subs. phr. (common).—See quot.
1901. Referee, 14 April, 5, 3. The lady who is the subject of the picture [the Gainsborough Duchess of Devonshire] set a fashion in hats which women continue to wear up to the present style. Even the Parisian ladies affected the style. And nowadays no suburban wedding is complete if the bridesmaids do not wear PICTURE HATS, the usual but very foolish description of the articles under discussion. Ibid., 9, 3. The return of the Gainsborough will, we are told, revive the big hat. The amiable “Gainsborough” of South Molton-street assures me that the PICTURE HAT has never really gone out of fashion.
