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Cloche Hats – 5 Intriguing Facts An intriguing fact about cloche hats is that designers would often embellish the hats with beads, silk, brooches, lace, and feathers to suit elegant social gatherings such as parties or weddings. Women could even wear a ribbon a certain way on the hat to express their relationship status. 1. The Hat Was Popular in the 1920s This unique hat was most popular during the 1920s. The hat had a deep crown that hugged the head. It had a soft, curved edge and no brim. The elegant hat became an icon of the ’20s. Women would not leave the house without one and often wore the hat so low that they had to keep their chin up to see. Not only was the hat in style, but it was also a symbol of independence and sophistication. 2. The Hat Influenced Hairstyles The cloche hat was so popular in the 1920s that it even influenced the kind of haircuts women wore. There were two haircuts the cloche influenced: flapper bobs and the Eton crop. Both of these styles were very short, not even touching the chin. Only a few inches of hair stuck out underneath the hat, which displayed the hat’s shape beautifully. 3. The Cloche Was Customizable Designers started to embellish the hat for all sorts of occasions; weddings, parties, and any important social gathering. Brooches, feathers, and beads were popular embellishments and added elegance to the hat. Milliners also added silk and lace to match a sophisticated evening gown. 4. The Kind of Embellishments on the Hat Could Symbolize Your Relationship Status Many people put their relationship status on social media in today’s age. Women during the 20s also had ways to show their relationship status. If a woman was single and was open to relationships, she could wear a big bow on the hat. However, married women would often wear a tight knot to signify their relationship. Lastly, women who were technically single but had their hearts taken wore an arrow-shaped ribbon. Much like how we have cosmopolitan to turn to, the women of the 1920s could also rely on the daily gazette to receive fashion advice. 5. Magazines would tell women what style of hat to wear to cover certain flaws. Women who have round and full faces in the lower half should wear a hat that focuses on the top of their heads. Women who have narrow faces with large foreheads should wear a hat covering the forehead and come down low. When you wear fluffy, voluminous hair, wear a hat turned away from the head. Source: www.hatrealm.com/5-intriguing-facts-about-cloche-hats/

There's mention of a Madame Diska, Renee Ditza, Madeleine Rivoire, Andree Mery, in the cast for the Parisian Theatre in New York, directed by Lucien L. Bonheur, 1915-1916 season: books.google.com/books?id=-wFEAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA43&o... Andree Mery: actresscards.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=1182696 FRENCH THEATRE'S AMBITIOUS PLANS New York Times 29 August 1915 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10C16F93C5D17738... also mentions Mery and Ditza.

This play, "Mlle Josette Ma Femme," reviewed 7 December 1915, included Mado Ditza, Madeleine Rivort, Jenny Diska in the cast; further down the column there's also mention of an actress named Minnie May Belcher, a member of the THeatre Assembly that visited Wall Street soliciting funds for the Actor's Fund. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA081FF6385B17738... Another image of Mado Ditza: books.google.com/books?id=pu1LAQAAIAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA92&a...

Probably Charles Clive Bayley, the British Consul General at New York from 1915 to 1919. See The New York Times, October 2, 1915 The New York Times, February 22, 1919

If so, his wife is the former Constance Ricardo. And they arrived in New York in October 1915.

www.geni.com/people/Charles-Bayley/6000000016300961888 gives his full name as Charles Theophilius Richard Clive Bayley (1864 - 1923)

This is likely on the liner New York on October 7 or 8, 1915, since Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson and Lord Aberdeen (in neighboring photos) and Bayley all arrived on that voyage from Liverpool to New York. See NYT of Oct 8, 1915 for a list of "Passengers from Liverpool." select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A17FC395D1673...

Thanks to both of you for your research. Wonder how Bain came up with that spelling of the name Clive. We'll make the correction and add some of this information to the record the next time we update.