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[ORDER ITEM - #7221] Click on image for additional photos!		#7221 - c. 2000's BEVERLY FELDMAN Black Suede Sling Back Heels with Fantastic Metallic Multi-color 3-D Party Decoration!  NEVER WORN! Excellent condition.  I don't have to say anything about these shoes. If you don't fall in love at first look, I think you better check your pulse!  They have never been worn, likely because the size seems mis-marked.  They are labeled 7.5 but they really fit me at 6.5!   So.... I will have to refrain from wearing these out... however, it's possible that I may have to change the listing from "never worn" to "worn a couple times"!  :)  KILLER!!! "Too much is not enough" is her slogan on the bottom of her shoes!  Way to go Bev! :) NEW LISTING! $ 245. Approx. - SIZE 6.5
[ORDER ITEM - #5248] Click on image for additional photos!		#5248 - Dated May 22, 1942!!! Purple Suede Peep Toe Heeled Shoes with 3-D Decoration!  OH MY GOD! When was the last time you saw a pair of shoes with the absolute DATE they were created??? NEVER I venture to guess.  Well, certainly I've never seen this before.  The date is stamped on the interior.  I don't know why, but I thank whoever did it! :)  This pair is in Excellent condition and in a fabulous purple suede color!  Peep toe front, high heels, and with the fun 3-D ornament at front. Wearable size. Too large for my 6.5 foot.... but if I stick two fingers at the back when worn, they fit, so... I suppose you can figure that out... go to a store, try on sizes too large for you, and then stick two fingers at the back of your heel to get the shoes to feel like they fit, and then see how many sizes larger that is than you wear!  Does this make any sense?? If you love these and need me to explain further, just let me know. Excellent condition.  NEW LISTING! $ 385. Approx. - SIZE 7.5 - 8 B
[ORDER ITEM - #7210] Click on image for additional photos!		#7210 - c. 1980's ZALO, Made in Spain AWESOME Silhouetted Cowboy Cowboy Boots! LARGER SIZE!! Got to be the most colorful and most fun cowboy boots you can find! :)  Don't dare wear without tucking your pants into these so you can show off the entire boot.  Created in various colors of bright leather.  The black silhouette leather cowboy is on the outside of each boot... and don't miss seeing the ultra cool turquoise suede fringe in 3-D on his chaps!  Heeee Ha!  Love the firey hot red sky, the yellow sun and purple cactus as well!  So... Who's the fastest draw of the West?  That would be the first person to snap these boots up! :) Excellent condition.  13" tall with 2" heel.  Zalo runs small, so these are best for size 8.  NEW LISTING! $ 385. Approx. - SIZE 9 (But will fit Size 8 best)
From The Estate of ANITA LOOS [ORDER ITEM - #5251] Click on image for additional photos!		#5251 - c. 1940's CREATIONS BY HENRI Taupe Suede Beaded, Ankle Strap, Platform, Peep Toe, Cutwork, High Heel Shoes!  From the Estate of ANITA LOOS!  WOW... enough adjectives for you! If you don't know who Anita Loos is, please just Google search her... you will be impressed!  She wrote (among other things) "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"... one of Marilyn Monroe's most famous movie roles. Ms. Loos had a great collection of hats, which I just purchased, and along with that hat collection came a number of pairs of her shoes from the 1930s-1940s. These shoes have it all!  High platform, white mini beading, peep toe, ankle strap, cutwork, and ultra high heels!  What more could you want?  Oh, I know... for them to be in a larger size.  Sorry.  All Ms. Loos' shoes are a small size 4.5 - 5, so they are for display, or as memorabilia piece from one of the most prolific female Hollywood writers! Or if you are one of those lucky girls with a size 4.5 foot......  NEW LISTING! $ 465. Approx. - SIZE 4.5
From The Estate of ANITA LOOS [ORDER ITEM - #5250] Click on image for additional photos!		#5250 - c. 1930's Brown Canvas and White Leather Trim Strappy Shoes! From the Estate of ANITA LOOS!  If you don't know who Anita Loos is, please just Google search her... you will be impressed!  She wrote (among other things) "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"... one of Marilyn Monroe's most famous movie roles. Ms. Loos had a great collection of hats, which I just purchased, and along with that hat collection came a number of pairs of her shoes from the 1930s-1940s. These shoes are so "Chanelish".  Brown canvas with white leather trim... these shoes have a fabulous design.  Open sides, and cutwork at front and back sides.  And those white leather double stripes and white heel just "pop"!  Very small size 5 as are all Ms. Loos' shoes. Excellent condition. Love the wording on the sole "Famous for Fit. Our 850 Last. Hand Turned". What the heck does that all mean anyway?? :)  Obviously these are well made.   NEW LISTING! $ 345. Approx. - SIZE 5
From The Estate of ANITA LOOS SOLD		#5249 - c. 1940's RECORD SHOE INC, Brooklyn, New York Sky High Platform Canvas Multicolored Ankle Strap Shoe!  ONE SHOE!  From the Estate of ANITA LOOS!  If you don't know who Anita Loos is, please just Google search her... you will be impressed!  She wrote (among other things) "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"... one of Marilyn Monroe's most famous movie roles. Ms. Loos had a great collection of hats, which I just purchased, and along with that hat collection came a number of pairs of her shoes from the 1930s-1940s. PLEASE NOTE: This is not a typo.  This is only ONE shoe. The other is long lost, sadly so this is for display, or as memorabilia piece from one of the most prolific female Hollywood writers! Of course, if you happen to have one leg, this is a great find! :) (Please don't write to me to tell me that I am not being politically correct.... humor is sadly a dying art as we are all too nervous to laugh!  Relax people!  Crack a smile!).  The shoe itself is a sky-high black platform with colorful green high heel and green leather ankle strap.  The shoe itself is a natural color canvas with red, yellow and green thin leather strips.  Very small size 5 as are all Ms. Loos' shoes.   NEW LISTING! $ 125. SOLD Approx. - SIZE 5
[ORDER ITEM - #7198] Click on image for additional photos!		#7198 - c. 1900's White Ostrich Feather Fan with Mother of Pearl Sticks! One of my favorite movies is "Somewhere in Time".  And oh, that scene where Jane Seymour sits for her portrait! Just prior to that, she is fanning herself with a white ostrich fan. I never forgot it.... so I seek them out as I figure there are many other girls (OK, "women"... yeah, I know I'm now too old to call myself a girl.  Geesh!) who want to be Elise McKenna.  When I purchased this, I was told it was in mint condition... however it's NOT.  One of the sticks was glued to another stick at some point. But if you don't need pristine, it's still a lovely look.  Measures:   11" high x 18" across when opened.  NOTE:  In person it looks white... in the photos, it looks a bit yellowed, but it's not in person. NEW LISTING! $ 195.
[ORDER ITEM - #7025] Click on image for additional photos!		#7025 - c. 1960's "Go-Go Boots"!  Red, White and Blue Mod or Mondrian Color Block Booties!!  Metal Zipper Back! Never Worn!! There aren't enough exclamation points for these rare and fabulous original Go-Go boots!!  Amazingly I had another pair of these in the past, and was so happy to find another years later! Perhaps it's just takes me back to my young teen years centered around "16 Magazine",  "Shindig" and "Hullabaloo"!  The same boots (though they have a label in them) are photographed on page 590 of the fabulous book "The collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute FASHION, a History from the 18th to the 20th Century".  These are the Holy Grail of Go-Go Boots!  If only I had the original 1967 YSL Mondrian dress to go with them!  Yeah, right.   This pair is extremely rare in that they were never worn!! Measures:  1" heel, 10" tall overall. I hate to even give you the size as I don't want anyone wearing these.  They need to be preserved as is. I know it's none of my business once my items sell, but I'm a historian at heart.  The condition is near mint... just slightly "tacky", and the way-deep inside inner sole is curled (just needs re-gluing).... but no cracking or any other issues... at all! White faux leather (all materials manmade as labeled - combination last - whatever that means!) Heavy metal zippers at back, and very short heels.  There is no label at all on these... but guaranteed 1960's!  NEW LISTING! $ 1,495.
