1930's Fashion | 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...