Annual "Easter parades" filled the streets from small towns to major cities. Zoom in: Women's hats were a big part of the show, inspiring fiction, poetry, satire, crime — and lots of advice.

O n “The Gilded Age,” it’s go big or go home — especially when it comes to the period drama’s extravagant gowns and hats. And in Season 2, they were bigger than ever, a benefit of having ...

Some citizens of this republic will see Donald Trump’s second inauguration as a glorious new beginning; others will see it as a dispiriting surrender to the nation’s worst tendencies. Many ...