[ORDER ITEM - #7143] Click on image for additional photos!		#7143 - c. 1975 RARE FAMOLARE Roller Skates, Made in Italy! Patent Pending! With the Iconic Bicycle Label!  One of Famolare's first shoes, a molded clog, won a Coty Award in 1973!  But let's start with the history lesson as to why these roller skates are museum worthy!  Info thanks to website: japanesegeta.com:  Joseph P. Famolare was born into a third generation shoe making family in 1932, and founded his own company, Famolare, Inc., in 1969. In the 1970’s Famolare produced a line of shoes called Wooden Things by Famolare. The Wooden Things line included platform clogs and boots based on an all wood shoe similar to European sabots, and other styles with geta-like soles. Variations included various color tops, wood and colored plastic bottoms, and a pair of roller skates (that would be these!), patent #3,901,521. Sadly there is very little information online, but the patent designs are available for viewing at the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office’s web site (uspto.gov).  Vintage Famolare shoes are on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, and in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and the Cincinnati Museum of Art.  These roller skates sold for $75 - $100 back in the 1970's.  So the photos will describe the skates better than my description, but there have a red painted wooden base with plastic wheels and slick yellow vinyl top with metal buckles and hardware.  The only other pairs I've seen were all red.  These are uber rare!!  Minor wear to the red enamel paint on the wooden sole, and extreme minor color imperfections on the vinyl, but in near new, Excellent condition.... hardly used!!  Labeled size 8 (Women's). Measures:  9 3/4" long x 3 3/4" wide. NEW LISTING! $ 695. Approx. - SIZE 8 B
[ORDER ITEM - #7024] Click on image for additional photos!		#7024 - c. 1970's RAINBOW, Made in Thailand Barkcloth Platform Sandals!  Never Worn! Oh My!  You should see me try to walk in these!  I know many younger women out there actually do, but at 56, my probable osteoporosis makes this quite unwise!  But I look damn cool in the photo!  Yes, that's my 6.5 size, slightly wide foot (you try taking your own photo of your foot.... not easy!) with my extremely high instep... so as you can see these straps surprisingly fit easily over that instep (most shoes don't!). I'd call these a size 7, or even perhaps a size 7.5.  LOVE the 1940s looking Hawaiian Tiki barkcloth covering these everywhere. Deep jade green, burgundy, dark gold hibiscus and tribal symbols against a neutral ivory ground.  KILLER!  Criss-cross style strap with additional ankle strap. Sexy peeptoes - 2 1/4" platform in front makes the towering 6" heel!  Labeled size 7. Approximately 9 3/4" measured along insole with a flexible measuring tape, 3" across widest part of sole.  A little storage dust on BOTTOM of shoes, and the every so slight fray on the strap (from trying on) and one intersection of straps (see photo).  These are a lot prettier and sexier than most 1970s SuperFly shoes!!!  NEW LISTING! $ 425. Approx. - SIZE 7, perhaps 7.5 B/W
[ORDER ITEM - #7145] Click on image for additional photos!		#7145 - c. 1970's EDOUARD JERROLD, Made in Italy Platform Peeptoe Pumps! Another pair of shoes I will not be walking around in! They don't call these KILLER for nothing!  More info coming, but Edouard Jerrold are museum worthy - and are in a few fashion museums worldwide! No size... too large for my 6.5 foot, and slightly narrow, so I'm guessing about a 7.5N (though I'm told the original owner wore a 7M).  They have been worn, but still look great.  Bright shiny gold metal sheathing surrounding the platform and heel, with ivory leather upper. I know measuring shoes is crazy, but for those of you who ask: Measures: 9 1/2" long, 3" wide, 4 5/8" heel, 1" platform. Great Edouard Jerrold platforms ard to find.  This is your opportunity to own a piece of history from a designer whose work is considered artistry. Edouard Jerrold was an iconic shoe designer during the 1970's and his shoes were high fashion designs of the times.  Currently, shoes designed by Jerrold are on display in the L.A. Museum of Art, and I'm told the Costume Institute at the  Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Very Good Condition... slight pits on the metal toes, and could just use a buffing of the metal. I'm leaving as found.  NEW LISTING! $ 185.
FROM THE ESTATE OF ANITA LOOS! [ORDER ITEM - #5199] Click on image for additional photos!		#5199 - c. 1950's Original Bergdorf Goodman Hat Owned and Worn by ANITA LOOS! Gray and ivory feathers on a gray felt base. in a cloche or helmet shape especially great for those "bad hair" days!  I'm pretty sure I saw a photo of Anita in this, or similar hat (I have another of hers of a similar feather hat also from Bergdorf Goodman with striped brown feathers, so she obviously liked this style). Very Good condition... not excellent as the top spot of the crown where all the feather start has browned.  You could cover with a few extra feathers to make nearly perfect again.  This hat is covered in a silver hair net to keep the feathers in place and will come with the velvet covered hat stand as you see - as this was how it was originally found. NEW LISTING! $ 765.
FROM THE ESTATE OF ANITA LOOS! [ORDER ITEM - #5242 Click on image for additional photos!		#5242 - c. 1940's Original NAT FRANK, New York Creation Hat Owned and Worn by ANITA LOOS! One of my favorites! RARE color in a nearly neon green with a fairly stiffened purple grosgrain ribbon and bows.  Worn as a "doll or tilt" hat as it has the thin elastic band to hold on the head. Elastic still has a bit of stretch to it.  Looks like this was hardly worn!  Excellent, near mint condition.  The material is hard to describe... almost like a canvas.  LOVE the shape, and the double-layered brim.  NEW LISTING! $ 765.
FROM THE ESTATE OF ANITA LOOS! [ORDER ITEM - #5246] Click on image for additional photos!		#5246 - c. 1940's Hat Owned and Worn by ANITA LOOS!  No label on this sweet "Dolls" or "Tilt Top" hat of a bone colored felt covered with seafoam green and light brown graduated feathers on a chocolate brown netting. Lovely shape.  Excellent condition.  NEW LISTING! $ 865.
FROM THE ESTATE OF ANITA LOOS! [ORDER ITEM - #5207] Click on image for additional photos!		#5207 - Original CHRISTIAN DIOR Off-White Linen Hat! Owned and Worn by ANITA LOOS! Like a piece of sculpture!  Worthy of it's own glass case!!  Simple elegance as you might expect from Christian Dior.  Off-white linen which sits on top of the head with the stiffened loops to create a "bow".  Excellent condition.  NEW LISTING! $ 1,265.
FROM THE ESTATE OF ANITA LOOS! [ORDER ITEM - #5243] Click on image for additional photos!		#5243 - c. 1940's Hat Owned and Worn by ANITA LOOS!  No label on this rose "topper" (one of my favorites!  Like wearing a rose garden bouquet on your head! :) As you can see graduated coral-ish pinks (darker in color than it appears in this photo) on a black felt base with "o" ring back to keep it on the head. Excellent condition.  NEW LISTING! $ 685.
FROM THE ESTATE OF ANITA LOOS! [ORDER ITEM - #5201] Click on image for additional photos!		#5201 - c. 1940's Gray Silk Nubby Jersey Turban Hat with Snood Back Owned and Worn by ANITA LOOS! No label except for a tiny one that reads "adjustable head size" inside.  An elephant gray color nubby silk jersey draped over a high wired frame and rounded shorter crown, and gathered at low snood back.  Decorated with a few simple gold flower sequins.  Excellent condition with just a minor "smushing". I ADORE these high turbans!! NEW LISTING! $ 935.
FROM THE ESTATE OF ANITA LOOS! [ORDER ITEM - #5204] Click on image for additional photos!		#5204 - Original GEORG BEIGEL, Paris Hat Owned and Worn by ANITA LOOS!  I have one other Georg Beigel hat from a museum collection which is dated by the expert at 1943.   Not sure the exact date of this hat but it's certainly the 40's.  How fabulous!!  Black faux bird at front with extremely long feathers to surround the face or head or whatever depending how you wear it. NEW LISTING! $ 845.
FROM THE ESTATE OF ANITA LOOS! SOLD		#5245 - c. 1930's Hat Owned and Worn by ANITA LOOS! No label in this hat, but such a great shape natural straw hat with wide flat brim and tall asymmetrical half cone crown.  The original silk light green and rust colored scarves wrap through slits in the straw. Extreme minor damage at those slits for the scarves. NEW LISTING! $ 265. SOLD
[ORDER ITEM - #7053] Click on image for additional photos!		#7053 - c. 1940's BES-BEN, Made in Chicago Fabulous Double Rhinestoned, Faux Pearls and Beaded Swans of White Felt Hat!  Yup, another great Bes-Ben hat! This one in NEAR MINT condition.  I have to assume these are two swans, unless they are meant to be an albino "Boat-tailed Grackle"... which seems highly unlikely! :)  You should already know of Bes-Ben, but if not, read the information below! Ah, if only I had a time machine.... "Chicago! 1940s! 2 AM!". But, it's 2010, and rather than spend $18,000, you can own your own Bes-Ben for less (more than $5 though...I'm sorry!).   This is one of the most wonderful!  Some are too strange to wear, this is extremely wearable! The cap of the hat is black silk over canvas in pillbox shape.  Original netting attached.  Only one bead missing, otherwise near mint!!  A MUST for your hat collection!  Measures:  6" x 6" x 2" high.  9" long swans. NEW LISTING! $ 1,265. In 1920, Benjamin Greenfield and his sister Bessie (hence the "Bes-Ben" name merging their first names!) opened a millinery shop in Chicago. In 1938 they moved to the fashionable Michigan Avenue, and Benjamin soon became known as "The Mad Hatter of Chicago" with his outrageous designs. His famous clientele included Lucille Ball, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland and Elizabeth Taylor... with his hats selling for between $37.50 - $1000! Maine Antique Digest wrote "Every summer, however, he would clean out his inventory for the new season at a midnight sale, marking down the hats to s little as $5. Then at 2 AM, he would toss the rest out the front door to waiting bargain hunters."! In 1999 a Bes-Ben hat sold for $18,400 at auction.
[ORDER ITEM - #5178] Click on image for additional photos!		#5178 - c. 1920's Large Heavily Embroidered Shawl!  You can find these shawls for twice this price in Excellent condition... but if you are willing to give up a bit in condition, you can have the same look to either wear, drape on your piano, or on your bed, or, as my mom did... hanging from an antique furniture coat rack for much less. Measures:  64" x 60" nearly square (that's 5 feet square plus the fringe!!!!) so unless you are quite tall, you will need to wear this slightly folded over - but you probably knew that already! :) As you can see, it's a lovely grayish bone colored silk base with vibrant embroidery of large red roses, and smaller flowers of various hued red, lavender, pink, coral, with blue and green leaves and vines. You will notice here and there that silk threads are pulled, and there are a few minor spots (see photos).  The right bottom (see photo) of the shawl is slightly discolored, but that can be the area you fold over.  There are NO holes or anything horrible, but it's not perfect.  The fringe is 23" long all around with 7" of that being the macrame.  You'll have to spend some time combing the fringe, but it's all there.   NEW LISTING! $ 495.
