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The bonnet took front and center in this decade and, in fact, stayed front and center the entire time, a rather unusual phenomenon. Technically, there were hats, but as Cunnington points out, “the hat could do no more than imitate [the bonnet and capote] so closely as to be practically indistinguishable…” (Cunnington, English Women’s ClothingContinueContinue reading “19th Century Hats: 1840 – 1850”