hats off, ladies

alice white, 1930

space hat by edward mann, photographed by john french, 1965

louise glaum in the leopard woman, 1920

jean seberg in yves saint laurent hat photographed by carlo bavagnoli, 1963

gloria swanson in father takes a wife, 1941

elsa schiaparelli

audrey hepburn in hat & dress designed by givenchy at her house in switzerland, photographed by howell conant, february 1962

anna may wong in nefertiti hat

tallulah bankhead in the london stage production of the dancers, 1923

baroness fiona thyssen-bornemisza in a white coolie hat with cigaline veiling by anello photographed by henry clarke, ca. 1966

anita page photographed by george hurrell, 1932

woman wearing a paper bag hat, coney island, new york, photographed by leon levinstein, 1950s

tilly losch photographed by florence vandamm, 1931

edna may photographed by alexander bassoon, 1907

carl van vechten

agnes de mille as venus, 1940

marie doro, 1933

kaloah, 1936

james earl jones, 1961

emilie grigsby, 1934

harry belafonte, 1954

pearl bailey, 1946

cab calloway, 1933

clare luce booth, 1933

tallulah bankhead, 1934

tallulah bankhead's winston churchill, 1941

truman capote, 1948

alvin ailey, 1955

rose covarrubias, 1932

joe louis at greenwood lake, n.j. (joseph louis barrow), 1941 

anton dolin, italian suite, 1940

cecil beaton

paula gellibrand, 1928

ruth ford in schiaparelli, 1936

katharine hepburn, 1936

buster keaton, 1930

baba beaton, "symphony in silver", 1925

tallulah bankhead, 1927

greta garbo, 1947

jean cocteau a toulon, 1930

wallis simpson in schiaparelli's lobster print dress, chateau de candé, engagement photo, 1937.

mrs. macadoo, 1920s

nancy beaton holding daisy, age 17, 1926

rudolf hametovich nureyev, 1962

orson welles, 1937

marlene dietrich, 1932

marilyn monroe, 1956

lady ottoline morrell, 1927

gabrielle "coco" chanel, 1937

sylvia sidney, 1932

zita & teresa, the jungman twins, 1926

mick jagger, 1968

all photographs by cecil beaton.