Hats exhibition

Hats are the theme of a head-turning new show at York Art Gallery this autumn cheap Famous hats.

The etiquette of wearing hats and trends which have influenced headwear in the last 400 years will be the focus of the exhibition, which runs from Saturday to January next year.

Works by Bernini, Jacques-Émile Blanche and Spencer Gore, all featuring hats, will be displayed alongside real 19th and 20th-century headgear from the York Castle Museum Collection.

Jennifer Alexander, assistant curator of fine art at the museum, wholesale Famous hatssaid: "We have a wonderful collection of paintings from the last 400 years and many show how styles and fashions have changed. From baker hats to bonnets to bowlers, all hats say something about the person wearing it, whether it is their job, their social class or their era."