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1940's HAT

The small hat perched on the forehead, tipped forward, was popular in the late 1930's and early 1940's.

The illustration associated with a story in the Women's Home Companion, September 1935, shows such a hat being worn.

Note the positioning of the hat.

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The 1945 issue of Glamour, pages 27 and 35 are examples of similar hats.

                                      

    Choosing our hat in this time period, included awareness of the importance of the lines of the hat.  The small close-fitting hat is more successful on the woman with small or regular features.

    I would date this hat as early to mid-1940's.

    The hat would be worn for day wear, not evening wear.

Karen Wood Dating Report 1940's 

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