Lady Danna Retro & Vintage

Many consider turbans to be only soft cloths wound around the head in a special way. But in my collection, there is a really vintage unusual hat, whose shape is a typical turban. However, the hat is completely dense, with a frame that is covered with several layers of delicate thin silk in two colours. There is even a lining on the inside.  In its style, my hat is somewhat reminiscent of the 1942s hat presented in The Metropolitan Museum of Art . This piece of vintage hat art belongs to the American designer Sally Victor (1905–1977), who started her hat business back in 1927. This designer loved such extravagant and oriental designs, drawing inspiration from both modern art (like the artist Henri Matisse) and various cultures, both close to her - Native American tribes, and distant such as Japanese samurai armor.  Although she herself described her work rather modestly, as "designing pretty hats that make women look prettier." Thus, my hat can be dated to the late 1930s - e...

How wonderful are the light and especially all shades of cream-colored hats! But, unfortunately, most of them, if they are vintage, they reach our days, soiled and stained. However, that is not the case with this 1930s one, made of soft and tender but dense ecru silk. The history of my acquisition of this hat is curious. When I first visited Spain some years ago, this hat was already on sale in the local vintage shop. Because I was going through a life crisis, I had a different style and therefore I did not buy it. Later, when I settled in this small town, I visited this vintage shop for several years and the hat had still been sold there. But I was not yet ready to return to the classic feminine style.  But one day the time has come and my style and desire to collect real and very vintage items have finally required me to start collecting such hats also.  The year before last, in my small town, for some reason, there were almost no vintage hats on sale. So I decided to pay at...