In Her Easter Bonnet

[18thVirginia]

Straw, 1860s
metmuseum.org
http://theebonswan.blogspot.com/2013/04/bonnet-date-185862-culture-american.html

 

[18thVirginia]

Olivia de Havilland as Melanie, Gone with the Wind

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[18thVirginia]

The hats are all great, but I'm really digging the Olivia de Havilland pictures!

She seems to have been in a lot of Civil War era movies. Or maybe a lot where she wore hats?

 

[18thVirginia]

Janet Leigh in her bonnet in Little Women

June Allyson, Little Women

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[18thVirginia]

Brown straw bonnet with ombré striped ribbon, American, 1860s

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/127648970663324559/

 

[18thVirginia]

Another wedding bonnet:

A bonnet of white satin trimmed with blue silk grosgrain piping ribbons and fringe ruching, small artificial rose buds and white silk lace around face. Worn by Luciana Foster, born August 19, 1841, who married Frank Tripp, October 16, 1861.

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/bonnet-49420

 

[18thVirginia]

Millinery was one of the few jobs that had always been open to women.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/784730...cit_scope=1&ga_page=4&ga_search_type=supplies

 

[Northern Light]

What a delightful thread this is! Thank you so very much!

 

[donna]

My Dad always thought Olivia de Havilland was one of Hollywood's most beautiful leading ladies and a very good actress.

Two films I particularly like of hers which aren't shown much are:

The Heiress with Montgomery Cliff. It is set in the mid 1800s in New York City and My Cousin Rachel with her and Richard Burton. It is a gothic tale by Daphne du Maurier and is set in 1840s. This film won academy award for best costumes.

As an aside did you know Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine were sister.

Her sister, Joan was the lead in Rebecca another great adaption of Daphne du Maurier book.

 

[18thVirginia]

Seemed like a good time to bump this thread.

 

[donna]

An excellent thread on bonnets. Thought appropriate since tomorrow will be Easter.

 

[mofederal]

I have seen the original painting of Adelicia Acklen at Belmont in Nashville. I went through a tour of the house. A part of Belmont University now. It was an interesting place. She was very wealthy. She was born Adelicia Hayes of Northern parents, and was related to Rutherford B. Hayes. The painter of the portrait was William Brown Cooper.

The were some interesting bonnets and dresses worn in the movie Class of 61. (1861) The original dresses are for sale on Ebay. They were worn onscreen by Laura Linney.

 

[donna]

An excellent thread on hats. Glad to see again.