Doris The Vintage Mad Hatter of Los Angeles Showcases A Brief History of 20th Century Headpieces

Hello The Way We Wore Fans,
We have a special treat for you, many have suggested an episode on millinery and Doris is here to show you her special treasures from the 20th century. We start off with examples from the early teens, going into the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, oh my! We hope you enjoy this episode which shows the craft and artistry that goes into making hats with designers like Lily Dache, Mr. John to Stephen Jones and Philip Treacy. Also the impact hats have had on style and permeated into pop culture.
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Starring: Doris Raymond ( Owner of The Way We Wore)
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[@hautepinkrae8084]

Thank you for bringing up the endangered species laws. I hope through fashion we can show that what we produce can have a negative effect and we just have to be more creative. Oh, how I wish I could wear a hat everyday!

[@stephenwilliams1269]

Thank you Doris for the hard work that went into your fascinating and very informative video. I have a keen interest in vintage fashion, the history of the pieces, the craftmanship and who wore what and why. I look forward to watching many more of your videos. Thank you once again.

[@kaitreidy6343]

Love this episode!!! Love hats! Thank you!

[@lucindamahaffey4556]

Fascinating- thanks so much!

[@normafreda]

Thank you for doing this episode on hats! As the founder of the Mobile Millinery Museum here in Canada, I am doing my best to revive an interest in hat-wearing. I want to share with you my thoughts on one of the reasons antique bird and feather arrangements should not be sold. Many still contain arsenic which was used in the taxidermy and preparation of millinery adornments. I would be happy to share a recent article I wrote about it (Arsenic and Old Hats) for an antiques and collectibles magazine. There are health concerns and protocols for the handling of these wonderful artifacts. Again, thanks for your wonderful video on hats!

[@thewaywewore7371]

Wow! That’s amazing info! I would live it If you forwarded the article to me. [e-mail] My intention is not to become a mad hatter!! Thanks for reaching out but I want to especially thank you for keeping such a beautiful and relevant subject alive with your museum. Where are you located? Many thanks for your time and interest! Doris

[@tanialee2985]

Hey there what utterly fascinating video thank you very much. Xo

[@Leftrightnow1530]

My favorite is the small cocktail hats of the 50s. Like a velvet headband with a little netting or sequins. Lovely hat collection.

[@theslumkitty]

Years ago my grandmother worked making and selling hats in a department store named Millers. This is a story passed down to me as a child. I’m 72 now. I loved the 50’s as I recall my mother’s hat collection. Can’t forget the little white gloves we all wore. Thanks for the memories.

[@shoeboxofangels]

Doris, I remembered once that you said that you are a Pisces. So am I. Wishing you an amazing Pisces birthday with beautiful love surrounding you from all who you love 🎂😘

[@christa526]

We CANNOT forget the great Isabella Blow, a champion for hats especially those of the genius milliner/sculptor, Philip Treacy.

[@michelegraham9044]

🎯 I just left a comment about the missed opportunity to show more Royal hats over the century . After all, there are 2.5 BILLION citizens of the Commonwealth who miss our beloved late Queen who graced us with more photos of hats than anyone else in the history of the world . She was also the ULTIMATE feminist. I think Doris could do a whole episode on Blow & Treacy. What a great story!

[@divadayton1]

“”The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” has the lead, her mother and several important women characters NEVER leaving the house without a proper hat to match their ensemble. Great timing for this episode as I drool over their fashions. Loved it! 🎩 👒

[@karikoty2958]

my thoughts exactly! i have been drooling over the hats that sometimes even look good enough to eat lol! loved learning more about the history of the hat.

[@michelegraham9044]

There’s a funny American show on here 🇦🇺 atm called “Why Women Kill” . It’s set over quite a few decades. I’m loving all the hats & gloves from the first half of last century.

[@judylongcore5076]

Doris, it is so good to see you, and I am loving this hat episode. So many good hat memories came bubbling up. I am the daughter of a beautiful mother who was extra stunning wearing the hats of the 1930s, 40s 50s and some of the 60s. I was child of the 1950s, and mom would bring out her hatboxes on rainy days so I could play at being a grown up lady wearing her fabulous hats. My dad was a tall, slim guy that could wear a fedora like nobody's business. Men look so special in hats. When I lived in Texas, I bought each of my brothers a Stetson that they had steam fitted and styled to what they thought was their look. That was back in the 80s, and they keep those hats in the original hat ox when they aren't wearing them. I have a small collection of hats I really enjoy wearing, and I love the looks and compliments that go along with the wearing. And, hats are the best for bad hair days....

