Hat labels that have been "pinked": legit or wrong?

[Julia Karlson-Waid]

Hello,
I have a couple of vintage hats whose labels have pinked edges. This strikes me as unlikely to be authentic, and possible an attempt to put labels into hats to which they don't belong. On the other hand, the example I include below seems like a Dior sixties beret in quality and style.
I would be grateful for your opinions.
Thanks,
Julia Karlson-Waid

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

Hello,

Glad you asked that, it is a good question. The answer is yes, the pinked edges are fine on your hat's labels. I have come across a fair number of Dior with pinked edges on the labels, as well as other makers including Saks. Of course I always (with a few exceptions) suspect labels that are pinked on all 4 edges and appear to be missing some script. I see these online for sale every so often and am 99.9% sure the labels are altered and came from a different hat as well. For example, someone pinks a label on all 4 sides and has purposely cut off the word "Miss" from a Schiaparelli label or "Copy of", etc. on other maker's labels.

In the Dior and Saks case, it may have been at the discretion of the millinery salon at Saks to add the pinking to keep the labels from fraying as they were often cut from a roll.