[ORDER ITEM - #5649] Click on image for additional photos!		#5649 - c. 1990's SELBY 2-Tone High Strap Heels!  NEVER WORN! Other than the fact that you will want to glue the liners back down, these shoes are in near mint condition. My mother used to swear by Selby shoes... as nothing else would make her feet comfy.  I'd love to try these on for you to check it out, but alas, they are AA wide, and I am absolutely not, so my fat little piggies don't fit in these at all.  :(    Hopefully you have the perfect foot size for a great pair of never used shoes in the classy 2-tone black/tan combo. NEW LISTING! Under $150, so Final Sale. $ 85. Approx. - SIZE 7 AA
[ORDER ITEM - #5650] Click on image for additional photos!		#5650 - c. 1960's PACELLE, Saks Fifth Avenue Brown Suede Heels with Brown Satin Bows! Pacelle was a brand made in Italy for Saks during the 1950's and 60's. Obviously they were highly coveted, as in my quick research, I found a Marilyn Monroe costume where she wore Pacelle shoes with it... and below is a photo of a pair of Pacelle shoes donated to the Metropolitan Museum of New York for their Costume Institute!  Pacelle shoes sold for similar prices to the famous Roger Vivier at approximately $25-$40 in the 1960s.  These brown suede shoes have been worn, but have plenty of life left in them.  They are marked size 6.5A (or is that AA?), but my wide foot will fit into them, so they can't be too thin.  However, you will still want a thinner foot than mine to be comfy.  "Excellent" condition with the moderate wear to the sole as you see in the photos.  NEW LISTING! Under $150, so Final Sale. $ 45. Approx. - SIZE 6.5 A
[ORDER ITEM - #6407] Click on image for additional photos!		#6407 - c. 1940 Frederick & Nelson "Doll's", "Toy" or "Tilt"  Hat of Brown Felt Trimmed with Artificial Birds! Looks like an Alfred Hitchcock movie! I wish I could play some scary music when you click on the hat photo!!  But never fear, these are not real birds flocking on your head... these are 4-5 faux birds made up of striped brown, white, gray with tinges of orange feathers...  with feather quills dyed to an orange color to form the birds beaks!All on a light brown felt "platter".  Held one the head with a wide matching loop at back as well as a thin elastic (worn under the hair).  The original veiling is still attached.  Excellent condition.  NEW LISTING!   $ 345.
FROM MUSEUM COLLECTION [ORDER ITEM - #6613] Click on image for additional photos!		#6613 - c. 1941 Northridge Victoria Pigeon Crest Feather Taupe Velvet Hat! OK... this hat came to me from the same museum collection as many of the others you see.  He called these feathers "Victoria Pigeon Crest", so I'm just passing that information on to you.  The hat itself is a unique shape. Stiff to stand practically straight up, looking something like a taupe velvet clam with matching rope bow inside.  At the back, as you see, the feathers fan up fabulously! And then the back covers the back crown of your head with the tiny elastic band to hide under your hair to stay on.  This hat would have been marked higher if perfect, but as you will see from the close-up photos, the velvet has a bit of wear and "bruising" marks and one area at the front brim that is worn.  Priced to reflect the condition.  Still a remarkable look!   NEW LISTING!   $ 265.
SOLD		#5652 - c. 1940's Dark Moss Green Wool Felt "Doll's", "Toy" or "Tilt" Hat! So many different names for these great jaunty hats so popular in the 1940's.  Worn down over one eye.  Held on with back strap.  This sweet hat has fabulous matching bows inside the brim, and on the back strap! A simple dark moss green, darker than shown, but I had to lighten so you can see the details.  Stiff brim, soft crown.  Labeled with the New York Creation tag, and stamped with Belvedere, Made in USA, 100% wool, Henry Pollock, Inc. Distributors, Fifth Avenue, New York. Also labeled 22 (regular hat size, though size is of no issue with these).  Excellent condition.  Measures:  8" x 8".  With the original matching net.   NEW LISTING!   $ 185. SOLD
[ORDER ITEM - #3936] Click on image for additional photos!		#3936 - c. 1930's New York Creation Black Felt Cutwork Hat! I've said it before and I'll say it again, the best hats are those that quickly evoke the era with it's special shape. Well, baby, how's this beauty?? Amazing shape, slightly conical, with pierced cutwork brim all in black felt. There might be ever-so-slightly creases in the brim... on purpose to create that "edgy" look.  Black grosgrain bow at back. Really Excellent. A gotta have. 22" label and that is correct. Katherine Hepburn would have loved this hat!  Most recently worn on stage in a production of "The Women" (worn by the character of "Sylvia" - played by Rosalind Russell in the 1939 movie). $ 285.
FROM MUSEUM COLLECTION [ORDER ITEM - #6276] Click on image for additional photos!		#6276 - c. 1949 LADDIE NORTHRIDGE, Custom Made "New Look" Navy Silk Organdy Pleated Hat with White Raffia Trim! Wouldn't this look just incredible (I won't say "amazing" as if I hear that word again, I'm apt to scream!!  Just listen to anyone on TV today, and you will hear that word at least once a minute! Arrrggghhh!) worn with a matching navy and white suit or dress?  Looks like the original owner thought that as well, as it was specifically custom made to create one smashing outfit.  She would have looked amazing (whoops)!! :)  Gorgeous pleated crown of navy silk organdy, with small bow at back... and a wide brim of white raffia (though it's softer than most straw). Measures:  12 x 12".   Some of the photos are lightened to see details.  One of the classiest hats I've had!  And Laddie Northridge was certainly one of the great millinery artists whose couture designs were in great demand during from the late 30s through the latter years of 50s decade. Clients included Mamie Eisenhower, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Gloria Swanson and Hedda Hopper.   NEW LISTING!  $ 285.
FROM MUSEUM COLLECTION [ORDER ITEM - #6275] Click on image for additional photos!		#6275 - c. 1943 MADELON HATS Navy Straw Skimmer Hat with Red Velvet Trim with Cherries! What a phenomenal shape! Reminds me of the shape of a galactic time warp (you will probably only know this if you ever watched Star Trek).   The late 1930s and 1940s had some of the best hats.  You don't have to look any further than this hat to confirm that statement! :)  Wavy navy (ooh, that rhymes :)  stiff hat fully trimmed in red velvet around the edge of brim and crown, with crossed "bow" at back.  And then comes that spray of "cherries" at front! :)  Cool! Excellent condition.  A great addition to your hat collection! NEW LISTING!  $ 235.
[ORDER ITEM - #5657] Click on image for additional photos!		#5657 - c. 1940's CHEZ MARIE, Trenton, NJ Teal Green Wool Felt "Doll's", "Toy" or "Tilt" Hat! So many different names for these great jaunty hats so popular in the 1940's.  Worn down over one eye, this one has the look you'd expect to see in a 40's movie!  Held on with back strap. This one is a teal blue/green and is pointed shaped "floppy" hat with a "bowl" at the top (please don't put your cereal and milk in it! :)  Has a terrific large iridescent black feather at back!  So you will look great coming and going.  Excellent condition with just a bit of makeup around the inside. NEW LISTING! Under $150 so final sale. $ 145.
SOLD		#5658 - c. late 1940's Saks Fifth Avenue Debutante Black Velvet Headband with Ostrich Feather! I have to date this to approximately 1947 which is the year my parents married.  My mother decided not to wear a classic wedding gown, so just purchased a gorgeous navy blue crepe cocktail dress with rhinestones... and had a hat made to match.  The "hat" was three large navy ostrich feathers that used to make me laugh when I was young.  I thought she looked like a bird! :)  It's still a bit much, but I see now that she was going for this look... MUCH classier with just ONE ostrich feather! Has a great black bow as well to give it a bit more panache. No size necessary as it's a headband.  Excellent condition. From Saks Fifth Avenue, so was expensive new. NEW LISTING! $ 185. SOLD
[ORDER ITEM - #5171] Click on image for additional photos!		#5171 - c. 1940's LAIRD SCHOBER & CO. Alligator Platform Peep Toe Sandals! From Hollywood, CA!  First off, Laird Schober & Co is a great label!  The company was founded originally as Laird, Schober and Mitchell in 1869! Yup, this is not a typo! The company name was changed to "Laird Schober & Co." in 1894!  "High grade shoes" was the aim of the firm, and this remained true throughout the years, as you can see by the label inside these shoes quoting "Exquisite Footwear".  These were sold on Wilshire Boulevard in Hollywood.  You can just imagine the likes of Joan Crawford wearing these sandals!  In terrific condition!  And amazingly in a LARGE size.  Marked 11aaa, so I assume these would work for you if you wear about a 10, or perhaps 10.5.  Certainly WAY too large for my 6.5 foot.  Barely look worn from the top, so there's plenty of wear left in them. NEW LISTING! $ 295. Approx. - SIZE 10 or 10.5 - Marked 11aaa
SOLD		#5654 - c. 1950's SCHIAPARELLI, Paris Straw Hat Teeming with White Silk Flowers!  Nice, huh?  And Schiaparelli! Even better!  I took too many photos because it looked so pretty from so many angles. Nearly perfect condition, with just the most minor crushing of straw, not misshapen at all, just like it needs a steaming (see photos and decide for yourself).  Other than that, it's basically in great condition! Oh, and did I mention pretty???? :)  Even comes with the two small original hatpins!  Fits a normal size 22 head.  Measures: 16.5" x 16.5" x 5" tall.  $ 285. SOLD
[ORDER ITEM - #5679] Click on image for additional photos!		#5679 - c. 1900-1905 Mon JULIA, Madme Tore Succr, 7 Boulevard Les Capucines, et 30 Rue du 4 Septembre, PARIS Hat!  This hat did NOT come from the museum collection, though it might have! Certainly this is one of the better hats I've had from this "Gibson Girl" era. Meant to be worn high on the hair (which would have been gathered up in a "Gibson Girl" hairdo. A gorgeous ivory silk satin, velvet, lace, chiffon, two-tone gold and ivory braided chenille, and goldtone braid trim with pearl and chiffon ornament.    There is so much going on on this hat, it's hard to write it all out, so I will let the photos speak for me.  It's in excellent condition and will be a highlight in your hat collection! As you know, Parisian labeled hats are definitely collectible! NOTE: if you are interested in the display lady... she is styrofoam face with a masterful shaping of tissue paper to create a Gibson Girl style.  The gentleman who created these tissue-paper coiffures for museum display is willing to re-create this for you for $100.  There are many other eras for these mannequin hairdos, so let me know what you might be interested in!  Click on the photo at left to see more detailed photos for the hat, as well as a few of the mannequin head examples!   $ 1,245.
