National Geographic Moments: Hats [Hardcover]

Leah Bendavid Val (Author)

Book Description

Series: National Geographic Moments | Publication Date: April 1, 2004

This spectacular collection features stunning photographic tributes to great moments in life—whether it be the finest of gardens or the most sentimental of weddings. This book captures the emotion and history of each "moment" and allows you to relive them over and over again.

Modest baseball caps, richly bejeweled crowns, Stetsons, fedoras, berets—every hat divulges a wealth of information about the wearer's status, style, culture, and personality. Delightfully engaging images by gifted National Geographic photographers, accompanied by insightful text, trace the global history of hats from the invention of photography to the present day—reflecting not just the passing trends of fashion but the evolution of civilization itself. A whimsical photographic celebration of a significant, time-honored accessory, Hats is a unique, gift-size volume that will brighten any viewer's day.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: National Geographic (April 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792265637
• ISBN-13: 978-0792265634
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.8 x 7.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,467,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Karen Kostyal's many books and articles have covered the heroics of people and animals, the subtleties of place, and the richness of ideas and aspirations that propel human behavior. A longtime writer for National Geographic, she has authored books on the lives of polar explorers, war heroes, and the child survivors of war. Her most recent work, "Great Migrations," is the official companion book to the National Geographic Channel's acclaimed series by the same name. In her years in publishing, she has worked as a senior editor at both National Geographic Magazine and the National Geographic Book Division, as a contributing editor to National Geographic Traveler, and as a contributor to Paraculture Books and to Islands and AARP magazines. She's the recipient of two Lowell Thomas Awards and a member of Ripple Effect Images.

Karen can be reached at www.kmkostyal.com.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An appealing gift-book of photographs, December 28, 2007

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This sturdy little hardback (7 inches by 7.5 inches) is a fine gift-book for that person in your life who makes hats, wears hats, is fascinated by fashion, or just likes quirky photos. There is no real informative text on anything like the history of millinery fashion or hat-making techniques. Just captions stating place and date.

You do, however, get 86 striking photos (both color and black-and-white) that show men and women of many different places and time periods posing with some often very striking head-gear. Some are small photos, and some are a double-spread over both pages.

Notable: a photo of exuberant naval graduates throwing their white hats in the air at Annapolis, Maryland; a sea of red berets viewed from above in a parade in Spain; and a little Russian kid in a soldier's outfit complete with a huge fur cap. It's not an essential book, but it's fun.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great addition to Millinery Library, April 9, 2010

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Deborah G. Hall "headshearts&hands" (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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If a picture is worth a thousand words this is a source of inspiration that should be in every Milliners' library!

4.0 out of 5 stars National Geographic Moments: Hats (National Geographic Moments), January 20, 2008

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Arnold S. Levine (New York NY) - See all my reviews
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This is a great little picture book showing a variety of hats with their place in a society. There isn't much verbage, but it really is about a specific moment, and the place of a hat in that moment. The organization of the pictures seems a bit haphazard, or there is a greater picture that I am missng. But all in all, a great addition for those into the anthropology of hats or just an interest in Ethnic Headwear.