Hats

The 21st century is ill equipped to understand what the 19th saw in hats. And the 19th century was really pretty excessive, on the heads of men and women alike. Here are some examples:

Millineristic excess 1

Millineristic excess 2

 

Millineristic excess 3<

 

Millineristic excess 4

 

More than enough hat

another supernumerary hat

Hat and gloves

hat

inverted flowerpot

prognathous

 

is that a birdsnest purse?

Hats seem even more preposterous in multitudes:
hats

hats

hats

still more hats

And this one may be the minimal hat:
does this count as a minimalist hat?

another:
another minimalist hat

An anatomically explicit example:
hat

Perhaps this one is a bonnet:
hat

bonnets

...and cross-hatting is fun too:
More fun with hats