Hat No. 2 (of 4). How to describe it?

[William Woolley]

Background: The widow whose home I'm cleaning out is a 92-year-old named Annette. These hats were left to her by her aunt and I'm making a good-faith effort to sell them for her. With Hat No. 1, I learned what a bumper toque is! With this hat, again, I need help in describing it in a way that's informative, accurate and appealing. It's made of what feels like velour and I'm smart enough to know it's red. Is it unusual that there are no labels? Any additional information would be greatly appreciated!

 

[William Woolley]

Google informs me that the sweatband is "grosgrain ribbon." I'm learning things!

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

Its a lovely hat. My feelings are it is home made, or made by a student of millinery or a fledgling milliner in a hat shop. Not 100% sure but it has that look to it, on the inside. Not a particular style, sort of an oversized pillbox or, again, a toque. I really like the velveteen leaf that wraps around the side.

 

[William Woolley]

Its a lovely hat. My feelings are it is home made, or made by a student of millinery or a fledgling milliner in a hat shop. Not 100% sure but it has that look to it, on the inside. Not a particular style, sort of an oversized pillbox or, again, a toque. I really like the velveteen leaf that wraps around the side.

I thought it was rather striking, myself! And it did occur to me that, with the absence of a label, it might have been handmade. I wonder if there were aspiring fashion designers working in high-end clothing stores back in the 1950s-'60s. Velveteen?? I feel more education coming my way! So, it's not just a fanciful name for the stuffed rabbit in a 1922 children's book?

Wikipedia: "Velveteen pile is much shorter than velvet. Instead of creating the pile from the vertical warp threads, velveteen's pile comes from the horizontal weft threads. Velveteen is heavier and has less shine and drape than velvet, which is softer and smoother." Who knew? You, apparently!! Warp threads? Weft threads? More learning to do!

 

[retro ruth]

I love The Velveteen Rabbit!

You might be interested in the VFGs fabric resource:

Velveteen - Vintage Fashion Guild

Made of cotton, velveteen has a smooth, soft, short-cut pile on a plain or twill weave ground. Velveteen is related to cotton velvet, but of weft pile weave rather than velvet’s warp pile weave. It is related to corduroy but without that fabric’s vertical rows of wales. Velveteen’s dense pile is...

vintagefashionguild.org

 

[William Woolley]

I love The Velveteen Rabbit!

You might be interested in the VFGs fabric resource:

Velveteen - Vintage Fashion Guild

Made of cotton, velveteen has a smooth, soft, short-cut pile on a plain or twill weave ground. Velveteen is related to cotton velvet, but of weft pile weave rather than velvet’s warp pile weave. It is related to corduroy but without that fabric’s vertical rows of wales. Velveteen’s dense pile is...

vintagefashionguild.org

Ha! Yes, it's a classic. Who wouldn't love it?! Thanks for the link. I never imagined I'd be this intrigued by vintage women's hats!