Wire Frame Handout
Straw Braid Resources:
JasTownsend
and Son
Judith M Hats and Millinery Supply, 104 S. Detroit St, LaGrange, IN. 46761
Frank‘s Cane and Rush Supply,
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Hat Blocks ~25$
Straw Dye Resources & Information:
Dharma Trading Company
Jacquard Products
General Millinery Resources:
Richard the Thread, Los Angeles, Ca,
Lacis, Berkeley, Ca, Fax (510) 843-5018,
California Millinery Supply Co.,
Los Angeles, Ca
Hat Reference Books: of special interest to wire frame and 1885-95 fashion.
“
From the Neck Up an Illustrated Guide to Hatmaking” by Denise Dreher,
Madhatter Press; ISBN: 0-941082-00-8
“
Millinery for Every Woman” by Georgina Karr Kaye, Lacis; ISBN: 0-916896-43-9
“
Shoes, Hats,and Fashion Accessories a Pictorical Archive 1850-1940” by
Grafton, Dover Books; ISBN: 0-486-40103-0
“
The Mode on Hats and Headresses” by R. Turner Wilcox, Charles Scrivner‘s
Son’s, New York 1948; ISBN: 0-941082-00-8
“
Vintage Hats & Bonnets 1770-1970: Identification & Values” by
Susan Langley, Collectors Books; ISBN: 1-57432-028-9
“
Classic Millinery Techniques”, by Ann Albrizio and Osnat Lustig, Lark
Books; ISBN: 1-57990-016-X
“
Skeleton Foundations Part 1 Women’s Institute of Domestic Sciences” pub.
1920 Reprint Dakota Prairie Treasures.com
Links to Straw Hat Related Sites
American Museum of Straw Art
They have on one of their on-line tours a hat just like the one we are making
in class.
Contentment Farm Antiques has several hats like the one we are making including
a transparent one
http://www.contentmentfarm.com/online_store/accessories/hats/2102.html
and a very nice slide show of the Vintage one in my pattern
http://www.contentmentfarm.com/online_store/accessories/hats/2099.html
and a beautiful Swiss Straw over wireframe
http://www.contentmentfarm.com/online_store/accessories/hats/2209.html
On the Vintage Sewing Site, two 1920"s book that have sections on Wire
Frame hats
1925 MillineryMillinery by Jane Loewen
Detailed instructions on making hats, including wire frames, molded frames,
pattern frames, materials, trimmings, and even cleaning and remodeling. Plus
the obligatory
chapters on color and line harmony. (213 pages)
1928 Cover of Nu-Way Course in Fashionable Clothesmaking The Nu-Way Course
in Millinery and Hat Design
Correspondence course with complete instructions for learning the art of
millinery and hat design. Includes 25 lessons on hat design and construction
with many
illustrations of hats and hairstyles from 1928.
Dakota Prairie Treasures has two early Millinery books on CD I recomend;
"Millinery: Theoretical & Practical" Published 1900
"The Art of Millinery" Published 1909