[@jacquelinegerber2998]

What a fabulous tour of your collection! I have collected for 30+ years but for my own enjoyment only. I was asked to display hats for a Mad Hatter Tea charity event 20+ years ago when a woman attending gave me a hat. My research indicated it was from approx. 1850-1860, very good condition apart from a few splits in the ruched silk. No mold or other fabric deterioration. No provenance was offered, and I assumed that the donor knew nothing or she would have said something. I call hats “Art for Your Head.” “Nape hugged” is a new term for me. Thank you for giving it a name. And for your videos, which add so much to our understanding of fashion. It’s not just a business; it’s a calling.

[@normafreda]

I love those nape-huggers with their wide chignon straps. So elegant and practical the way they don't budge when worn. We have several stunners resembling pieces from the old movies in Canada's Mobile Millinery Museum.

[@denisegore1884]

Thank you Doris. I love and wear hats. From protecting me from the sun to covering my misbehaving hair, there's hats for all reasons and seasons.

[@karinjatta]

Thank you for showing your beautiful collection. Lovley! Karin Jatta Milliner Stockholm Sweden

[@cherylhaleblian7803]

My Grandmother made hats for a few years for a shop. I was very interested in this episode. Thank you once again, Doris , for your efforts to enlighten us.

[@Imlookingover007]

I always have been a mad hatter and was thrilled to hear YOU mention names I have loved and worn. Intact hat boxes are fun to collect also

[@tishsmiddy71]

Thank you ☺️ Great video. 🤟🏻❤️

[@Laurasaurus5]

I got a Halston label vintage hat from my local "free book box" when I lived in Brooklyn! I had to remove the tarnished bent up metal ring embellishments (though they must have looked so cool once!) and put a put a bow on it instead. I get compliments every time I wear it, and it's wool so it's actually practical! In the past women would change up their hats' decorations and embellishments throughout the season as an affordable way to keep up with the absolute latest fashions! It's also interesting to learn about hygiene and hair care in past decades and how hats helped to hide unwashed hair so you could prolong the life of an expensive and time-consuming professional hairstyle (another important class signifier at the time). Our current access to hot water and our current low-maintenance hairstyles (to match women's busier schedules) are probably the biggest factors in why hats aren't as popular anymore. However, this is actually still very much a factor in black culture! Many of my black friends and coworkers have said multiple times that they'd LOVE IT if hats and head coverings came back in style so it'd be easier to stay stylish between salon appointments.

[@Livontheg0]

Doris, I want to thank you and your team for these culture and history lessons. You are my Carrie Bradshaw.

[@bobbishishka]

Oh I LOVE THIS !!! So true!!!

[@thewaywewore7371]

Whoa! Thanks for that incredible compliment! I’m blushing. ☺️ Doris

[@jodayne8779]

Hats off to ya, Doris! Your videos are always the best.

[@oralia479]

You are AMAZING 🎉

[@Toodle.Pipp001]

Hat, gloves, handbag, hose and heels were deriguer for any lady to leave the house. Aren't we lucky to live now! 😆 Thanks for another fab episode Doris and team 💜

[@sdavis363]

You can’t forget Grace Jones’ contribution with her wild Philip Treacy hats.

[@normafreda]

Yes! Let's hear it for those modern-day milliners who are creating such beauty at a time when their efforts are underappreciated. Celebrity milliners like Treacy are wonderful, but there are many unsung millinery designers who need our support. Two of my faves are British Columbia designer Maria Curcic and Toronto's Karen Ruiz at Lilliput.

[@thewaywewore7371]

Thanks for this additional information!! Doris

[@annemiller8399]

Doris, you look beautiful in your pretty, feminine outfit! I love this episode … growing outside of Dallas. My mothers and grandmother shopped at Neimans. They always came home with hat boxes of Mr John’s, and SchIp’s; whose were filled with shocking pink tissues.

[@ShowandTellknitting]

I love my collection of vintage (and not-so-vintage) hats and try to wear them often. Fun fact about hat boxes: there's a scene in "How to Marry a Millionaire" where they come back from a shopping spree at Bergdorf's, but the hat box (one of which I own) -- and all the clothing boxes-- have the brown plaid design of Saks Fifth Avenue! These days I try to knit my own vintage hats and matching vintage sweaters. Hope you're feeling well, Doris.

