bow, wholesome and demure; A Top Banana large halo hat with brim and tropical leaf design, I actually thought it was a reproduction since the colors were so bright and clean. Quite a standout! I thought of your channel when I saw them. Thanks for showing your collection, oh there was also a small round fruit and flower netted confection with the original hair combs.

  • @fritziepisarski8681
    @fritziepisarski8681 2 года назад

    I have about 20 vintage hats, half from my aunt. Absolutely love them. I wish hats would come back in style. Seem the only time I can wear them is Easter or Mother’s Day to church.Ahhh sigh .

  • @theophania10
    @theophania10 2 года назад

    Those hats are absolutely dreamy! I need more hats in my life. Off to Etsy I go! :D Thanks for sharing your collection!

  • @joannaerhardt7294
    @joannaerhardt7294 2 года назад

    Buttons and Bows, I love that shop! They have spectacular hats!! I have a dream that I'm sitting in front of a vanity and am trying on an endless array of gorgeous hats. Aaahhh you're living the dream!😍💖💖

  • @Voirreydirector
    @Voirreydirector 2 года назад +1

    Well done, my dear, a lovely presentation.

  • @samh.3421
    @samh.3421 2 года назад +1

    Why did we, as a society, with morals and standards, ever transition away from wearing hats? Why?? Excellent video. Fill me with envy, why don't you. I need more good hats.

  • @kendal4452
    @kendal4452 2 года назад +1

    I loved it. I remember seeing my mom ware what looked like a big black plate on her hair back in the 50s and she looked gorgeous in it. She wore it with a red dress and black gloves.

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      This sounds magnificent indeed!

    • @kendal4452
      @kendal4452 2 года назад

      @@TheClosetHistorian Oh yeah, you'd a loved it. My mom rocked it well. We have a video of her wearing it.

  • @nixhixx
    @nixhixx 2 года назад

    I could never deal with wearing hats that far forward, blocking vision... But they look great on you!

  • @paulinemegson8519
    @paulinemegson8519 2 года назад

    Officially not a hat person….in fact im one of those philistines that , when handed a hat, turns it over in my hands with a confused expression, and a plaintive “so what do I do with this? I don’t even know which way round it goes” However, I don’t sew with silk either but I’m as happy to watch you sew some gorgeous confection from taffeta, as I am to watch you getting excited over your headgear lol I like passionate people :)

  • @jennifermiller2856
    @jennifermiller2856 Год назад

    I inherited one oy my great grandmother's hats, it is a wire frame covered in black feathers with blue pink and yellow in spots that lay flat to the head. I couldn't read most of the label so I only know it's union made in the USA. I managed to find a pillbox type feather hat with blue and orange spots to keep it company. I also recently inherited a hat from my grandmother that is labeled as a Mr. John classic soleil 100% wool hat.

  • @tanishahogan9396
    @tanishahogan9396 2 года назад

    Wow! I didn't know about the casein hats...if I ever collect vintage hats, I will have to watch out for that...my niece is allergic to any form of dairy and she even breaks out if she touches it. That would be a weird thing to break out from.

  • @potternana3303
    @potternana3303 2 года назад

    ❤️💯. I was wondering for your next project if you could do the vampire's wife dress version of your creation that Kate Middleton wore in her most recent portrait with her husband that would be stunning on you 👍

  • @killamoosdraree730
    @killamoosdraree730 Год назад

    I love your collection! Mine is not nearly so vast, but I adore all of my pieces. Sadly, a few of my antique pieces were used on a wall display by my mother and became sun damaged. I love them just the same, but do not wear them. I think rescuing vintage and antique fur is a worthwhile endeavor and I would wear that minty colored fur hat often. I encourage people to honor the animal(s) who gave their lives in this way. I have a few antique fur items passed down to me by my ancestors that I still put on for special occasions. I refuse to buy new fur to be clear, but fur that existed before I was born ought to be worn. Thanks for sharing your collections!

