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The cloche hat is a fitted, bell-shaped hat that was popular during the
1920s. (Cloche is the French word for bell.) Caroline Reboux is the
creator of the cloche hat.
Cloche hats were usually made of felt so that they conformed to the
head. The hat was typically designed to be worn low on the forehead,
with the wearer's eyes only slightly below the brim. By 1928-1929, it
became fashionable to turn the brims on cloche hats upwards. This style
remained prevalent throughout the early 1930s until the cloche hat
became obsolete around 1933-1934.
Often, different styles of ribbons affixed to the hats indicated
different messages about the wearer. Several popular messages included:
An arrow-like ribbon which indicated a girl was single busp;
hats were also featured in many designers' Fall 2007 collections; Elle
magazine called the cloche hat the "haute accessory of the moment" in
its September 2007 issue. Recently, the cloche hat has been worn by
actress Angelina Jolie in the 2008 movie, Changeling.
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