Please Doff Your Mechanical Hat

Wilde

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:12:09 -0500

Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?'
Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn'

Headgear. From the ludicrous to the lavish, top hats...

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:14:00 -0500

Headgear. From the ludicrous to the lavish, top hats are iconic.

Nothing says old-timey goodness - or stage magician - quite like it. Perfect for concealing important documents, lethal weaponry, or prehaps small animals, even.

Fascinators, or rather, extravagant hair pieces, are the...

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:00:00 -0500

From anachronaut.com

Fascinators, or rather, extravagant hair pieces, are the lighter-hearted spiritual descendant of the hat. Combining a very chic gathering of flowers or feathers, they add a suggestion of innocent girlishness without the somewhat matronly tones of a full-blown bonnet. However, it must be remarked that a fascinator is intended as an alternative to the hat, and not as a companion. Combining the two would give the wearer a distinct impression of some exotic type of poultry who has escaped into the laundryline.

"Was I to believe him in earnest in his intention to penetrate to the centre of this massive globe?..."

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:22:00 -0500

“Was I to believe him in earnest in his intention to penetrate to the centre of this massive globe? Had I been listening to the mad speculations of a lunatic, or to the scientific conclusions of a lofty genius? Where did truth stop? Where did error begin?”

- Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Preface - What is Doff Your Hat about?

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:22:00 -0500

Steampunk. Victorian Era. Amazing, fantastic, thrilling, whizzbang, cork-stopping, lid-flipping things of times long past and times yet to come.