Men’s Winter Headwear Observation

Observation – Looking at the winter scene illustrations I pulled together a bit ago (which you’ll see in December), I’m noticing all but one of the adult men have utterly insensible headwear on. The one with sorta sensible head wear coming home in a storm with his scarf wrapped over his head. The younger boys appear to have slightly more sensible headwear in that they appear to be wearing caps which are wool. But, I still don’t see any coverage for the sides of the head and ears. Now, granted this isn’t a large pool of images and just illustrations from 61 to 64 from Godey’s and Peterson’s depicting winter or Christmas scenes. But, it has me wondering about men’s winter headwear. Women have a fairly wide assortment of winter millinery pieces that are both practical and fashionable available to the. Years back, Bevin and I were perfectly comfortable strolling through town when the weather was either teens or single digits thanks to our hoods. But, a man in the same weather with just a hat or cap on would have frost bite in no time flat. There just has to be a group of headwear I haven’t looked at for men. (Sorry men, I know I’ve neglected the men’s straw hats as well. That will be coming, some time.) A farmer has to have something more than a knit cap to throw on when running out to the barns in a deep winter blizzard. He ought to have something more sensible when out ice skating as well (one of the images.)

Published in: on November 16, 2011 at 4:58 pm  Comments (3)  
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  1. On November 16, 2011 at 5:03 pm Eileen Hook said:

    maybe its just that the men in Godeys and Petersons aren’t the usual illustrative material of those magazines? They focus on women’s fashions, right? Why spend much time illustrating men? Have you looked at images from paintings or newspapers or men’s magazines (if there were any)? Not trying to make you more work….;-)

  2. On November 16, 2011 at 5:21 pm Anna Worden Bauersmith said:

    Good idea.
    The images I pulled together for a series of winter illustrations during the times I think I ‘ll be too busy to post are the magazine images that are for the stories or for the cover illustrations. I really wish I had my Harper’s Weekly binders on hand to flip through them. That would give me three year’s worth of illustrations.

  3. On November 17, 2011 at 12:09 pm bevin macrae said:

    Well, there is one type of hat that men can wear that is warm. Carolann turned me on to them. They look like Russian fur hats when all the flaps are turned up, and certain flaps turn down on the sides and back for warmth. I’ve also noticed ties on the flaps to tie under the chin when in use, or over the head when not in use. I made one for my husband two years ago using a vintage fur piece
    someone gave me and he loves that thing! He’ll be sporting it this weekend in Gettysburg, no doubt!


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