[ORDER ITEM - #6816] Click on image for additional photos!		#6816 - c. 1960's CHRISTIAN DIOR CHAPEAUX, Paris / New York Genuine Chinchilla Hat!  Hey there.... yeah you in that great Chinchilla hat!!!  For those of you who want to look fashionable and warm at the same time... and it doesn't hurt to have the Dior label!  This hat is from the 1960's and it was likely meant to be worn higher on the head so I'm showing it both ways.... pulled down over the ears for warmth (and a more cloche look) and higher on the top of the head (for that Mod look).  It's a genuine Chinchilla... not a faux fur and not a rabbit "wannabe".  Jazz up your simple black winter coat!  The coloration is the classic gray  and brown. Will fit a normal sized 22" head. Excellent condition.  $ 445.
FROM MUSEUM COLLECTION [ORDER ITEM - #6409] Click on image for additional photos!		#6409 - c. 1944 The White House, San Francisco Navy Felt Doll Hat with Fabulous Long Red Feathers!  If only my mannequin head didn't have molded hair, you could see this hat placed correctly on her head.  But as you see, the magnificently different back of the hat is pulled out a bit from her hair.  Assuming you don't have molded hair... it will fit you better! :)  Great little navy felt cap to be worn tilted on the forehead.  The back has a bow and straps of the same navy felt.  And then... ta da... the large shock of long red feathers attached at the back, and curling all the way to the front.  WOW!  From the prestigious "The White House" which was a chain of department stores in various cities.  I believe it closed in San Francisco in the 1960s. Consumer Protection label inside and labeled 22 (which is the standard women's head size).  Excellent condition!  $ 385.
From Museum Collection FROM MUSEUM COLLECTION [ORDER ITEM - #6344] Click on image for additional photos!		#6344 - c. 1917 MAY SMITH, Paris / New York Sapphire Blue Velvet Toque with  Caramel Colored Braid and Blue Beads!  Another amazing hat from the museum collection I was lucky enough to purchase.  Although not in pristine condition, for a toque should sweep you off your feet!  Dynamite color of a sapphire blue silk velvet gathered in front and around back and plain over the crown.   And then comes the tiara!  Yes, look at the side photos of this hat.... the caramel colored, tightly decorated silk braid with those "ameba" shaped areas of matching sapphire blue beads, is attached like a tiara!  Unique.... as were many of the hats of this WWI era... because during wars, hats were often the focus.  This hat is shown on my mannequin with the slightly large head, and it fits her!  So... if hats are always too small for you, this should fit! As you can see, the condition issues are minor but there.  The velvet is dirty at the gatherings, and there is an area of velvet thinning at back.  Also, as you see, a bit of caramel braiding missing at the edges (showing the white through).   But even with all that said, it's damn great!  Terrific Paris, New York label!    $ 565.
[ORDER ITEM - #5678] Click on image for additional photos!		#5678 - c. 1916/1917 JAMES McCREERY & Co. Fifth Avenue / 34th Street, New York Fantastic Tall Black Straw Hat with Feather and Black Silk Satin Trim!  Oh my!!!  I have to say (though I hate to show my ignorance) that at first look, I thought this hat was worn the other way around (as I know this era had the most wild hats!), but this is wild enough.. and I believe this is the correct way to wear it.   These are quite hard to find in great condition due to the size (height) as they were hard to store over all the years.  This one is in remarkable condition... nearly like new!  Black stiff straw with brim at front... and then turned up to incredible heights at back! Trimmed with original black curved feathers at front and with a black silk ribbon with bow at front.  James McCreery & Co. was founded in 1869 in NY and in Dec 1912 it was announced that the huge dry goods store (department store) would build a 5th Avenue entrance to the shop. The exact location was the entire block between 34th and 35th street on the west side - so right next door to the Empire State Building built in 1931 - and previously next to the old Waldorf Astoria Hotel !!!  The store closed in 1954. The hat measures 6" high straw at back to a towering 10" high with the feathers!  Measures 22" around interior, but seems to fit a bit larger.  I'm a normal 22" head, and I have a bit of extra room in this hat. $ 765.
[ORDER ITEM - #5706] Click on image for additional photos!		#5706 - c. 1970's GUCCI Floral Canvas and White Leather Shoulder Bag!  Vintage Gucci Bag.  Vintage Gucci Purse.  Yeah, I have to say those two things so someone searching for this will find it. I'm Google friendly! :)  This is absolutely guaranteed to be original and authentic as it came to me from the same estate as lots of my other great expensive pieces, like the Sable jackets (yes, she was so wealthy she had more than one sable!!) and the beaded Balenciaga gown (just to mention a few!).  So... I don't think she was the kind of woman to pick up a Gucci purse at a flea market, eh?  Anyway... so all that being said, this is a very popular design still used today, but this is vintage.  As I read "one of the most loved Gucci icons, the Flora design is printed on many Gucci products. The legend of this print goes back to 1966 when Princess Grace of Monaco (Grace Kelly, you know) asked for a Gucci scarf, none were found that were perfect for her, so Gucci commissioned the prestigious illustrator Vittorio Accornero design a scarf for Princess Grace... and this was that floral design!  So, when you wear this bag, you are part of the legend of Grace Kelly. This has the "GG" monogram embossed above the print. Note: small Gucci Floral Bags sell for $1,900 new!!   Granted this isn't new... there are some minor issues that frankly are great for you because they make it affordable for you to actually have the purse you want!  The interior leather is cracked (upper 1/3, and better as you go down.. but who's gonna see it to care?).  There is a crack on one portion of the white strap, and a teeny one at top zipper, and just the tiniest spot on the floral canvas (see photos).  Otherwise the white leather is damn clean! So... would you rather spend $1,900 or....   $ 465.
[ORDER ITEM #3420] Click on image for additional photos!		#3420 - c. 1875-1900 RARE C.M. Haskell, New Bedford, Mass. Female Black Beaver Riding Hat!  I can't swear to it, but I firmly believe this was a riding hat!  Not just a fashion statement.  As you can see there was elastic attached on the interior that has torn, but no fashion hat of that era had elastic... so... Excellent condition with just extreme minor scratches on beaver fur seen under some lights ... really near mint! Fairly lightweight. Trimmed in wide leather band around interior.  Measures:  8" x 10" oval x 6" high. Too small for most normal sized heads today to wear securely on the head.  Was probably worn on top of a mass of hair. $ 1,265. SIZE - Extra Small
[ORDER ITEM #5636] Click on image for additional photos!		#5636 - c. mid-20th Century Micro Beaded Purse of Steel Beads with Light Blue Rhinestoned Clasp and Beaded Handle!  Did you happen to notice how I cheated on dating this purse?  :)  I was sure it was a 1930's purse, and then I saw other similar purses that were dated 1950's.. so now I'm really confused and I don't want to give you false information (if I can humanly avoid it!), so......  this great purse is somewhere from the 30's through the 50's and I will let you decide who is correct (I hate being wrong! So I will assume I'm right! :).  this purse comes to you direct from a high-end Estate (relatives of Andrew Carnegie... yes, that's THE Andrew Carnegie... "The Richest Man in the World" in the early 1900s!). Most of these fine micro steel bead purses were made in France (though there is no label).  Always great to find these bags with various colors as well as the usual silver and gold beads.. this one includes ruby red, emerald green, sapphire blue, polished platinum, bright gold and a ground of silver/gray in a stylized paisley motif. In Excellent vintage condition as the silver beads have tarnished over the years to the usual patina (you will know this from sneaking a peak in the folds at the sides which reveal the original nearly white patina!).  As always, these beaded purses in this coloration are extremely difficult to photograph.. and it will be SO much more beautiful in person as the beads appear darker than actual. It will sparkle and glow for you!  The frame is a brass tone, beautifully etched and set with small light blue rhinestones on the front. The interior is a cream satin (mostly clean, but with a few marks from use).  The exterior beading is strong with no losses or separations. The back is exactly the same as the front without the clasp. This elegant purse measures 9.5" wide at bottom x 6" high.   $ 585.
[ORDER ITEM #6836] Click on image for additional photos!		#6836 - c. 1960's-1971 vintage LEON UNATIN ORIGINALS, Made in Italy Gladiator Silver Lame Booties!  Oh my!!!  These are the kind of ankle strap shoes (or boot-sandals, or cage boots, or open booties, or whatever you want to call them!) that you usually only see in museums or in the pages of vintage fashion magazines. FABULOUS!!!  These are high-quality, well-made studded leather of silver lame woven with metal o-rings. Made in Italy, sold at Joseph Magnin and Designed by Leon Unatin.  Three buckle straps cuff around the ankle.  Chunky lame heel and thick soles. Labeled size 6.5 AA.  But as you can see they actually fit me and I have a slightly wide foot and very high arch (so they don't buckle as they should due to my insane arch, but the size is good. Leather upper, leather sole. On the bottom, there is a strange hand written date of 7/28/71, a number "222" and a price of $20.  I'm not sure who wrote this and why... but I do have some 1971 Vogue and Harper's Bazaar magazines and certainly gladiator shoes/boots were "in" at the time... though I still feel like I would have dated them earlier... from the Paco Rabanne era.  Perhaps I can spend the time to find similar shoes in the magazines, but until then...  don't wait to buy these!!  You are unlikely to find another! $ 965. Approx. - SIZE 6.5
FROM MUSEUM QUALITY ESTATE [ORDER ITEM #5091] Click on image for additional photos!		#5091 - RARE c. mid 1700's or mid-18th Century Shoes! Watered Silk Faille Light Tan Fabric!  PLEASE NOTE: the Buckles are for Show only.   I'm showing these early shoes with buckles (that aren't of the correct era, but somewhat of the right look) just to give you an idea of what they would have looked like when worn.  The rest of the photos show the shoes as they are.  The watered silk faille is all trimmed in a matching silk braid.  Hard to describe the condition.  For the age they are Excellent, with just extremely minor issues of wear - mostly at the edges.  The photos will really describe the condition better than words. There are pinholes on the tabs where the buckles would have been attached over the years. They are 99% intact..... and structurally very sound! Interior sole is brown leather in fabulous condition. Bottom leather sole is mostly sueded now having lost the top layer, but still in great condition.  An amazingly early pair of shoes not often found on the open market!  Measure: 3" wide x 9" long   Also Listed in the 1700-1840s and Museum Categories.  $ 3,450.
