Lady Danna Retro & Vintage

It just so happened that the final design of the half hat did not come to me and my friend photographer Alexandrina Wasiliewa-Szylowska immediately. But now we are happy with this hat.  It turned out lightweight, airy, elegant, in the spirit of almost the beginning of the "New Look", the late 1940s and early 1950s.   This hat is again completely eco-friendly and sustainable, like our white knitted half hat (which I already showed in the article “Very hot autumn outfit in style of 1955 with eco-friendly handmade half hat”), as it is made from old materials that we gave not even a second, but multiple one, quite a worthy new life.   Inside, hat has a frame made from old wire found in the attic and a framework crochet from old cotton yarn.  Lining is made from an old tattered cream wild silk blouse.  Crochet framework is covered with ice blue silk from old second-hand blouse.  The hat is decorated with real vintage blue silk rose and silver toned metal...

For some reason, the history of costume and brands of the 20th century is practically not described in Europe, with the exception of very few famous fashion designers.  Moreover, I have a suspicion that this exception is only for the sole reason that these fashion designers were famous in America.   Therefore, a lot is known about American vintage brands, even about those that produced cheap items for mass market.  And nothing is known about the European ones, even if they produced expensive Haute Couture items.  If you are very lucky, you can find a mention in a newspaper or magazine of those times, find an advertisement or a fashion photo where a model wears clothes of this brand, or find such pieces on second-hand sale or in a museum.  With less luck, you can find a short mention in some trade or address directory and thus determine, if not the date of the brand, then at least the time when it existed. But that's usually where it ends. Why is that? Mayb...