Hat
For headwear, the late 1930s marked an era of creativity in which milliners offered unusual shapes and whimsical trimmings. For this example, milliner Sally Milgrim incorporated a bouquet of autumnal grasses and berries tied with a lush velvet cord to make the straw body appropriate for fall. Careful selection of accessories suited to the time of year enabled a woman to wear wardrobe staples for more than one season. Milliners capitalized on the practice, offering appropriate seasonal themes to coordinate any outfit with the calendar.
Artwork Details
- Title: Hat
- Design House: Milgrim (1927–1990)
- Designer: Miss Sally Milgrim (American, New York 1898–1994 Miami, Florida)
- Date: ca. 1938
- Culture: American
- Medium: straw, synthetic
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. George A. Bonaventure in memory of Mrs. James Steel, 1965
- Object Number: 2009.300.2047
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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