[ORDER ITEM #6840] Click on image for additional photos!		#6840 - c. late 1920's/early 1930's I. MILLER Colorful Brocade Flapper Shoes with Crossed Straps!  I know, I know..... they look great!  And they are even a large size... BUT these are really best for display or your shoe collection.  Although they look nearly perfect on the exterior, the leather has suffered a bit on the inside... and the straps are a fragile so would need re-enforcing to wear without worry.  One of the tips of one strap has already met its demise.  Again, for show they are glorious! Colorful silk and bronze metallic brocade in a wild pattern! Gold leather trim at the sides and oh, the ruby satin footbed!  Sexy toe cutouts in teardrop shapes.  I even love the excellent condition "Cats Paw" heel tips (if you look through old magazines of the era, you will often see "Cats Paw" ads!).  The shoes were sold at Fontius in Denver (the paper tag is still on the bottoms). I'm pricing these based on the fact that they will likely not be worn... so it's just for collector.  If in great condition, they could be priced at more than twice this price! $ 285. Approx. - SIZE 8AA (size on shoes)
[ORDER ITEM #10002] Click on image for additional photos!		#10002 - c. 1930's Deco Black Velvet and Gold Metallic Leather T-Strap Shoes!  Damn these fit me great! That means if you are size 6 or even a small 6.5 (even with slightly wide foot), these will be your favorite pair of shoes.  Love the deco design!!  Pretty enough to wear alone with just paper bag dress!!  It's all about the shoes. Black velvet T-strap shoes with gold leather trim.  Excellent condition except for one thing... one of the buckles is missing, so either a matching one needs to be found, or two new ones sewn on.  It's simple, just have to locate them. If I find some buckles prior to selling these shoes, I will sew them on for you!  And then you should have no complaints! :)  $ 425. Approx. - SIZE 6 B/C
[ORDER ITEM #0280] Click on image for additional photos!		#0280 - c. mid 19th Century Steel Beaded Miser's Purse! A beauty. This purse has been in my personal collection for about 15 years!  I used to have a display for all my purses, but since I moved, that perfect spot no longer exists, so...  best to let my lovelies go live with someone else for a change!  This purse is in near Mint condition.... with fabulous twisted steel beaded fringe on both ends.   The entire piece is covered with the same steel beads. These purses were often worn folded over a lady's belt and were also known as a "long purse", or "stocking purse".  I read that the "miser's purse" name came from the fact that it's so hard to get anything out of it!  I don't know if this is true, or now just a fable, but it's certainly true in fact. Really mostly for show now anyway as it's not the right shape for a credit card! :)  $ 225.
[ORDER ITEM #9792a] Click on image for additional photos!		#9792a - c. early 1940's Saks Fifth Avenue Satin Wedding Sandals!  I know for sure that these were wedding shoes as I saw the gown they went with... otherwise I wouldn't have thought so! Rare to find flats (or what I call as flats) rather than heels for a wedding... so you start to think that perhaps her husband-to-be was on the short side??  Hmmm?   She didn't want to tower over him at the ceremony.  Nice gal!  And nice shoes in a wearable size.  Marked 6.5B... and as you can see there is even more room for my toes, so this might fit to size 7.  As for condition, they are great on the top and the straps.  There is a tiny darkening of the satin on the sides near the sole, but really the only issue is the darkening of the satin on the heel/side platform.  Looks like perhaps the glue seeped through.  So... the best thing to do is get a bit creative and recover the heels with whatever fabric or appliques appeal to you!  Might be fun to create your own masterpiece!   Under $150 so final sale. $ 125. Approx. - SIZE 6.5B - 7B
[ORDER ITEM #9274] Click on image for additional photos!		#9274 - c. 1960's ROGER VIVIER, Paris Gold Lame Pumps with Rhinestone Buckles!  Gotta tell you upfront that these aren't perfect.... sadly.  But certainly wearable for your 60's party or Roger Vivier collection (yup, there are those out there who just collect Vivier!). Mr Vivier designed shoes for Christian Dior for most of the 1950's and early 60's.  But perhaps his most iconic design was the "Pilgrim Pump" (from what I read they were made popular from Catherine Deneuve in the film Belle de Jour).  So these are what you want in Vivier!  Gold lame with tiny rhinestone buckles.  Sold at Saks Fifth Avenue.  Where the shoes have rubbed together, there is cracked gold,  and one small section of gold lost there on one shoe.  Extremely light reddish spot on on buckle end.  A couple tiny rhinestones missing. Just not mint condition... still very shiny and pretty!!  And in a very wearable size! Labeled 9A.   Under $150 so final sale. $ 125. Approx. - SIZE 9A
[ORDER ITEM #6500] Click on image for additional photos!		#6200 - c. 1972 BALLY SUISSE Three-Tone Brown Kid Pumps!  So you can either pay $400-$450 for a similar new pair of Bally pumps, or... you can buy this pair of barely worn gorgeous three-tone brown Bally shoes!   These were from Germany originally, as they are labeled Bally Schwiez and the size is a European 4E (which translates to a 6W (fits me quite nicely - perhaps a bit snug but wearable.  I normally wear a 6.5M (with a just slightly wide foot, but I don't normally wear a wide size).  As nice as you can find!  Under $150 so final sale. $ 185. Approx. - SIZE 6W
[ORDER ITEM #5617] Click on image for additional photos!		#5617 - c. 1950's MANNEQUIN, Made in USA Black Silk High Heels with Printed Red Roses!  Yes another pair to wear! They fit me perfectly at size 6.5M (US size). They are a black silk with printed red roses on front toes and on heel!  Lined in a girly girl pink. Excellent vintage condition with just a hint of lightening of the black.  Hardly worth a mention.   Or just as wonderful for your shoe collection.  Under $150 so final sale. $ 145. Approx. - SIZE 6.5 B
[ORDER ITEM #6810c] Click on image for additional photos!		#6810c - c. 1970's SALVATORE FERRAGAMO BOUTIQUE, Made in Italy Black Patent Leather and Bone Leather Spectator Pumps!  Never Worn!  Very Chanel looking shoes by certainly one of the most important Italian companies in the luxury footwear field!  Ferragamo shoes will cost you between $400 - $600 for a new pair!  And these are as new as they are... but 25-30 years old! Ferragamo opened his first shop in Hollywood in the 1920's and was soon known as the "Shoemaker to the Stars".   This pair is a classic black patent leather and bone leather spectator pump with stacked short black heels. Never Worn! Size 6.5C (fits me, but just a bit too wide for my normal 6.5B foot - even though my foot is slightly wide).  Under $150 so final sale. $ 145. Approx. - SIZE 6.5 Wide
[ORDER ITEM #6810e] Click on image for additional photos!		#6810e - c. 1970's FRATELLI ROSSETTI, Made in Italy Two-Tone Bone Bucksuede and off-White Leather Spectator Ladies Loafer Shoes!  Never Worn!  One of the most important Italian companies in the luxury footwear field!   Still in existence, they produce always practical, comfortable, elegant and fashionable shoes that can last a lifetime.  I purchased four pair of unworn spectator shoes for those of you who imagine yourself as Katherine Hepburn rather than Audrey Hepburn! :)  This pair is and off-white leather paired with the finest light bone colored bucksuede (the softest thing you will ever feel - OK... perhaps not as soft as chinchilla, but for leather it is)! Tiny tassels and stacked short heels. Never Worn!  Comes with the original dust pouch. Size 6.5M (fits me, even with my extremely high instep)!  $ 165. Approx. - SIZE 6.5 B
[ORDER ITEM #9991] Click on image for additional photos!		#9991 - c. 1940's BETTY CO-ED "Hats of Youth" from Henry Pollack Cornflower Blue Wool "Doll" Hat or "Tilt" Hat! This came from a collection of a young ballroom dancer... she found special pieces from various vintage shops around the country when on tour.  This was my favorite piece from her collection.  Wonderful soft cornflower blue color wool felt perfectly molded in front and great cut floppy "bows" in back!  Holds on the head with the stiff loop at back.  The netting can be worn up or down (just needs a steaming if you wear it down) for that mysterious Film Noir look.  Excellent condition.  Perhaps one or two extremely minor breaks in the netting.  Lovely and very wearable with a suit or dress!  $ 285.
