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Article: Pillbox Hats
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- Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
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Pillbox Hats
Pillboxes are small containers used to hold pills. Beginning in the 1930s the basic pillbox design was employed by milliners, or hatmakers, who created a new style of head covering: the pillbox hat, a smallish, brimless round hat that featured straight sides and a level top. Pillbox hats were popular because of their simplicity and elegance. They most often came in solid colors and were usually unadorned with accessories except for a colored net veil, or a single pin or jewel. They were, however, made of an array of materials, some of which were elaborately designed. These included green wool with
ornate gold cording; black velvet, smothered in black beads; and white ...
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Article: Boys Brigade will be boys - and that's good news for girls
The Scotsman;
September 7, 1998 ;
700+ words
... ... of course, a uniform to this day largely untouched. The pillbox hat, a brown leather belt with the BB buckle, and a small white ... to go cavorting about with pimply boys in gym kit or silly pillbox hats? Let alone the sort of boys getting advanced into Christ ...
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