Figure 1.--This French boy is playing croquet in 1910. He wars a sailor hat with a turned up brim. Note how dressed up the people are for beach activities.
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Figure 1.--This French boy is playing croquet in 1910. He wars a sailor hat with a turned up brim. Note how dressed up the people are for beach activities. |
Hat and caps were expected as beachwear. Tans were not as popular as they were to become. In fact ladies at the turn of the 20th century were expected to have a creamy white complection. In the 19th an early 20th century people thought it was very dangerous for children to stayg outside in the sun without a hat during the summer. Of couse by the mid 20th century a tan was considered healthy. We know now that extensive exposure to the sun is not healthy. Today one rarely sees a baby in the sun without a sun hat. Children are also wearing caps more extensively and covering up more on the beach. No headwear was more common for beachwear than the sailor hat. Sailor hats and caps were not the only headwear worn. Boys also wore berets and tams. Some strangely shaped straw hats are pictured in fashion magazines. In the late-19th century, wide brimmed sailor hats were common. By about 1910 many brims were turned up or down and various styles of caps were more common. Tams however became less common.
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