Hat Inspiration in the 1920s

The 1920s was a period when milliners used their imagination to embrace aspects of dress from nations far and wide. Inspiration was sought from Egypt, China, Japan and Russia.  Headdresses including turbans, toques, kokoshniks and tiaras were all reinvented by designers. Both the couture houses of Molyneux and Lanvin had atelier shops attached to them so buyers were able to make a hat selection at the same time as buying a dress or suit and gain a complete ensemble that matched to perfection. 
Patou also felt accessories were an important feature of fashion and he too established a millinery section and his final finishing touch accessory was his perfume selection, the most famous of which is Joy.  Caroline Reboux was a designer of hats in Paris who gained international acclaim at that time.Blush was not considered quite proper so was used very sparingly.  Those that overdid the rouge, were frowned upon for their poor skill at application, but luscious ox-blood red enhanced lips were a must for the woman of the moment.
Never before had women abandoned the softness that came with possession of feminine tresses and its effect on physical appearance.  Now the effect was for a different effect, one that said look at me I am a new woman unhampered by old ideas and I embrace the new.  Make up instead was used to define the face in the modern style making it a specific and recognizable new look of the new women.