LibGuides: Accessories: Headwear: hats and masks

Welcome to Headwear

FIT students give a show of their work in a 1947 millinery class

This guide gives a selection of books and resources we offer for researching hair, hats, masks, and other headgear.

Hat Highlights

Headgear Trade Associations

From the Neck Up: Resource List
The publisher of a popular book on millinery techniques has a website with lots of hat-related web resources.
The Headwear Association
This organization, the first in the U.S. fashion industry, seeks to promote the headwear industry throughout the world, and foster goodwill among those engaged in the industry.
http://www.theheadwearassociation.org/
Heavenly Hats
This group collects and distributes new hats to people who have lost their hair due to illness.
Judith M's list of Millinery Trade Events
The Judith M Millinery Supply store keeps a calendar of millinery trade shows, maker groups, and interesting blogs.
Milliners Guild
An organization of millinery business owners, milliners, and millinery students who specialize in the design and production of handmade headwear.
Millinery Artisan Guild
This group is dedicated to cooperatively preserving and promoting the craft and techniques of millinery.
The Millinery Association of Australia
This organization is committed to furthering awareness of millinery and encouraging the wearing of hats.
The Red Hat Society
This group uses the red hat as a symbol of the continued curiosity, health, and zest for life of the mature woman.

Masks from the stacks

Lucha Loco Free Wrestlers of Mexico (book cover)

Lucha Loco: The Free Wrestlers of Mexico

Maske

Black Africa (book cover) with carved wooden mask

Black Africa: Masks, Sculpture, Jewelry

Medusa: African Sculpture (book cover) with carved wood mask

Medusa: The African Sculpture of Enchantment

The Secrets of Noh Masks

Carnival Masks of Venice

Masks

Bethe, Monica. Bugaku Masks. 1st ed. Toyko: Kodansha International and Shibundo, 1978.
GT 1747.B4313

Cordry, Donald Bush. Mexican Masks. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1980.
F 1219.3.M4 C67

Gregor, Joseph. Masks of the World: An Historical and Pictorial Survey of Many Types and Times. New York: B. Bloom, 1968.
NB 1310.G73 1968

Lauterwasser, Siegfried, Victor Mezger, and Toni Schneiders. Narro und Hansele: Schwahbisch-alemannische Volksfastnacht. Lindau, 1956.
GT 4850.L38

Lee, Duhyun. Masks of Korea. Seoul, Korea: Korean Overseas Information Services. Ministry of Culture and Information, 1981.
GT 1748.K6 L44 1981

Mack, John. Masks and the Art of Expression. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1994.
GT 1747.M369 1994

Nunley, John W. et al. Masks: Faces of Culture. New York: Abrams, in Association with the Saint Louis Art Museum, 1999.
GN 419.5.N85 1999

Stephan, Peter. Spirits speak: a celebration of African Masks. Munich ; New York : Prestel, 2005.
NB 1098.S65 2005

Wyatt, Gary. Spirit Faces: Contemporary Native American Masks for the Northwest. San Francisco: Chronical Books, 1995.
E 78.N78 W92 1995