Hatpins
Added 2021-11-16 10:32:17 +0000 UTCHold on to your hat...pins. Clearly, I have a few hat pins. I've collected them over the years and gotten rid of a bunch along the way. This is what I have with me on the island, but I'm sure I have more in storage. I just love them so much. They're so beautiful and really easy to collect because they don't take up a lot of space. They're perfect for keeping a shawl or shirt or skirt closed in a way that's more fashionable than a safety pin. They're great on a lapel, too. But the absolute BEST thing about hat pins is that they were on the verge of extinction for a while because women, being the ever cunning creatures that they can be found a use for them as..... SELF-DEFENSE WEAPONS! The regulation of hatpins became a hot topic for a long while in the early 1900s because more and more people were being attacked with hatpins. Often, it was men who were on the receiving end of the prick of a hatpin. These little, sometimes not so little, pins were the best defense ladies had against non-consensual touching.
Here's an article from the Smithsonian that digs a little deeper into that history.
Comments
Well, this was certainly a pointed post....
Steven Malc
2021-11-16 20:25:34 +0000 UTCI have visions of that patterned mannequin head, staring from the bookcase… A good kind of creepy. 😸
Kim Rice
2021-11-16 19:44:11 +0000 UTCIt is! They come in all different designs and sizes. For a lot of women, they were the only weapon they had available to them and since they're fashionable it's the perfect disguise.
Danielle Colby Striptease Historian
2021-11-16 16:52:15 +0000 UTCDanielle, I collect men's stick pins, so I appreciate your fascination for hat pins. Remember collect what you like.
David L. Chapman
2021-11-16 12:15:27 +0000 UTCThe pic looks like when I am doing acupuncture on my patients' scalps but cutter pins. Blessed be
Jose Rivera
2021-11-16 11:35:34 +0000 UTCIs that 1 shaped like a golf club? I’m in Scotland and see these all the time in antique stores and have never thought they would be used as a weapon!
Andrew Connolly
2021-11-16 10:56:06 +0000 UTCGood morning Danielle. We’re both up early. It’s 4:30am here. Hope you have a wonderful day. Be careful and don’t get stuck.❤️❤️
Greg Smith
2021-11-16 10:37:55 +0000 UTC
