The Metropolis

Staple a steak to a flat cap and you've got the basic idea

Mike Pollitt | Friday 16 September, 2011 13:16

There’s a great guest post by Jayne Shrimpton at The Victorianist, exploring the 19th century fetish for weaving corpses into hats.

The most bizarre and – some would say – repulsive trends in late-Victorian millinery occurred in the 1880s. During the latter half of the decade hat crowns grew tall, offering a generous display area for not only entire birds, perched upright or posed with wings outstretched, but, in the most extreme examples, an extraordinary array of animal and organic matter, from stuffed mice and reptiles to leaves, twigs and grass.

Best of all are the pictures. Go look.

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