I believe those were “pillbox” hats, though I may be mistaken. I liked some of the cool ones my grandma used to wear in the 20s and 30s. Not “toques” but they were kind of tight fitting and really neat.
Like this one.
Of course, we know that our moderators wear their hats regularly.
“Cloche” hats. Some of them were rather pretty, but when you found an ugly one, it was DAY-UMM ugly!
And, I believe pillbox hats had a resurgence in the early 60s, sans veil, because Jacqueline Kennedy wore them, and she had a lot of influence on women’s fashions at the time. Because after Mamie Eisenhower…well, virtually anything would have looked fashionable.
It’s an urban legend that Kennedy is responsible for men no longer wearing hats:
This is typical of a certain sort of urban legend. Take a long-term trend. Find an example of it in the middle of the trend that’s easy to remember. Blame the trend on that example. So, for instance, it’s not true that Clark Gable is responsible for men no longer wearing undershirts:
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