Crazy Hats


This movie has got to have the most eccentric female headgear of any 40's movie I can think of!

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You should check out the finale of Betty Grable's "Diamond Horseshoe," the hats are dessert themed-even one for the after dinner cigarette. Bizarre. Also check out the Mad Hatter, Chicago hat maker Bes-Ben. During WWII the materials shortage inspired him to make hats with kitchen utensils. Some of his work-https://www.google.com/search?q=bes+ben+hats&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijs5yHgvnQAhVLi1QKHW1HBYcQ_AUICSgC
A brief bio of Bes-Ben-http://vintagefashionguild.org/label-resource/bes-ben/
A story about Bes-Ben from Life Magazine-https://books.google.com/books?id=fEgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11&dq=bes-ben&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiD7IWkhPnQAhXiqFQKHdFaB4gQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=bes-ben&f=false

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I love them all!

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