1860’s Spoon Bonnet "Scarlett’s Paris Hat"

Despite the caution that you can’t always trust the authenticity of costumes in movies, I have always had a thing for the green bonnet that Rhett gives to Scarlett early in the movie, shortly after she is widowed. It is a spoon bonnet – named such as the shape of the brim resembles the shape of a spoon.

 

Real "Scarlett's Paris Hat" from Gone With The Wind

Real “Scarlett’s Paris Hat” from Gone With The Wind