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Photo-Op: Hat Fancy. Wall Street Journal, Apr 30, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704132204576285123418530328.html

Note:
(a)
(i) tat (vi, vt; back-formation from tatting)
(ii) tatting (n; origin unknown): "a delicate handmade lace formed usually by looping and knotting with a single cotton thread and a small shuttle"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%20tatting
(illustration)
(b) tulle netting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulle_netting
(The name comes from Tulle, a city in the southern central region of France. Tulle was well known as a center of lace and silk production in the 18th century, and early tulle netting probably originated in this French city.)
(c) milliner (n; irregular from Milan, Italy; from the importation of women's finery from Italy in the 16th century): "a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats"
www.m-w.com
(d) High Street
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_street
(e) Royal Toppers. New York Times, Apr 29, 2011 (online slide show).
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/04/29/fashion/weddings/royal-hats.html?ref=fashion
(f) I lived in Manhattan for a few months, mainly in the fall. Thus I have not witnessed New Yorkers in Easter.
Bill Cunningham, On the Street | Peacocks. New York Times, May 1, 2011.

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/fashion/index.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1304361157-zrUu+P3IL3kI6dH0b68O2Q

The URL will bring you to Fashion/Style section of the newspaper. In the central column, click the montage with gaudy attire.



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