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Derby Fashion

A group of young women pose in hats.

Hats, Hats, Hats!

Kentucky Derby hats are a long-standing tradition started by women; however men have taken part in the tradition as well over the years. For well-to-do late 19th and early 20th century women, Derby Day was an opportunity to be seen in the latest fashions. 

Photograph of the inside of Trude Breiner Millinery Shop on Bardstown Road, circa 1948. Many hats, perhaps for the Kentucky Derby.

  • A group of men and women dressed in nice clothes and hats pose for a photograph under a tree.

  • Photograph of Nancy Pearson Carter. She is posed in a hat decorated with flowers.

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