Getting into making hats can be quite daunting! I have compiled a reading list for you to start you off. It is ordered by what I think are the most useful books first. These books can be found from a variety of places. Some of these you can view for free digitally on www.archive.org alternatively I recommend buying books second hand from places such as www.abebooks.co.uk
See also my series of 4 YouTube livestreams of me reviewing the various books I have read.
Vintage Hat Making How To
How to Make and Trim Your Own Hats by Vee Powell 1944
Millinery for Every Woman by Georgina Kerr Kaye 1926
How to Make Hats by Eve Borrett 1967
A textbook of Model Millinery by Ethel R. E. Langridge 1957
Edwardian Hats The Art of Millinery by Mme. Anna Ben-Yusuf 1909
It’s Fun to Make a Hat by Helene Garnell 1944
How to Make a Hat by Aage Thaarup and Dora Shackell 1957
Modern Millinery Guides
Millinery the Art of Hat Making by Sarah Lomax & Rachel Skinner 2017
Hats on Heads by Mildred Anlezark 1990
Contemporary Millinery by Sophie Beale 2021
Hat Couture by Marianna Jongkind 2020
From the Neck Up by Denise Dreher 1981
Fashion Inspiration & Design
Headwear: Hats, Bonnets and Caps from the Hopkins Collection by Alan and Vanessa Hopkins 2020
Balenciaga: The Elegance of the Hat Exhibition Catalogue Museu del Disseny Barcelona 2021
Vintage Hats & Bonnets 1770 to 1970: Identification & Values by Susan Langley 2009
Hats an Anthology by Stephen Jones
Hats by Madame Paulette by Annie Schneider 2014
Dior Hats by Stephen Jones 2019
Hat Adjacent Techniques
Fabric Manipulation by Singer Ruth
Silk Flowers by Judith Blacklock 1995
Making and Arranging Silk Flowers by Anne Hamilton & Kathleen White 1990
Flower Making by Clara Kebbell 1951
Millinery History
Talking Through My Hats by Lilly Dache 1946
