Help dating hats...1940s??

[maubrey]

Hi everyone! I have lots of hat questions tonight...will post multiple threads! I'm having a hard time dating these first few hats. I'm leaning towards 1940s due to the style and materials. Any info about the designers, styles, dates, etc will be helpful. Thanks!
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[Rue_de_la_Paix]

Hi,

I can't see the label on the first one, and I can't really make the hat out in your photo. But it looks like late 40s to early 50s. As I said I cannot really see it too well. Can you repost the label photo?

The middle hat with the Louie Miller label looks 1930's. Mr. Miller was around a long long time, making hats back in the 1920's, and eventually opening up his own millinery school (I think after WWII) which also did mail order courses and sold hat making supplies. The school was still around in the 1960s, maybe into the 1970's.

The last hat, the black on is fabulous! I date to the early 1950's, circa 1951-1953. I am not familiar with the maker, but have seen the label before. It is a really great hat.

 

[maubrey]

Thanks for the info! The first hat is brown, made out of a sort of velvet/plush material. It has a large "pouf" on top, but I'm not familiar with the material. It is like a very soft straw, almost like a soft plastic?? Will post more pictures of hat and label. Hope that helps! As always, thanks for your knowledge!

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

Just by the photos, looks late 40s to early 1950s to me.