[@yolandaneely6431]

I love hats!!!! Since I was a child been using them Thank you thank you❤

[@gabrieldeorleans1865]

Great to see you doing wel! Thank you for this edition,,,greetings from Amsterdam

[@RosatheSilvermuse]

I adore hats. Thank you.

[@kathernhodson6037]

This was absolutely gorgeous. I still wear my hats on opening day for the horse 🐎 racing season...Bless you and your.. k

[@elizabethclaiborne6461]

Great talk! Hats are fabulous, mine were eaten by a natural disaster but I really enjoyed my vintage hats. Currently, am sewing 18th century hats and caps, it’s a challenge.

[@donnamaciver2093]

I love hats Doris, I own way to many hats and have one from 1900s with a big ostrich feather that I've owned since the 80s I bought from a friend's antique shop

[@pollyporter-campbell7493]

Thank you so much.

[@aeneamikk51]

What an interesting and fun episode! Love the dress you are wearing, Doris! You look great! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and personal collection!

[@dannypetersmith4430]

Yay, glad you're back Doris. I was starting to get worried. Amazing job as always, please don't stop blessing us with these amazing videos. I learn so much I've watched each episode multiple because I feel it's so educational.

[@JB-fd6gr]

Thanks Doris for another great episode! Maybe an episode on certain colors that were popular within eras for an episode? Thank you !

[@mariak9727]

🥰Another great episode! Thank you Doris!💕💕 In 1985, for Donna Karan’s 1st collection “seven easy pieces” she showed some beautiful felt hats and a fun head wrap which I myself enjoyed wearing😊. Did you know that Bill Cunningham had a millinery business in the 50’s? (I recommend his book “fashion Climbing”, very entertaining!😁)

[@jeffpagan7735]

You should start a museum. You're a great teacher. It would be a Hollywood attraction. Bet Lucy wore that hat.

[@danielortiz8539]

Fascinating as always. I would like to see an episode that explores the relationship of popular or hit music for which a decade is known for and fashion. For example, music from the 20s and the flapper’s attire which allows to dance to that music. Another fashion that comes to mind is street wear and hip hop music. One can also think of the great bands music and how fashion followed the form that music suggested. One movie that resonates is Laura with its award-winning music and how the fashion in the film fits the music’s movement.

[@thewaywewore7371]

Wow! Great idea. It may be a while before we can do that but I like that a lot! Thanks Daniel! Doris

[@shoeboxofangels]

Hi Doris, sorry that I've been distant. Love this episode! So cool that you modeled your hats! You are always so pretty and those hats look hot on you! Very informative video! Sending you love from Nebraska! Muah🎨👒🎩❤️💟💙

[@TheBeautifulDisaster]

Perfect timing! I just bought two berets this month.

[@RatedArggg]

AT LAST! A new one. I've been going through withdrawal. I'm glad you showed a scene from "What a Way to Go." It was a great movie as well a fashion showcase.

[@edakalay]

Thank you. I enjoyed the video a lot.

[@starcrib]

Nicely captured video, commentary- research and subject matter: 🌐🎩🌐

[@rosannecuttitta1377]

What a wonderful show. Such fun to look back over the years and the history of hats. I’ve made a few hats in my youth for myself and for friends. Back then you could buy hat forms to cover. Again thanks a fun look back.

[@maudline]

I love hats and always love when I see some in thrift stores

[@maudline]

Also an episode on handbags would be great!

[@Cat-gi5kp]

Loved this episode! So fascinating Doris! Thank you.💜💜💜💜💜

[@maroulio2067]

Just a beautiful collection of wearable art. I am loving Sonia Delaunay's iconic piece, which evokes her 1938 painting 'Rythme'.-- the colours are similar although the hat graphics are less geometric.

[@susanharris5926]

As with all your videos, an education and a pleasure to watch.

[@cindybogart6062]

I love hats & all the extra’s , gloves, veils, decor on shoes, ect. Do you sell your items? My favorite are the Russia netting for veils. I probably shouldn’t say that now. Love your channel. Most entertaining❣️. I love the wide brim hats from the 1900’s. I have a fabulous collection of hat pins from that era.

[@irenetakeda6625]

Fascinating! Love wearing my little collection of hats. Did not quite appreciate the work that goes into the creation of these works of art. Appreciate you sharing your knowledge & your collection.

[@almabahena7210]

I have a couple of hats that I've been unable to pass up at estate sales. Your video has encouraged me to try and wear them this spring.

