Cloche hat

Visual evolution of the diminutive cloche hat of the 1920s - Caroline Reboux's bell or 'cloche' hat of the 1920s took some years to evolve, as this timeline of photographs show - originally published in Hollywood

Vintage-inspired chic

Dear readers, I have become obsessed with Cloche hats. Today I am honoring the classic bell shaped hat known as the cloche hat. These hats were wildly popular with the young flapper girls of the 1920s, because they allowed women to tuck their hair up into the hair to give the appearance of having short hair. Short hair not becoming popular until the middle part of the decade. Like many of the popular trademarks of 1920s fashion, the cloche was invented in France by the famous Parisian…

When World War One ended in 1918, people were obviously happy. So happy in fact that their collective euphoria ultimately influenced the fashion of the time. The era came to be defined by the emergence of vintage fashion, and as you can see from these pictures, it still looks awesome over 90 years later.

Le Monnier | Cloche | French | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

How to wear a 1920's style cloche hat. An illustrated photo and film guide to the colors and designs of the iconic 1920's hats of the flapper

Modèles de chapeau-cloche des années 1920.

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