The History of Hats

Hats have been a big part of our lives since the first millennium A.D. We see people wearing ball caps to sports games, cocktail hats to the Kentucky Derby, snow caps, and much more. Everyday you see someone wearing a hat and may wonder how that hat came to be? Hats: A History of Fashion in Headwear by Hilda Amphlett discovers the true meaning and evolution of hats over the centuries. It gives a timeline of where fashion in hats was in each century and how the designs got to what they are today. There a detailed pictures of every hat named in the book to help compare hats today. The fashion has changed dramatically over time and this books shows that drastic change.