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Word: chechia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...clown hats, now sweeping France as copies of the Camel cigaret slouch hat are sweeping U. S. department stores. According to smartchart scouts, the originator of the season's high hattery is the lovely Comtesse Francois-Guillaume de Maigret who persuaded Maria Guy to adapt a Tunisian Chechia on her return from an African vacation, and wore it with devastating success at Parisian race tracks. Other milliners hurried in with other high hats. ¶ Plaid evening dresses are enormously popular. In colors navy blue leads black for street wear; "string color," a tannish off-white, is most popular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Higher Hats, Lower Waists | 2/27/1933 | See Source »

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