A peach basket hat (sometimes fruit basket hat[1]) is a millinery design that resembles an upturned country basket of the style typically used to collect fruit. Generally it is made of straw or similar material and it often has a trimming of flowers and ribbons. Some models may also feature a veil or draped fabric covering.[2] It was introduced in around 1908 and caused some controversy over the succeeding year due to its extreme dimensions and decorations. It had revivals – designs were at this stage more modest – in the 1930s and 1950s.
- ^ "Tell of Big Loss on Basket Hats: Milliners in Convention Declare this Form of Freak Gone Never to Return". Chicago Tribune. 2 September 1909. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Brooks Picken, Mary (2010). A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern (1999 ed.). United States: Dover Publications. p. 165. ISBN 978-0486402949. Retrieved 6 January 2015.