Beautiful video. I wish you could do a video on the Gilded Age fashion, especially now with the show getting popular.

[@giovannadedomenicis2149]

Fabulousness! Doris I could listen to you all day! I just became reduced in work force unwilling. So now I am catching up on your wonderful and informative and inspirational videos. I hope all is well! Maybe now I will have time to finally fly to CA and go in person to your shoppe! Hugs xoxo

[@dorisreed6268]

Great episode. I was keeping an eye out for your next post. You are looking good. It would be great to see each hat on a model. I look forward to your next session.

[@ronnauganderson4470]

Loves this episode. I do hope that the fashion of wearing hats will return. What about making an episode on gloves.

[@beth3471]

This was pure heaven. Thank you!

[@josephlloyd9636]

Doris your Amazing taste & eye truly inspires !! So wonderful you are !!🦩💓🌼

[@grottoserpentina9342]

Just wonderful. Thank you!

[@jean6061]

Very interesting! I fell in love with a soft gray felt hat featuring netting that covered the top half of my face. Oh, I wish I'd purchased that lovely hat! It was the only one I liked, ever!

[@debbimaxwell2438]

Thank you for sharing your terrific collection! -you're videos are always interesting and learn so much from you!

[@lindariddle2276]

What a wonderful episode. I love hats and wish we would all wear them. I have a Schiaparelli I bought from the Cats Meow .I do wear pill box style hats in winter. I don't feel so conspicuous with those. I read " Talking Through My Hats" when I was in seventh grade.

[@auntiefarmgirl3670]

Love your outfit Doris! You look gorgeous!! Loved the video as always. So informative. Thanks for sharing.

[@revatrevino7146]

Perhaps a shout out to hats worn by church goers in the Black community and the tradition and folklore within. I understand there were Black female miliners who kept the tradition alive. Great show Doris.

[@stabrulapolizogopoulos2646]

Love all your episodes!

[@clairekalemkeris4606]

Your videos are a source of creative joy!. A constant source of inspiration, a vitamix super juice of exquisite ideas. The rope hat!!! Sonia Delauney gourgeous. Sending very real appreciation plus glad you lokk so great, creativity can be an elixir of health. Currently wearing a raspberry beret. Sending love from Greece

[@thewaywewore7371]

Thanks for your amazing comment Claire! You should be a writer. You are sooooo expressive with a great vocabulary! Thanks for your interest! ❤️ Doris

[@chrisroyercollections]

Your amazing Doris ! Thank you for sharing this wonderful story on your fabulous hats .If you ever wish to see my Halston hats I will be happy to send them to you .You and Mike do a great job in developing these very specail stories on design.Hope all is good with you and your Mom xoxxo

[@thewaywewore7371]

Sweet Chris! I’m sorry I have fallen off the face of the earth. I have needed to take care of family matters. Mom is in nC so my time is really stretched now. Hope you and your Mom are doing well. Miss our talks. ❤️

[@HumanimalChannel]

I just want to say you look beautiful today! I hope you're feeling well, you do look it. And the beautiful suit and you lovely bouncy hair! Mwah!

[@thewaywewore7371]

Thanks for the kind words. ♥️

[@monstermcboo7282]

Wonderful information and so easy to learn from your presentational style. Thank you! And may I also say, the gorgeous print on your dress is giving me spring fever! ❤️

[@pattiray47]

hour blouse is everything yummmmmmmmmmy Doris so so so pretty

[@Bettyhtespaghetti]

Thank you Doris!! Much love xx I'm a bit of a hat enthusiast myself. Love my hats

[@EnergizeVitalize]

Love hats... thank you! 💓

[@ziggyvonmars]

Hi Doris , lovely to see you looking so well! What an amazing episode. I clicked so eagerly. I have always been interested in hats and have had several over the years. Many have not understood the allure but a hat really says so much about you and completely finishes an ensemble in a terrific way. Admittedly I am a lover of cloches as they are easy to wear but hats are amazing from the most humble hat that servants would wear to the brilliant architectural pieces that only the most wealthy could obtain they have always delighted me! (I have been away due to illnesses but I'm back enjoying your episodes again. Thankyou!)

[@normafreda]

You are absolutely right, Ziggy, those humble hats are just as remarkable in their own way.

