Cool summer outfit in mixed style of early "New Look" & "Biedermeier" with true Parisian charm
For this look, I received a compliment from two elderly Spanish siñoras who asked in French: “Mademoiselle est parisienne, sans doute?” It was very nice, because, unfortunately, modern people are very stingy with compliments. But these two siñoras were clearly not modern and therefore turned out to be connoisseurs of beauty and sophistication! Surprisingly, there was not a single French thing in that my outfit! Only Italian and Spanish things with an American hat. Now about the hat. The felt hat company "Neumann Endler Inc" was founded in Danbury, Connecticut in 1931-1932. The founders were German immigrants Kurt L. Neumann and Gerhard Endler, as described on page 1312 in volume 4 of Burpee's The Story of Connecticut, by Charles Winslow, Burpee American historical Company, Incorporated, 1939 . "Neumann Endler Inc" existed until 1968. The hats of this company are in collections in various museums: in the Grand Rapids Public Museum in Michigan, in the McLeod Coun...