Call the Fashion Police! I'm Wearing an Illegal Hatpin! – The Pragmatic Costumer

To keep my hats jaunty but secure at Edwardian events, I use one of my antique, pre-ban hatpins. Pre-ban? What's that? Well, as silly as it may sound to us, in the 1910s, cities around the globe passed laws outlawing certain sizes of hatpins! Why would governments and police departments waste valuable time outlawing fashion…

Call the Fashion Police! I'm Wearing an Illegal Hatpin! – The Pragmatic Costumer

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