EDWARDIAN SHOES, BOOTS AND HATS

The lace-up boots of the late 1800's continued on into Edwardian footwear. 
Better shoes and boots were made of sealskin and were thin, durable and nearly waterproof.Expensive sealskin was thin, comfortable and insulating for both hot and cold weather.

Lesser priced shoes and boots made of tooled Moroccan leather were stiff, hot and heavy. Kid boots and shoes were a lesser quality footwear that did not maintain their shape.
The First World War created a leather shortage and saw the introduction of cloth topped shoes and boots, functional footwear that appeared mostly in black.

Wide brimmed hats were trimemd with feathers that often extended beyond the hat brim. In 1911, smaller hats still used a lot of feathers taken from the breeding plumage of wading birds created in factories called Plumassiers.