"A pinprick of brilliant light punctured the darkness, spurted upward in a flaming jet, then spilled into a dazzling cloche of fire that bleached the desert to a ghastly white," Mr. Lamont wrote.
If you prefer more of a statement piece than a headband, opt for one of the classic flapper head coverings--a cloche hat, a cloth turban, or a beaded skull cap.
A tunnel cloche of fleece is handy.
There are feathered cadet hats in solid black and houndstooth, $150 to $220; a chic black beret structured like a cloche, $200; and one-of-a-kind felt headbands, $45.
Among the hats on exhibit were a twenties-style cloche of basket-weave straw, by Sondra Redmon; a Edwardian-feeling black-horsehair headdress festooned with large pink silk roses, by Kokin; a shiny black straw coolie, by Patricia Underwood, that was made to be photographed by Irving Penn; and a four-cornered number fashioned of tightly woven real and synthetic hair, by Curbeon International.
At one random cremation, he runs into Annabel, who peeps at him adorably from under the brim of a cloche hat.
In "The Architecture of Happiness," Alain de Botton reprints a 1927 advertisement for Mercedes-Benz that depicts a woman, wearing gloves and a cloche (that iconic headwear of the twenties), one foot astride the running board.
In a yellow frock and a cloche hat, she's a ray of sunlight in a grimy, self-interested world.
Emma Klausner, 24, is wearing a cloche hat, vintage jewellery, a pair of wide-legged 20s-style trousers and a vintage silk blouse.
With a bit of fleece and a cloche or two, I can get away with putting more tender plants out early.