[@thewaywewore7371]

Oh Ziggy! I hope you are feeling tons better!! I personally love cloches as well but my all time favorites are the ones that are whimsical. I agree with your comment about the allure of hats and how it can capture and express a person’s personality. Please take care of yourself. Sending you good thoughts. Doris

[@anjaprachtstueckwerk7546]

Thank-you so much for this episode! So much information and inspiration! I love hats! I make my own mainly in the style of the 40ies and 50ies from second hand materials- without hat blocks and professional tools, simply with a wet cloth and a hot iron "on my hands and knees". Millinery is such a relaxing meditative thing to do plus I really like to wear hats.

[@darkstarcrochet]

Thank you for the amazing fashion/history lesson. You are so unbelievably knowledgeable ❤️🌈

[@susantasker6120]

Love this! Thank you! Love seeing all the styles of beautiful clothes!

[@TheLadyTWells]

I really enjoyed watching this video. I just recently started collecting vintage hats last year. And this video really opened my eyes to the different type of hats and styles. Thanks Doris

[@jayvee2792]

Love your work and passion… thx for sharing ♥️

[@obiecabella4985]

Thanks Doris & crew……splendid & informative 👏❤️ Btw u look soooooo great❤️Oliver

[@GildedCurls]

I love love love your content!!!

[@Evelyn22harry]

Absolutely love you !! You look great and this was so interesting as usual !

[@HumanimalChannel]

Doris! Nice to see you. I adore hats and I'm looking forward to this episode. I don't have anything over the tip, just a fur felt akubra Hombre, a hat from the 30s? 40s) from deer fur, i i wish i knew the name(guess I'll learn here!)...round rim, stiff, with wire inside the outer edge of from,, with rounded shape over headbthat has a gold, and it has a little "bouquet" of feathers. And a Briton soft brim cowboy hat in chocolate . The plight of birds is such a great point to bring up.

[@thewaywewore7371]

Not sure I know what the name of your hat is. ???

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

I'm sorry it wouldnt let me edit my silly comment below, to add thank you for sharing your beautiful collection with us. The hats look great on you too, not everyone can carry a hat as well as you do. I think its your lovely bone structure to be truthful and, your instinctive grasp of how they look best on you. Great video.

[@carolbrandimarte3395]

Doris my hat story occurred in the 70’s in NY . My sister who had a boutique and I were walking by a store with hats in the window . We thought that we might be able to sell them , so we walked in . I remember seeing hats on blocks there. We ordered two hats , our heads were measured and we picked out colors . Since these were custom orders the hats would be shipped . The man who helped us said to call if needed . So , I called weeks later about them . A woman answered the phone , I asked to speak to Herman , she answered me with an indignant voice and said “ You mean Mr. Herman “ ! Since this was so long ago I googled to see if they still made hats and they do . I wonder now which Mr. Herman took our order !

[@kathernhodson6037]

How amazing. How did I miss this episode.

[@koungson]

I love hats ❤️ thanks for sharing these pieces and education

[@tamarahaberman1662]

You look Fantastic. I absolutely love that 👗 dress

[@kimpeasester]

Awesome video! You look gorgeous. I like you in lighter colors

[@LL-ts7yr]

ive been waiting for a video like this. thank you so much for all your energy doris!

[@caroljollymore7345]

Hello Doris, I wish we still wore hats too but the down side or rather the upside is we would have to veer away from our super casual clothing style to something much nicer!

[@mauimedows]

Just discovered your channel. Love the video and I adore hats and wear them every day , modern , vintage and starting sewing my own a couple of months ago. I participated in a fun mad hatter event and won second price for mine . It was a blast ! Thank you so much for showing all those beautiful hats and the history

[@finash]

OMG sooooo fabulous !

[@annmcgee8960]

Loved this video I collect hats and love vintage clothes.💚☘💚

[@PrincessCasserole]

I love hats! I’m just not always sure how to wear them or how they should fit

[@andreacloyd3426]

I luv hats. There's not a day that goes by hardly that I don't wear a hat of some kind. I am always scouting out @ thrift sts & estate sales

[@fernwebb5568]

I am goin to start wearing hats again. I wore them in the 1980s (vintage) and current in the 1970s (floppy!)

[@michaelatretinova1362]

another absolutely breathtaking episode :) loooove all the hats... but never had the courage to wear one.... maybe I didn´t find the one that would suit my personality :) thank you for all the information :) looking forward to new episode :) tak care :)

[@cammiedoherty6378]

Very interesting!!

[@sallygator22]

Interesting!

[@johnventrella3403]

One of The Best !!

[@christinaholliday9886]

That was great , if my hands weren't getting old I would try , can hardly do my hand embroidery glass beads 😊!