[ORDER ITEM #10000] Click on image for additional photos!		#10000 - c. 1864-1921 EDE & SON Robe Makers, 94 Chancery Lane, London Men's Barrister Wig of Horsehair with Old Oval Wig Tin Box!  In amazingly fabulous condition!!  This wig looks practically like it would have when new!! The tin box shows it's age in the scratching and deterioration of paint, but other than that.... it's also in remarkably great condition. I apologize for displaying this on a female mannequin... although seems fair, as women have come a long way over these 200 years! :)  I don't believe the tin was the original for the wig as the tin is tagged "From J.F. Albin, Judicature Wig and Robe Maker, Essex Court Temple".  The name on the top of the tin box is "Frank ......, Esquire" (can't make out the last name). But the wig fits in the box as if it were made for it.  Ede & Son were the "Robe Makers to Her Majesty"!   I've been doing research on these wigs and found this tidbit... "In 1822, Humphrey William Ravenscroft, a London wig maker (who merged with Ede & Son in 1902), patented a new wig making technique which removed the need for curling and powdering, and which secured the tails. The curls were permanent and the wig could withstand being folded up in a tin without losing its shape or the curls."  So... that dates this to 1822 at the earliest.  I also just discovered that this wig has to be dated between 1868 when Ede and Son was first renamed, and 1921 when it merged and named Ede and Ravenscroft (still in existence in the same location!!).   Also listed in the 1750-1840s Category. $ 1,800.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6614] Click on image for additional photos!		#6614 - c. 1945 Haute Mode MARYOS, Paris Dark Royal Blue Tall Turban with Original Gold and Coral Pin and Original 1945 Note!  Of all the hats in this museum collection, this one made my heart go "pitter-pat".  Not just because of the rarity, and condition.... but because of the note that comes with the hat! The accompanying note dated 1945 after the liberation of Paris was sent through the V-mail to an American Army GI from his Mother...  thanking him for the package which included this hat and a purse. The hat was to be sent on to "Kathleen"... I presume, perhaps his sister??   A true historic hat! Meant to be worn on top of the head, so if you have a particularly large head, it will fit your hair rather than your head. Excellent condition. I typed the text of the letter so you can read it!   Just click on the photo at left to see additional photos and the typed letter. $ 1,685.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6617] Click on image for additional photos!		#6617- c. 1956 MR. ARNOLD Apricot Colored Straw Hat with a Vine of Shaded Flowers "Floating" Below the Edge of the Brim! This is the fabulous hat used for the promotional posters for the entire museum exhibit (the poster drawing is below).  The drawing is enticing, but it doesn't hold a candle to the hat in person!!  As you can see, it's a simple apricot colored straw hat, but there is an extraordinary dangling or floating vine with large shaded coral and pink silk flowers and green leaves hanging from the brim!  Fabulous! Near Mint condition. $ 885.
From Museum Collection RESERVED		#6270 - c. 1924 KATHRYN BROWN, Los Angeles Brown Lame Lace Cloche Over Printed Silk! There's a lot going on with this brimmed cloche hat!  Where to start... OK.. the hat base is straw.  Over that is a very wide multicolored silk ribbon around crown and additionally used at the edge and under the entire brim.  Over all that is a soutache appliqued lace of a brown lame (gives a feel of antique gold lame).  And then, finally comes the graduated colored and green leaves, with fuzzy green stems and three large pink, lavendar and rose wild silk roses, and one bud, at the side.  Whew!  The silk is wild for the era... it could easily have been reproduced in the 1960s as a psychedelic pattern.  The condition of the exterior is Excellent, but the silk lining is almost entirely torn away from the edge.  You can certainly fix, but I will leave as found.  The logo is complete... with the great old typeface.  Will fit a normal sized 22" head. $ 745. RESERVED
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6386] Click on image for additional photos!		#6386 - c. 1888 Mourning Bonnet of Black Straw and Crape Trim with Silk "Berries"!  Not all black bonnets were "mourning" bonnets or hats.  You are really looking for the ones with the special crinkly "crape anglaise" (mourning crape - spelled with an "a" to indicate mourning crape) material specifically used by widows.  This bonnet would have been used for in "second mourning" as it's only trimmed in the black crape.  The rest of the bonnet is black straw and black silk - used to create interesting black "berries" at the top of the bonnet.  In addition there are wired crape leaves. Excellent condition.  A great addition to your Victorian collection or mourning collection!  This one is certainly my favorite of the mourning bonnets I've seen.  $ 745.
From Museum Deaccession [ORDER ITEM - #4605] Click on image for additional photos!		#4605 - c. 1890's RARE, EARLY MADAME SUZY, 5 Rue de la Paix, Paris Black Fancy Beaded Bonnet with Pink Velvet Flowers!  Perhaps the Premier Milliner of the Last 150 years! I am having a great deal of trouble trying to get early information on Madame Suzy. I had another Madame Suzy hat from 1912, but there is next to no information on this famous milliner online!  And I'm a fairly good Googler.   This is certainly the earlier Madame Suzy I have ever seen... and the earliest even Sue Langley (the author of the collector's "bible": Vintage Hats & Bonnets!) has seen!   If anyone out there has any information on Madame Suzy, I would LOVE to know!  PLEASE!  Meanwhile...I offer up this obviously rare black lacy bonnet with blush velvet flowers on each size at the ears.  The black "lace" is really a strange concoction of what seems like patent leather!!  There is black jet beading at the back of the bonnet along with a pear-shaped larger beads and a rhinestone and jet ornament near front.  I don't know if the ties are original, but they fit perfectly. Excellent condition.  The label looks better in person, I just had to darken to see the info in the photo  Fits a normal sized head, but no larger.  A museum piece you can own!    $1,885.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6514] Click on image for additional photos!		#6514 - c. 1945 ALBOUY, 49, Rue du Colisee, Paris Black Velvet Snood Hat!   I love this!  The 1930's and 1940's was the era of the snood ... actually the return era of the Victorian snood... which was actually the return of the Elizabethan 16th century "balzo".  Got all that?  Anyway, seems Schiaparelli first reintroduced the snood in 1935 and soon became "the" method for keeping hair free from machinery during WWII.  But the style was also used for upscale designer hats as you can see!  Gerard Albouy designed hats for his own millinery shop in Paris between 1938 - 1964,  and was most famous for decorative "baroque-style" hats. Amazingly in 1941, during the German occupation, Albouy made small, beautiful veiled hats out of recycled newspaper!!  Way cool!  This hat seems to be a classic Albouy.  Black velvet cap with original matching hatpins, small veil at front, and then the large, bold honeycomb stiff crocheted snood with thin spiderweb designs.  All ending in a black velvet bow with long tails.   Stuff you long hair in this beauty and go!  Excellent condition with just one break in the face netting (a quick needle fix for the talented).  Sits on your head like a tiara, so size isn't an issue.  $ 745.
From Museum Collection RESERVED		#6677 - c. 1953 Robinsons, California Deep Royal Blue Velvet Flat Hat with Navy Ribbon and Netting! Great color!  If not in the light, it can practically a dark navy, but in the light, it's a gorgeous deep royal blue velvet!  Very rich color! The ribbon and bow is actually multi-layers of navy netting! Simple shape would look great with a dress or suit or coat.  Fun interior lining design.   Excellent condition with just slight crushing of crown which barely shows when worn.  Holds on a normal sized to slightly larger sized head with wire sides. . Measures:  15.5" x 16.5"... off-center round. $ 185. RESERVED
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6608] Click on image for additional photos!		#6608 - c. 1883 Fancy Beige Straw Bonnet with Lace Lappets!  Oh my word!  Check out the close-up photos of this bonnet!!  One of those masterpieces of design.  I can't even find any words to describe it, as I've never seen anything else like it.  All this ultra thin ribbon straw looped confection is enhanced by elaborate trimmings of parched leaves, grain heads, sweet william and poppies.  Very long blond lace scarves to be tied, or worn as you see as lappets.  One of the best of the collection as far as I'm concerned!!! Even the thin edging surrounding the face is woven ultra thin gold bullion. Will fit a normal sized head. Excellent condition with just extreme minor wear to china silk lining.  $ 1,245.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6609] Click on image for additional photos!		#6609 - c. 1896 A. FELIX, Paris Mushroom Colored Elaborate Woven Straw Hat with Ivory and Purple Chiffon and Silk Flowers! Oh (expletive).... I realize that I have this hat on my Brigetta mannequin head backward!!  I'll have to re-photograph, unless you are smart enough to grab this before someone else sees it.   Felix is a designer name you should know, but it you don't, you have lots of company.  Just as special as Worth, Doucet or Pingat to the women of the era.  Just harder to find these days!  Great mushroom color woven straw in a fabulously wavy shape.  Check out all the photos to see all the various angles and shapes created from the design.   Topped with purple and cream colored flowers and lavenders and ivory chiffon.  Sits on top of the head so size isn't an issue.  Excellent condition with just a bit of wear to the chiffon, and tearing to the china silk lining.  $ 945.
