Hat Pins

Name: Hat Pins
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ISBN: 9780747801825

ISBN-10: 0747801827

ISBN-13: 9780747801825

Edition: 1992

Authors: Eve Eckstein, June Firkins

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Hats replaced bonnets as headwear for women around the 1890s and hat pins were needed to secure the hats firmly; they were essential for the larger hats worn around 191012. The hat-pin industry expanded rapidly, producing pins of many materials, styles and qualities. Hat pins were necessary for everyday wear as well as for sports and motoring. Suffragettes used them as offensive weapons and were not allowed to wear them when they appeared in court. Bye-laws prohibited hat pins from being worn with protruding unprotected points and contemporary cartoons poked fun at their use. Prices in the early days ranged from one old penny to several pounds, but the hat pins of the Edwardian period have…

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 3/4/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 32
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.198
Language: English