American Hats – Spring 1903

Nine black and white photographs of women numbered 7 through 15 model a variety of hats for Spring. Woman number 7, in the upper left, wears a dark dress with a white jabot. Her hat is covered with overlapping rows of leaves, Below her, woman number 8 wears a high necked white lace dress and has a dark straw flat-brimmed hat, adorned with white on the crown, and roses under the left side of the brim. Woman 9 wears a dark jacket over a white lace high necked blouse.

Her hat is woven straw of wide strands with several large feathers on the crown. In the center column at the top, number 10 is wearing a white lace dress very similar to number 8. Her hat is covered with white lace, bows, and roses. Number 11 wears a gown or blouse of white lace with a white jabot. Her hat has a upstanding brim adorned with rows of small beads.

At the side is a spray of feathers fastened with a round jeweled brooch. Number 12 wears a black outfit trimmed with white edged black ribbons, rows of white dots, black and white checks and lace at the collar, over a high necked striped collar. Her dark hat has a very high brim, trimmed with white lace at the edge, and filled with many white plumes.

At the top of the right hand column, number 13 wears a dark patterned high necked blouse with a very deep white collar with a scalloped hem and inset diamond patterns. Number 14 wears the same dress as number 12. Her hat is a small brimmed white hat adorned with a group of white flowers, bows, and black dotted veiling.

Woman number 15 has her back turned and wears a light jacket with a fluffy white jabot. Her hat is white with a banded brim turned up and trimmed with ruched dark velvet ribbon around the crown, and a jaunty feather at the side of the brim.

Credit: The Claremont Colleges