The fashion editor of Women's Wear Daily from 1910 to 1915, R. Turner Wilcox possessed a depth of knowledge about style, based on research that covered a variety of cultures over centuries. Her remarkable Mode series is a feast for fashion lovers.

A year after R. Turner Wilcox received rave reviews for her ultimate fashion reference, The Mode in Costume, she decided to zero in on one chic category to give it the close-up it deserved. The result is this extraordinary handbook that covers the worldwide evolution of almost five thousand years of hats, hairstyles, and headdress for both sexes. Since ancient times, men and women have used hats and headgear for everything from adornment and protection to establishing their rank in society. With hundreds of illustrations and fascinating text, this comprehensive survey extends from 3000 B.C. to mid-twentieth century.
The showcase depicts an astonishing range of women's styles ? Egyptian headdresses, Spanish mantillas, French straw sailor hats, buckle-trimmed tam-o-shanters, wedding veils, bonnets, snoods, and jeweled crowns. Men's headwear includes feather-trimmed turbans, soldiers' helmets, cowboy hats and top hats, derbies and boaters, berets, sombreros, and Homburgs. Hairstyles run the gamut as well: ringlets, topknots, and spit curls, ponytails, pageboys, and poodle cuts, as well as pompadours, mutton chops, and crew cuts. With delightful details on jewelry, cosmetics, and beauty treatments, this is a unique reference that fashion designers, stylists, and historians will treasure.

1. Ancient Egyptian

2. Mesopotamian

3. Ancient Greek

4. Ancient Roman

5. Byzantine and Ecclesiastic

6. Saracenic or Moorish?the Turban

7. Medieval or Gothic Europe

8. European Helmets

9. Renaissance Europe

10. The Seventeenth Century

11. The Eighteenth Century

12. Directoire, 1795?1799

13. French Consulate and Empire, 1800?1815

14. The Romantic Period, 1815?1840

15. Victorian and Second Empire, 1840?1870

16. 1870?1880

17. 1880?1890

18. 1890?1900

19. 1900?1910

21. 1920?1930