[AnAmericanMother]

I thought it was in the Canons for the Southern Baptists, AME, Apostolic Holiness, and Church of God of Prophecy that "Church Ladies Shall Wear Hats at All Times -- the More Elaborate, the Better."

[livius]

Great hats! I live in the South and I love seeing the ladies wearing their hats on Sundays. It just seems so - well, festive. Really and truly Sunday.

When I lived in New York (where older black ladies still wear hats on Sundays) there were women in Harlem who had little “home haberdashery shops” in their apartments where they specialized in designing and making these hats.