Regency Advertisements: Ladies’ Superb Leghorn Hats

19th century hat shop depicting women trying on bonnets

LADIES SUPERB LEGHORN HATS It is currently reported in the fashionable circles that Ladies Leghorn Hats of the new fabric are selling from Tbirty Shillings to Thirty Guineas each at VYSE'S Facing Ely Place Holborn

From the July 1816 La Belle Assemblee.

Leghorn hats are made of straw, typically from an Italian wheat, with wide brims and flat tops.  The name comes from Leghorn, Italy.  They were platted in the Italian style into braids and then put together in a spiral sequence and typically trimmed with ribbons, flowers, feathers or other furbelows.

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