Help Dating Hat with Millinery Fruits and Trims?

[maubrey]

Hi there! I absolutely love this little hat; it's made of the most adorable kelly green straw like material and is covered in millinery fruits and trim. There seems to be a mixture of plums or grapes, peaches, olives (?), and flowers. I believe they are hard plastic...but am not sure. Was this style popular in the 50s, or even late 40s? I'm having a hard time locating info on the label. Any info appreciated, thanks!

 

[anothertimevintageapparel]

Could you post an image that shows the whole size of the hat?

 

[joules]

That is a store label, and I remember the store, which has been gone a long time now.
Your hat cannot be 40s, as this branch of the store opened in the 50s (1951):
http://www.claytonhistorysociety.org/vandervoorts.html

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

Yes, 1950s for sure. The straw looks like a type of Swiss braid, and could be natural with a coating, synthetic straw, or a blend of the 2. You can call the fruit "composition" as that covers a range of materials used to make these cute little fruits. They used coatings over plaster, plastic, paper mache', glass, etc.