American Decades
Talking Through My Hats
Autobiography
By: Lilly Daché
Date: 1946
Source: Daché, Lilly. Talking Through My Hats. Dorothy Roe Lewis, ed. New York: Coward-McCann, 1946, 3–11, 13.
About the Author: Lilly Daché (1913–1989) was born in Beiles, France, and immigrated to America in 1924. By the mid-1930s, she had established herself as the milliner (hat designer) of choice among wealthy American patrons from New York to Hollywood. She also designed for manufacturers, through whom her unique and flamboyant designs were marketed around the world. She died in Louveciennes, France, in 1989.
Introduction
Lilly Daché arrived in the United States during the 1920s, when it seemed that almost anything was possible. Her unique perspective and intuitive skill enabled her to rise to wealth and fame by taking full advantage of the fashion trends of the period. She, John Fredericks, and...
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1930's Fashion Primary Sources
- Federal Building Projects of the Depression Era
- The International Style: Architecture Since 1922
- A Century of Progress Exposition: Official Pictures in Color
- WPA Encourages Automotive Travel
- The Builders of Timberline Lodge
- Fashion Is Spinach
- Magic Motorways
- Talking Through My Hats
- Edward G. Budd Jr.'s Address to the Newcomen Society of England, January 16, 1950
- Architecture and Design in the Age of Science
- Times to Remember
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
