Butterick hat pattern 6810, May 1926, Delineator.
Butterick turban pattern 6634 from Delineator, February 1926.
Usually, Butterick would feature its hat patterns repeatedly, showing the Butterick hats in Delineator pattern illustrations over several months, worn with a variety of other Butterick patterns. I was surprised by how often this turban (6634) appeared, and how few times the six gored cloche (6810) was shown.
Hat 6810 was shown with a coat and dress ensemble in May, 1926.
Here, it seems to be made of one dark material and one lighter material, or one shiny and one matte. The band-like brim turns up and is tied at the side back.
Butterick hat pattern 6810, May 1926, Delineator.
The two tone effect could be subtle, the result of using a ribbed fabric like faille with the grain running either up and down or crosswise, as in another cloche hat from Butterick:
Butterick cloche hat pattern 5952 from 1925.
(I am surprised how many cloche hat patterns for home stitchers were available. Click here to see two from 1925. Here’s one, with trim variations, from 1924. Butterick 5128 was shown with many trim variations — which could be adapted for any simple cloche hat you buy, if you’d rather not make a gored hat pattern.
This trim is just strips of grosgrain ribbon woven together. Circa 1924.
Back to hat 6810 from 1926:
Left: here Butterick hat 6810 was made in one shiny, solid-colored fabric to match a sheer green georgette dress. 1926.
Turban pattern 6634, on the other hand, was illustrated many times.
Butterick turban pattern 6634, from Delineator, February 1926.
The turban is worn by two models in this illustration.
Left and right, Turban 6634. The hat in the middle is not 6810.
What to wear with your turban. These clothing patterns are in the normal ladies’ size range: bust 32 to 44 inches.
Left, turban 6634 on a page of “Paris Patterns.” March 1926. The commercially made cloche on the right is nearly brimless.
Not all fashion drawing is perfect…. but this shows turban 6634 with a matching gray ensemble of cape and dress.
Turban 6634 with cape 6618 and dress 6642.
The same dress (6642) was featured on another page, without the cape or turban. The turban (right) topped a different dress.
Right, turban 6634. Delineator, March 1926. (“Jewel” placement could vary to taste.)
Butterick patterns, Delineator, March 1926, page 34. Left is dress 6642 again. The other dresses use border prints.
I think of turbans as aging, rather than youthful, since they can cover the hair completely. But these 1926 fashions are not necessarily for older or stouter women; they are in the normal size range, and the turban pattern itself was “for ladies and misses [ages 14 to 20.]” And there is usually a glimpse of hair at the cheek.
A glimpse of hair softened the turban look.
Those two dresses on the right above make clever use of border prints:
Left, a dress with its own light coat, worn open. This used to be called a “redingote” style, and it’s flattering to women who feel they aren’t thin enough to wear authentic 1920s’ styles.
But turban 6634 was also shown on patterns for the stout: Dress sizes up to 52 inch bust.
Turban 6635 was shown on this page of fashions for large or stout women, Delineator, March 1926, page 36. Left: Note the clever tucks giving fullness over the bust.
Again, turban 6634 worn with a large size dress pattern. May, 1926.
Butterick turban pattern 6634 from Delineator, February 1926.
The turban is always shown with some kind of pins or buttons as decoration; they could be placed to suit the wearer.
Tying the turban. Right: Dead fox optional.
witness2fashion: One of the disadvantages of attending church in the 1950s was the possibility of sitting behind a woman wearing a fox stole, with its literally beady eyes — made of glass — reproaching you throughout the service.
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