Hat
Origins, Language, Style
Distributed for Reaktion Books
240 pages
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100 color plates, 20 halftones
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6 x 9 1/2
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction
One
Origins / Forms
Two
Skill / The Hatmakers
Three
Fashion / Language
Four
Milliner / Superstar
One
Origins / Forms
Two
Skill / The Hatmakers
Three
Fashion / Language
Four
Milliner / Superstar
Review Quotes
Crafts Magazine
“From crowns, turbans, and bonnets, the hat is given a turning over in this thorough text, with chapters examining its history, its ties with fashion, the making process, and its public image. The hat differs from most items of clothing because it has only a tenuous relationship with the human body, which leaves ample room for examining its sculptural and performative qualities, as well as its links to power, status, and tradition—all of which are explored here.”
Literary Review
"You might assume that hat-wearing is now a thing of the past, but Stutesman insists not. Look at the baseball cap or the beanie. But what is a hat and what is it for? One thing we can be sure of is that hats are not garments in the usual sense of the word."
Hat Magazine
“For all those interested in the history of fashion and culture, Hat offers a fresh take and joyful celebration of this most adaptable, practical—and stylish—accessory.”
Spectator
"A good and handsome book. . . . Nice that a reverence for the decoration of your head unites Park Avenue ladies who lunch and Waugh’s savanna tribesmen who, behatted, dance. Professor Stutesman? . . . On the whole: chapeau! Or, in English, I take my hat off to you."
Christina Giorcelli, University of Rome Three, coeditor of "Accessorizing the Body: Habits of Being"
“An excellent anthropological and sociological worldwide study of the importance and significance of hats from the beginning of time to the present day.”
The World of Interiors
"A new book shows just how important the hat has been, economically, culturally, and aethestically, to us since prehistory. . . . Hat is an engrossing story, full of curiosities. . . . Stutesman places the hat at the center of a fascinating account of consumerism and gender struggle. . . . The hat remains potent as fashion statement, symbol, or simple head-warmer; and Hat is a skilful and pithy handling of the subject. Chapeau!"
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