This item is sold from an excellent, highly rated vintage boutique in Roanoke, Virginia.
Styled with a deep crown and short brim to frame the face. Crafted with panels of faux fur in a mustard, moss green and medium brown Center crown has a center gather and the back holds two small self bows.
The interior crown is lined with a black acetate along with the standard petersham ribbon.
As for the condition the underneath brim has some light soiling. Also soiling on the interior ribbon.
Inner circumference is 20 inches. Crown rises 5 inches and brim extends 3 inches in the front, shorter on the sides and back.
Label is Sally Victor Boutique with a store label of Fitche's of Dallas.
The information below was provided courtesy of the Vintage Fashion Guild Label Resource.
Sally Victor (1905-1977) first started making hats at Macy’s in 1924, then for L. Bamberger & Co. In 1927 Sally married Sergiu F. Victor, a hat manufacturer. In the late 1920s and early 1930s she worked designing hats for him. Opening in 1934 on 53rd Street in New York, Sally Victor’s own millinery business grew to become one of the largest hat companies in the USA. In the early 1950s Victor’s Airwaves hat, which resembled a cut-out pie crust, was popularized when Mamie Eisenhower wore one to the Presidential inauguration. A new, lower-cost line which was geared toward a younger customer, Sally V, was launched in the 1950s. The business closed in 1965.
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This item is sold from an excellent, highly rated vintage boutique in Roanoke, Virginia.
Color: Brown, gold & green
Material: Faux fur