I tip my hat to you, Robert, on this post. Another melange of photography, old Hollywood, fashion and even religion in the same breath.

Have a good Shabbos. (BTW, this Shabbos I'll probably be wearing a simple black beret that's adorned with a sparkly Art Deco brooch.)

Robert,

I always enjoy these entries on Hollywood history; they are endlessly fascinating.

And, a welcome way to end the week.....

Shabbat Shalom to you and all of the Seraphic Secret readership.

" ... In Israel, you can usually pinpoint a woman's hashkafah, religious perspective, by noting what type of head covering she favors. I'm not up on the endless variations, but I'd love to see one of my fellow bloggers from Israel publish a photo essay on this subject. ... "

i remember seeing a description of the different types of headcoverings, in an article written by an Orthodox woman living in Israel, who said, she could tell the background and religious group, just from that alone,

i don't have the reference,
but here it is, more or less, from memory:

Hats (with minimal or no hair showing) -- usually Modern Orthodox

Snoods --
(a) knitted -- Modern Orthodox
(b) solid-color, Turban Like -- Chassidic

Wigs with small hat-like covers -- Chassidic

Wigs alone -- Modern Orthodox, Yeshivish, or Chassidic

Wigs (in a woman wearing pants -- Chemotherapy )

Kerchiefs -- Modern Orthodox / Settlers / Kibbutzniks

Traditional Sephardic Women have differently designed headcoverings, depending on their original communities, although also sometimes just wear 'wigs alone'

here are some interesting sites:

(an overview by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz)
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/daily_life/TheBody/Clothing/Headcoverings.htm

(a site showing the non-wig options)
http://www.headcoverings-by-devorah.com/

(a more extended site)
http://www.coveryourhair.com/

(a Christian site with links to Traditional Christian Headcoverings for Women, [based on Corinthians] )
http://www.modestclothes.com/simple/head-coverings-veils.html

dear robert,

my hat's off to u on this ... er ... my wretched brown fedora i wear while cleaning ,,, uh no, i mean my kippah ... hmmm, no forget that ... anyways, have a shabbat shalom. think i'll stick with tugging at my forelock which i think was a chivalric antecedent to a man tipping his hat to a lady ... and on that note i bid thee a fond adieu.

alan busch
www.authorsden.com/alandbusch1

Pearl:

We need to know. What does your beret w/art deco brooch say about your hashkafah?

Lance:

Glad to oblige. I think we all need a break from the endless and grim political landscape.

Exdem:

Thanks so much for the excellent breakdown, and wonderful links.

Hey, snoods are fabulous. I can do a whole entry on Hollywood starlets wearing snoods.

However, I do know of Orthodox women in Israel who cover their hair and wear pants.

So, thank G-d, chemotherapy is not the issue. It's just a new and unexpected hashkafah. I've never probed the halachic reasoning.

Alan:

Fedora's are the ultimate cool! Good Shabbos.

Nice idea but the best shots would be of the best hats which would be on...Shabbat. Especially in Tel Aviv where there are Orthodox women who don't cover their during the week.

There once was a KolHair photo essay (or was it the JPost) on the various men's haberdashery among the Hassidic sects.

That video of "Rehab" in Yiddish made me laugh out loud.

My roommate is building a blog called "Jerusalem Headgear." Go see it at www.jheadgear.blogspot.com. She's got only a couple posts up so far, but I know she's got a lot more photos in her collection.

You want to know what it says about my hashkafah...?

Definitely FBC--frum but cool! :)

Robert, how could you leave out Joan Collins' hat of all hats entrance to Dynasty? And l'havdil from Dynasty, too, was Charlene Tilton's (did I get the name right) opening?

Bli neder, I'll try to put something together on YESHA-Jerusalem kissui rosh.

Love the photos. It's fun to see them. Do you have any history on stand-ins or stunt doubles for the leading men? My Dad told me my Grandfather was a stunt double for Errol Flynn.

The video had me laughing!

Yisrael:

You're absolutely right. Shabbos would be the best opportunity to trip the shutter.

Sigh.

We do the best we can.

Sarah:

We all need to laugh these days. I took a look at the website. It's really good. Looking forward to more.

Batya:

I kind of stick to classic movie stars for these entries. But of course you're right, Collins wore some pretty amazing hats in her Dynasty days.

Greatly look forward to your round-up!

Shira:

There is material in my library on stunt doubles, but mostly from the silent days. There is a lot of silence and misinformation about stunt doubles since so many stars insisted that they do their own stunts.

Of course they didn't and don't unless it's a very simple, risk-free stunt. The insurance companies won't allow a star to risk an entire production and neither will responsible directors or producers. It would be professional suicide.

BTW, I wrote a film called "Body Double" directed by Brian De Palma. Melanie Griffith plays a body double.

Thanks for the link.

Your post reminds me of a piece I read once describing how you could tell the Yeshiva/Haskhafah of a bachur by the way he wore his hat.

Good Shabbos,

Bennett