Getting your first silk hair bonnet was a rite of passage growing up. I received mine, affectionately called a “chef hat,” at ...

Lucretia Mott’s signature Quaker bonnet—hand-sewn green silk with a stiff cotton brim—from the collection of the National Museum of American History. Richard Strauss / NMAH After the close ...

bonnets. The vast majority of the creators posting their bonnet-wearing videos are white. From silk pink bonnets to sky blue to jet black, its hard for some not to notice the bonnet worn on non ...