Halo hat
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A halo hat is a millinery design in which the headgear acts as a circular frame for the face, creating a halo effect. The design is said to date back to the late 19th century, when it was known as the aureole hat; this name is sometimes still used. It may also be known as the angel hat or bambini – the latter said to derive from Italian for terracotta plaques depicting the infant Christ.
Full-circle halo-shaped hat from 1941, showing off the fashion for curls and more bouffant hair
Semicircular halo hat worn in 1940 at an Australian race meeting; this design includes a band to hold the hair in place
Australian bride wearing a large halo-effect hat, 1941
Wedding half-circle halo in 1954
Picture hat
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A picture hat or Gainsborough hat is an elaborate woman's hat with a wide brim. It has been suggested that the name may be derived from the way the broad brim frames the face to create a "picture".
Queen Camilla (left) wearing a Philip Treacy picture hat, while Catherine, Princess of Wales sports a hatinator
Thomas Gainsborough portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, said to be an inspiration for the picture or Gainsborough hat
London's Gaiety Girls, here photographed in 1896, helped to popularise the fashion for picture hats
1941 picture hat worn by Carole Landis in Topper Returns