Bellini New York hat - Any info/era?

[denisebrain]

I took this hat to be 1930s, with its smallish rounded crown. It is made of natural straw with fabric (maybe acetate?) leaves. There is an inner elastic to hold the hat on one's head.

When I look for Bellini New York hats online, I see 1960s-80s. I'm partly confused because there are a lot of relatively contemporary church hats by Franccesca Bellini. Could anyone tell me about this label, and/or tell me about their view of its era? Thank you for any help!

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

Looks to be 1960s, maybe late 60s to mid 1970s. That is just a good guess on my part. I have only seen the Bellini labels on hats made in the 1960s and 1970s. While I have seen dozens of Bellini hats and 3 different versions of their labels, I am not familiar enough with the company's output to know if they made hats after the 1970s, but I have never come across one that looked any older than 1970s, or any earlier than 1960.

It really is a great looking hat. And you wear it well, of course!

 

[BonniesVintageClothesLine]

Maggie, I agree with Barbara. I've had several hats under this label and they were, like yours, very attractive and they sold! Here is one that I listed as an 80s hat and the label was the same as yours, I think! It looked a bit like a 60s Breton style hat, but I thought it was 80s, instead. And, you do look lovely in your Bellini!

 

[denisebrain]

Thank you both...I'm so glad to know!

I didn't mention that my hat was dusty enough to be old! I spent quite some time dusting it with a paintbrush. I live in a dusty town!