  • @Timetravel1111
    @Timetravel1111 3 месяца назад

    Wow you do really well hunting down the good hats and coordinating them. I’m here trying to style a hat for 1944 World War II hanger dance and it’s summer look and I wish I had that tricorn one because that one you can wear for hundreds of years and it’s still in style 11:30 ha ha I guess the bonus to this one is it has a polkadot band and I have polkadot matching white and black gloves 🧤 giant brooch pearls and dancing shoes 👟 👠

  • @melodywatts7322
    @melodywatts7322 2 года назад

    If you ever find ladies hats from the 40’s with a “ Meyers or Mayers » label please pm me .. it was my great grandfathers hat company in New Jersey

  • @cathypickard4615
    @cathypickard4615 2 года назад

    Bianca, I have started taking pictures of the things that are going into boxes and then attaching the pictures to the boxes so that I can easily find what I want. I think that this would work for storing your large collection of hats and other accessories or clothes in boxes.
    I hope that you are doing well. 🥰
    Cathy from Alabama 🥰🥰

  • @pennyplaysbach
    @pennyplaysbach 2 года назад +1

    I appreciate that you call your hats your buddies. ❤️ I like the black saucer, the mini pirate one, the green one with the veil and the rust one, as well. The tilted donut reminds me of a stylish 40s smoke detector! Your little pat on the tissue paper was cute, too. 👒

  • @michellecornum5856
    @michellecornum5856 2 года назад +1

    Love hats!!

  • @asilverfoxintasmania9940
    @asilverfoxintasmania9940 2 года назад

    So a tad freaked out. I was looking back through your video catalogue early last week looking for a specific video to post to someone and thought its been a while since you did a collections management video and low and behold here one is! lol

  • @penny7b
    @penny7b 2 года назад

    I too love hats and am seriously enjoying living vicariously through your hat collection.

  • @caoimhenimhuireadhaigh1303
    @caoimhenimhuireadhaigh1303 2 года назад

    If you ever tire of that utterly fabulous film noir straw hat I will *happily* take it off of your hands 😇😂😂😂

  • @m.maclellan7147
    @m.maclellan7147 2 года назад

    That hat with ALL the sequins had me singing "Cabaret"!!!!

  • @Puppy52
    @Puppy52 2 года назад +1

    Kitten eared hats😍

  • @diversitylove5460
    @diversitylove5460 Год назад

    Those are so cute 🥰
    Do you think they would work with modern fitted dresses?

  • @xcurvesx
    @xcurvesx 2 года назад

    the tricorn hat did things to me ugh i NEED TO MAKE ONE OR THREE 🤤

  • @angelkeith4767
    @angelkeith4767 2 года назад

    M. O’Neill. Akron with the accent on the AK and not the RON.

  • @paulamiller8386
    @paulamiller8386 2 года назад

    That mini tricorn. I want one just like it. It would go with so many of my things.

  • @sophieinspired
    @sophieinspired 2 года назад +1

    A mini pirate hat! I love it 💖

  • @doloresgreen1563
    @doloresgreen1563 2 года назад +1

    I am so thankful for you, Bianca, otherwise I would remain in ignorance of hat etiquette. 🤣😂😻 Your collection is beautiful. All I wear is a homemade topless, denim, sun hat, or a welding hat. No worries, I don't go to town very often, but I do romp around the ranch, harass the fish pond with my fishing pole, or repair fencelines. 🙃 Have an AWESOME weekend. 😻

    • @m.maclellan7147
      @m.maclellan7147 2 года назад +1

      Do you live anywhere near Massachusetts? I have a welding helmet I can't wear - old wooden studio building.
      Looking for a welding teacher or buddy !

    • @doloresgreen1563
      @doloresgreen1563 2 года назад +1

      @@m.maclellan7147 I am located in North Central Texas. I do hope your post will get you connected with a welder much closer to you. 😍

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +2

      Thank you Dolores! I should think the fish wouldn't mind if you had a feathery hat one day 😅✨

    • @doloresgreen1563
      @doloresgreen1563 2 года назад

      @@TheClosetHistorian 🤣

  • @JenInOz
    @JenInOz 2 года назад

    I'd love to see a line drawing of the first black hat you show here?

  • @wyntersynergyundignified
    @wyntersynergyundignified 2 года назад

    I would’ve never thought I’d enjoy a video about hats, but here we are!

  • @purplealice
    @purplealice 2 года назад

    That navy hat was probably bought to go with a nice navy suit or dress

  • @emykoh
    @emykoh 2 года назад

    The mustard, maybe homemade one is my fav! A hat tutorial would be really interesting!

  • @kellyburke5990
    @kellyburke5990 2 года назад +1

    Love the hairdo and the hats!

  • @aprotista
    @aprotista 2 года назад

    I really wish hats were still a thing, for both men and women! ❤