From Museum Collection SOLD		#6581 - c. 1948 LILLY DACHE Black Felt Calotte of Black Felt Trimmed with Purple Ribbon and Blush Roses!  Some hats are really kind of impossible to wear without wondering what people will think!  This hat is really quite wearable, even today.  Sure, you'll make a statement, but it's not overwhelming.  And the netting doesn't have to be worn over the face, but just pulled up on the hat.  It's a black felt hat in a head-hugging shape with blush colored roses over and under the brim with purple silk ribbon wrapping the hat like a package. Comes with the original matching hatpin!   Excellent condition with just a small break in the netting as you see. $ 265. SOLD
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6389] Click on image for additional photos!		#6389 - c. 1905 RARE Swan's Breast and Dove Wing Hat! One of the Best of the Museum Collection!  A unique and rare toque of swan's breast feathers rolled into a spectacular oval shape trimmed with dove's wings.  Meant to be worn high on the gibson girl hairdo.  A bit fragile interior (see photos of lining), but a spectacular display piece and can be gently worn. I've never seen anything like it before, and I'm likely not to see another! This would have been for the wealthiest of women... perhaps worn with her ermine! Don't hestitate if you want this... put it on Layaway now!!  $ 1,485.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6462] Click on image for additional photos!		#6462 - c. 1858 Spoon Bonnet of Sage Taffetas with Plaid Ribbon and Garden Flowers! If you only buy one spoon bonnet for your collection, this should be it! Nearly pristine.  I believe it to be all original including the flowers and the ribbon. The photos will really give you the best description so please take the time to look at them all!  The design work in the taffetas at back take ones breath away. And the plaid ribbon is draped from the top down one side and made into a large bow at the back.  The striped ribbon at front is different, but complementary. Excellent condition with just slightly wilted flowers which may be original... hard to tell.  $ 945.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6508] Click on image for additional photos!		#6508 - c. 1890 POUYANNE, Paris Light Aquamarine Silk Velvet Bonnet with Black Net Embroidered Blue and Gold Tinsel with Lace Scarf Ties!  I'm sure this bonnet was owned by a quite wealthy woman from the era... perhaps one of the "400"?  I have to imagine she had a matching gown ... oh, she would have been quite an extraordinary vision!  From the New York Times article of 1888 describing the Fall opening at Macy's, "Of the French Headwear, it is tribute enough to say that it comprises selections from the Paris houses of Mme. Pouyanne, Virot et Berthe...  Long trimmings, to hang from the back, still prevail.  They are mainly of ribbon... hanging long enough to admit of carrying it around the neck and tying it in front.  I figure with the mention of Pouyanne first in the list... it was "the" best of the best of Paris! This bonnet is especially pretty with the light aquamarine velvet gathered to frame the fabulous electric blue and mellow gold tinsel braid design.  The bonnet ties with long, long black chantilly lace!  Meant to sit on top of the head, so size is unimportant.  The condition is good, but not perfect.  The velvet is discolored in a few places from years of dust, and one of those places has created a very slight break in the velvet (only seen on close inspection).  Then if you really want me to get picky... some of the braiding is ever so slightly askew.  All in all a top Parisian designer hat of museum quality. $ 985.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6577] Click on image for additional photos!		#6577 - c. 1926 VIROT, Paris Brown Silk Satin and Brown Velvet Cloche! From the prestigious Rue de la Paix comes another top of the line Parisian milliners' hat.  Virot and Pouyanne were two of the best of the Victorian / Edwardian eras. Virot was so coveted that the hats are even mentioned in Edith Warton novels!  This hat, along with many of the others you will see on this website, are from a travelling museum collection of over 200 hats!  I hate the fact that it's my job to break up the collection, but it's a chance for you to add some of these special pieces to your own hat collection!  Who knows... perhaps you will create the next travelling museum hat collection in the future!!   This is extremely simple in design, but would have been fabulous with a brown satin 20s day dress.   Nearly a pinwheel design of brown satin and brown velvet with tiny little brim.  Excellent condition exterior.  The interior silk lining is tearing, but the label inside the crown is in perfect condition. Will fit a normal 22" size head without being a "headache" cloche.  Feels fine. Looks great. Could and should be priced higher for this label!!! $ 385.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6563] Click on image for additional photos!		#6563 - c. 1962 CHRISTIAN DIOR CHAPEAUX, Paris/New York High Hat Covered with Loops of Shaded Blue Organdy with Sprigs of Dior's Signature Lily of the Valley!  Dior's floral cocktail hats seemed to put a woman's face in the center of a bouquet!  These are meant to be worn high on the head more like a bubble shape than a tight and low fitted cloche.  The were the predecessors of the "mod" hat shape seen first  in 1964. This is my favorite of the three flower Dior hats I have from this Museum collection. I'm told (though I should know these things) that Dior's signature was lily of the valley flowers, so this hat should have a special place in your own collection. Excellent condition.  Will fit a normal 22" sized head.   $ 345.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6582] Click on image for additional photos!		#6582 - c. 1951 RARE LILLY DACHE, Paris/New York Bejeweled Calotte Cloche!  I went to see this amazing collection of over 200 hats when it was displayed at the American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA back in Autumn, 2001. The fabulous Neil Vincent collection, who was quoted saying: "These are classic designs that represent the best historic examples of artistry and craftsmanship.  They are the purest form of fashion whose only function is to be fashionable".  The collection showcased high-style creations from 1780-1970 and showcased the legendary milliners such as Virot, Felix, Lilly Daché, Balmain and Balenciaga.  That all being said... I remember saying that this was one of my favorite hats in the exhibition!  Perhaps it's because I'm a sucker for 1920s beaded and sequin cloches (as my website groupies know!), and this was a 1950's version of that!   Burnished gold sequins and gold and green lame "braid" woven  in a deco design, studded with red, blue and green large jewels.  Just awesome.  Note: The hat looks a bit lumpy on the mannequin as she has molded hair, so it will be a bit better on you!  Will fit a normal sized 22" head.   $ 865.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6663] Click on image for additional photos!		#6663 - c. 1947 BALENCIAGA, Paris, Made in France Black Velvet Hat with Feathers!  Think "New Look"!  What do I have to say about this? A new Balenciaga hat can cost you well over $1000, or you can find a few "reproduction Balenciaga" vintage hats out there (I have one on this website), but it's hard to find the original vintage Balenciaga hats... and even harder to find the fabulous looking ones.... like this!!  Black velvet covered with black "fantasy feathers" and finished off with a large black velvet bow flopping over the feathers near the top. This would look perfect with your Balenciaga dinner suit or fancier dinner dress.  Excellent condition.  $ 865.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6477] Click on image for additional photos!		#6477 - c. 1955 MILGRIM Black Printed Shantung Silk Hat of "Balenciaga" Shape!  Deep crowned hat covered with rose printed black silk shantung. This shape popularized by Balenciaga should be worn absolutely straight on the head to that one has to peek out from under it... lampshade style!   Milgrim was a specialty store in New York City They had both custom salon and RTW clothing, and they also imported French designs. Head in-house designer, Sally Milgrim, also designed three inaugural gowns for Presidential wives: Florence Harding, Grace Coolidge and Eleanor Roosevelt. Although this is a simple hat, it's perfection in shape and material and execution!!! Excellent condition. $ 645.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6575] Click on image for additional photos!		#6575 - c. 1925 EVELYN VARON, Paris Afternoon Hat of Chestnut Brown Horsehair and Light Brown Velvet Edging Trimmed in Flowers of Shot Silk!  One of those great wide brimmed hats from the 1920s that you have been waiting for! Especially for those of you who love the earthtones.  For me it's all about those extraordinary bouquet of flowers at the side... these are created from orange and golden (nearly lame look) rolled flowers with velvet and silk leaves. Killer!  The hat itself is a chestnut brown horsehair in excellent condition.  The hat is lined in thin silk with some short tears, but the label is pristine inside the crown.  NOTE:  This is the original Paris label before Evelyn Varon went international which, of course, makes this even more rare! Will fit a normal sized head of 22", and just slightly larger as it's not tight on my normal head... and could have been for a cloche... so it might have just been the hat of choice for that woman who didn't yet bob her hair... so there is a bit of extra room to stuff the hair inside. $ 935.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6664] Click on image for additional photos!		#6664 - c. 1956 BALENCIAGA HATS, Paris Natural Straw Toque with Original Balenciaga Hat Box!  OK... wanna feel like you have gone back in time to 1956 and you just got back from your Paris trip with your new most cherished possession.... that Balenciaga straw hat that coveted!  At least that is what you were going to tell your friends... when in actuality you went to G. Fox in Hartford (department store) and picked out this beauty from their designer department. Ok... now we fast forward 52 years...  and this hat looks like it came out of a time tunnel!  As I mentioned, there are "reproduction Balenciaga" vintage hats out there (I have one on this website), but it's hard to find the original vintage Balenciaga hats... and even more special, this one comes with the original hat box!  G. Fox & Co., Hartford, CT. Fits a normal sized 22" head. Near mint condition.  $ 645.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6559] Click on image for additional photos!		#6559 - c. 1954 PIERRE BALMAIN, Paris, Made in France Natural Straw Hat with Natural Mink Trim!  An original designer hat from one of the masters of fashion!  Fascinating combination of natural straw "skimmer" (which is normally a summer hat), but trimmed with a matching natural mink trim!! There is a wisp of matching natural colored veiling at one side, and the original mink hatpin still intact at back. Excellent condition with only issue is some tearing in the veiling, but it's only tucked in the side, so it's not any issue at all.   $ 465.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6557] Click on image for additional photos!		#6557- c. 1949 Hudson Bay Company Ivory Felt Beehive Hat!  From the era of Bes-Ben, so interesting shapes were quite popular and so... here's another!  Can't you just hear the buzz of those bees, or smell the honey?  Hat of old ivory felt trimmed beehive shaped hat with matching felt flowers and black veiling which evokes the veil of a beekeepers hat. Excellent condition with just one or two breaks in the black netting (easy to replace with new netting if you wish, or repair the old if you care). Bzzzz....    Size to fit a normal sized head.  Under $150 so final sale. $ 145.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6678] Click on image for additional photos!		#6678 - c. 1956 HATTIE CARNEGIE ORIGINAL Red Straw Toque with Bow!  