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Explore a tradition among African American women of wearing hats to worship, from the simple to the simply out-of-this-world. Faith and fashion fuse in photographs of thirty African American women ...

The origins of the Sunday headdress date back to the South, particularly for Black women. Berts attributes it to women who had one Sunday outfit that they wore with pride. The signature piece of that ...

As a child growing up in Ebenezer Baptist Church, Angela Farris was in awe every Sunday as she watched a parade of women walk into the sanctuary adorned in brightly colored and elaborate church hats.

The New York State Museum is looking for hats Black women wore to church as part of an exhibit. The museum and the Rapp Road Historical Association are teaming up to collect and preserve the stories ...

We’ve rounded up some of our favorite hats that are sure to make a statement at Easter Sunday service. For centuries, fashion has had a special relationship with the Black church as parishioners use ...

Vanilla Beane, whose radiant hats topped the heads of legions of African American women at church, weddings and funerals in the District for half a century, earning her the title of “D.C.’s Hat Lady,” ...

EXPLORES BLACK HISTORY AND IDENTITY. IT’S COMING TO CENTER STAGE. AS LISA ROBINSON REPORTS, IT’S A MIX OF ORAL HISTORY, FASHION SHOW AND MUSICAL THEATER. REPORTER: THE STARS OF THIS SHOW ARE THE HATS.

Dear Abby: An old hat style that created problems years ago has returned. The brim is so large that a person sitting behind them in church can see nothing but the back of that hat. It’s aggravating to ...