In the 1870s, the largest palm leaf hat factory in the world, which produced hundreds of thousands of hats each year, was based in Amherst. A new history exhibit is celebrating Amherst’s connections ...
Put on a hat and you're a heat-braving pioneer woman, a liberated flapper or a fashion-setting first lady. Put on a hat and you're wearing a part of history. But hats have become passe, Heather ...
One of the longest-standing traditions at the Kentucky Derby is for women – and now men – to wear brightly colored derby hats throughout the horse races. The derby was founded in 1875 at the Churchill ...
New landmark honors nearly 100 years of cowboy hat-making in Garland, the official Cowboy Hat Capital of Texas.
Beth McNea is used to people walking in her store, offering to buy merchandise that isn't for sale. Each time, she politely declines, unwilling to part with a piece of her family's fashionable past.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - When you think of the Kentucky Derby you immediately think of fashion. When you think of Derby fashion you certainly think of the iconic tradition of women and some men ...
KING FERRY - Forget the DeLorean from “Back to the Future,” hats were the time-traveling vehicle of choice during Laurel Auchampaugh's presentation on the history of hats on Sunday. “These hats are ...
"For such simple garments, hats have had a devastating impact on wildlife throughout their long history... Made of wild-caught mammal furs, decorated with feathers or whole stuffed birds, historically ...
My father, like many of his generation, wore a hat anytime he was outside. He didn’t do it because, like for me, a doctor told him that high altitude sun on a mostly bald head could lead to skin ...
A new book about Nat Fleming is connecting Wichita Falls’ past to its present, one hat brim at a time. The Wichita County ...
In an interview with The Los Angeles Times in 2015, Keaton explained that the “many skin cancers” she’s faced throughout her ...