Now for all you classic Red Hat Club women! A Hattie Carnegie original in a very stiff red colored straw in a abbreviated Southeast Asian peasant coolie hat shape.  But the woman wearing this was certainly no peasant!  She obviously was a wealthy high society babe... wearing the most fashion forward designs!  Excellent condition.  Wonderful!    Under $150 so final sale. $ 145.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6553] Click on image for additional photos!		#6553 - c. 1942 Mme. IRENE, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles Sensational Straw Skimmer Hat Trimmed with Red Roses on Turban of Red Crepe!  OK... the hat is fabulous to say the least... but the label is also quite fascinating.  The Ambassador Hotel with the Cocoanut Grove nightclub inside opened in 1921 and instantly became a Mecca for the Rich & Famous of Hollywood. In the 30s and 40s the hotel was used for the Academy Awards and in 1944, the first Golden Globe awards.  Other events included Judy Garland's spectacular comeback concert after several years of illness at the Cocoanut Grove.  Despite all of its celebrated history & past glory days The Ambassador Hotel will forever be remembered  & associated with one of America's blackest days - The assassination of  Robert F Kennedy.  He had just finished delivering his victory speech for the Californian Primary, in the Hotel's Embassy Ballroom.  The hotel finally closed in 1989 and sadly, has since been demolished.  The Mme. Irene label may be that of Irene (the MGM designer), but I can't find any way to confirm that.  High style to be sure!!  I can see any Hollywood star of the era in this natural straw hat with attached semi-sheer red crepe turban.. and covered with a bouquet of red/pink 2-tone linen flowers at front.  Excellent condition.  Measures 22.5" but will fit many heads as the turban is worn wherever it fits you. Love this!!  Measures: 14.5" x 14.5" $ 845.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6560] Click on image for additional photos!		#6560 - c. 1955 SCHIAPARELLI, Paris Black Satin Toque with Fantasy Feathers! No surprise that this was designed by Schiaparelli who is known for surreal fashions.  Actually I call this my "crab" hat... doesn't resemble that at all when on... but when just sitting on a table, it's a bit frightening... I keep expecting to get pinched in the ass!  Meant to be worn on top of head so size isn't of importance, unless you have an unusually large head.... like Oprah (really... she mentions that quite often!). Black satin turban-like designed toque hat with the extra special black "fantasy" feathers.  I only call them that because I have no clue what they really are!! :)  Excellent condition.  And, of course, don't forget the Schiaparelli label!   $ 345.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6561] Click on image for additional photos!		#6561 - c. 1960 Haute Couture CHRISTIAN DIOR, Paris Black Silk Faille Turban!   NOTE:  This is Dior's "Made to Order" Label!   Since the definition of haute couture is "made to order" specifically for a client, well.. that's what this hat is.  Probably requested to match a particular outfit. What more needs to be said?  Fits a normal 22" size head. Mint condition.   $ 395.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6616] Click on image for additional photos!		#6616 - c. 1953 LILLY DACHE, Paris/New York Natural Straw and Black Velvet Profile Hat!  Spectacular!  Even after collecting and then selling vintage clothing for over 35 years, every once in a while something just comes around that makes you think you really haven't seen everything! This is one of those special hats!  I love this Lilly Dache quote: “Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. But it also is what makes a woman ask for the name of your dressmaker." Or in this case... your milliner. Stiff natural straw exterior with black velvet under brim and rope tie around crown. Near mint condition. Measures: 12.5" x 16".   $ 745.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6396] Click on image for additional photos!		#6396 - c. 1948 ORIGINAL CASPAR DAVIS Absinthe-Green Straw Hat with Flowers! I have to confess that when I first saw this hat I laughed at it.  I mean it was just so comical looking.  Then I finally put it on my mannequin, and it came to life!  No longer funny, but now a fashion forward hat for a confident woman.  Someone who would have been comfortable wearing Schiaparelli and Bes Ben. Someone else had to name the color of the straw for me... it's a light yellowish green straw covered with a delicate pink speckled netting, and teeming with silk pink roses, and sweet light blue flowers.  And then comes that "funny" tall stiff satin covered standing circle.  Excellent condition. A fabulous display hat, or... if you dare to wear, please send me a photo!  :)   $ 545.
From Museum Collection SOLD		#6550 - c. 1932 G. HOWARD HODGE Black Felt Hat with Large Rhinestone Ornament! Black felt at its most dramatic.  Looks like it was just folded in an asymmetrical and haphazard manner, but wow.... what developed was a sophisticated, striking, fashionable hat... oh, with a large open rectangle with oversized rectangular rhinestones!  And just so you know... G. Howard Hodge was one of those high-end labels where just about every hat I see is unique, fabulously made and wonderful!   $ 245. SOLD
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6551] Click on image for additional photos!		#6551 - c. 1938 RARE AGNES, Paris Black Velvet Tam with Red and Green Velvet Flowers!  Madame Agnes was a French milliner who designed hats from the 1920s through 1940s.  As she was a sculptress, the styles of her hats were rather abstract and unique. This particular hat was imported by Janet Meisner, New York.  An wonderful black velvet tam or beret with interesting detailing topped with a bunch of red velvet flowers (they look like poinsettias) with green velvet leaves. Simple, yet fabulous!  Unfortunately, this hat isn't in perfect condition, but it's rare to find any hat with the original Agnes, Paris label, so....   and certainly it's priced to sell!!  Look at close-up photos for condition.  There is wear to the edges and small tears to the velvet in the under portion.  The flowers all look "tired", but likely could be perked up a bit.    $ 245.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6578] Click on image for additional photos!		#6578 - c. 1937 RARE SUZY et PAULETTE, Paris/Chicago Black Velour with Gilt Kid Leather Scroll with Veil!  This hat was one of my favorites in the back of museum quality hats that came to me recently!  Just wild!!  If you Google search Madame Suzy, you will find her hats are represented in the best museums including the New York City Metropolitan (Met).  She was one of the top ranked milliners in Paris. Excellent condition.  Very tall black velour "tube" with scrolled over top in gold gilt leather and black velour. You can wear the lovely netting in front or in back (as you can see in the photos). Very Deco in feel, and definitely a designer hat!!   $ 685.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6579] Click on image for additional photos!		#6579 - c. 1945 WWII JEAN PATOU, Paris Pillbox Greige Jersey with Goose Feathers!  This particular hat comes with a verbal history that it was purchased, and sent home to the US by a G.I. after the liberation of Paris, but before the war was officially over! The hat is adorned with goose feathers, so the speculation is that since it was made in the midst of wartime privations, the milliner probably had the goose for dinner and then made a hat from it the next morning!  :)  Just a little humor!  Anyway, you can just imagine the stylish woman who was lucky enough to have this hat arrive in the mail from Paris... and just how envious her acquaintances must have been!  The hat is in excellent condition - even with the original matching hat pins attached.   $ 585.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6552] Click on image for additional photos!		#6552 - c. 1942 ENGEL FETZER Black Persian Lamb Stovepipe Doll Hat!   Oh, come on... try to beat this one!  Just imagine it worn with a 40's suit trimmed with black Persian lamb. Snazzy!  Very Joan Crawford.  No, not the "Mommy Dearest" version. Rather the fashionable "working woman" image of the 1940's movies.  If you don't know what I'm talking about... go rent a few. These 40s hats were worn tilted onto the forehead with the elastic usually hidden under the hair at back. This hat has a little black netting at back as well for a bit of interest from the back.  From the front, it's just an awesome sight of a black Persian lamb round "stovepipe" with opening down the center!!  Really!!  You could send smoke through it for fun! :)  A hard to see draped ornament is on it with a few tiny beads. A great and easily wearable hat! Excellent condition. One size fits all as it just sits on the head.  $ 385.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6358] Click on image for additional photos!		#6358 - c. 1891 Fancy Straw with Beige Faille and Black Velvet Ribbons Teeming with "Snowdrops"!  Nearly a cone shaped hat!  The hats got quite tall during the 1880's, so this is at the tail end of that trend. I'm having a hard time describing the fancy "straw" design of the base of this hat.... there is curly straw, but then there is another material woven into the design that is quite stiff, and feels/looks like an early plastic!!  I can't tell you what it is.  Feels slicker than horsehair, so perhaps it's just coated with something.  I don't know.  Just fabulously interesting! All trimmed in a a light tan/beige grosgrain ribbon and sprinkled with tiny off-white silk "snowdrops" and variegated velvet leaves.  Black velvet ribbon at back and under brim.  Very good to Excellent condition... just a little "tired" looking, and the china silk lining is just starting to split. Measures: 10" x 11" oval shape.   $ 435.
From Museum Collection [ORDER ITEM - #6354] Click on image for additional photos!		#6354 - c. 1949 G. HOWARD HODGE, Fifth Ave., New York Black and Ivory Straw Hat with Huge Double Tassels!  I have no words... which is quite surprising for me! I just have to let this hat speak for itself.  SO unique! With incredible full double ivory silk tassels hanging on one side! All straw.  Great for summer.  The crown is fabulously molded and tied with bow at front - yet it's NOT stiff.... this is like a fabric straw!!  The G. Howard Hodge label always seem to be great, unique hats. This is no exception! Near Mint condition. Great hat to illicit those coveted "Wherever did you get that!" and "Wow, what a fabulous hat!" from your friends and even from strangers! Measures: 9" x 10" oval x 6" high.  You can wear it down on your head like a cloche, or high back on the head for a sweet look.  Pretty much two completely different looks.   $ 345.
[ORDER ITEM - #6280] Click on image for additional photos!		#6280 - c. 1920's Amazingly RARE B. ALTMAN, Made in France Gold Sequin Evening Cloche! I'm sure you know what it feels like when you first see that one piece of antique/vintage clothing that you have been seeking for years... or something that just immediately grabs your heart  - your pulse races, you begin to sweat, and you feel if you don't own it, you might just die.  Yup, that's what happened to me when I first spotted these two sequined cloches!!!  I felt faint from the hyperventilating!  Breathe... breathe... breathe....  Now pick yourself off the floor and email me so you can add these (or this) to your collection!  It may be a long time before you find another.  Totally sequined onto net base with bright, shiny gold sequins.  Unlined with original Made in France tag attached. Excellent condition... really like new!  Very sparkly!  Will fit a normal sized head... to be worn with care so as not to ruin this fabulous original rare piece.  I know there are quite a few of you out there with flapper headpiece and cloche collections.... and I wish I could find more of these to make all of you happy, but I'm afraid it will just have to be "first come, first serve" and hope that whoever wants this the most will get it!   $ 1,845.
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