Opera hat
An opera hat was requisite headwear with elegant white-tie formal ensemble. The hat's collapsible feature is for convenience when wearing the hat to the opera or theater; it could be more easily held or checked during the performance. Brooks Brothers was founded by Henry Sands Brooks in New York in 1818 as Brooks Clothing Company and offered both ready-made and custom clothing for men.
Artwork Details
- Title: Opera hat
- Department Store: Brooks Brothers (American, founded 1818)
- Date: 1933
- Culture: American
- Medium: silk
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. William Ford Goulding, 1969
- Object Number: 2009.300.2585
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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