Rivera hats

outoftheattic2u

outoftheattic2u

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Does anyone know about Rivera Hats?
I have this hat but can't find out anything about it.

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Wow, I'd love to see this hat on a head or a mannequin to get an idea of the proportions. Your hat dates to the early 60s, about 1961-62. Here's a blog post of mine with some pictures that will give you an idea of how this style of hat was worn. Is that red ribbon original?

Tall hats on my blog.
 
Coutureallure said:
Wow, I'd love to see this hat on a head or a mannequin to get an idea of the proportions. Your hat dates to the early 60s, about 1961-62. Here's a blog post of mine with some pictures that will give you an idea of how this style of hat was worn. Is that red ribbon original?

Tall hats on my blog.
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Yes that is the original velvet ribbon. I still have not found out anything else but that it was made in the 50's from a woman who is an avid collector and has some of Rivera hats.

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Hi,

I see this is a very old thread, revived. Those towering hats were the fashion from about 1957 to 1963. Cones, Turbans, Beehives, etc. Yours could fall anywhere in that time period, but judging only by the photo I am leaning to closer to 1960. Rivera was probably just a trade name for a line of hats ( am guessing here), manufactured by a millinery company who likely had several "lines" of hats, each with a made up name. I have come across a few of these Rivera hats in my travels, and all dated from very late 1950s to the early 1960's. Was there something specific you wanted to know about Rivera?

Pretty cool hat!
 
I wanted to know about the name Rivera if it were a company, a designer, when where and how :) I also wasn't sure on how to describe it. A turban, beehive, cone, etc. Thank you for your input. Yes this is an old thread. I finally got a mannequin to display my hats and Coutureallure wanted to see it thus so. Thank you for taking the time for giving a response.
 
You can find some information in the link Caryn/vgirl referenced above, but here is a bit of an elaboration, from a 1954 article:

"...we're flipping our lid over the...visit of Bob Greene, major domo of design for Irene of New York's first-time-this-season popular priced collection...All the Rivera-labeled hats, of course, are shaped as Irene views the fashion situation, from point of view of color and detail...But Bob Greene will speak for himself and his own talents, having contributed considerable to the formation of the Rivera millinery collection...An interesting, entertaining young man, he not only knows millinery from the look-see designer side, but from the inside-out understanding. In other words, he knows the full and complete process of making a hat from sketchboard to finished product, which makes him a personality to remember."


 
lkranieri said:
You can find some information in the link Caryn/vgirl referenced above, but here is a bit of an elaboration, from a 1954 article:

"...we're flipping our lid over the...visit of Bob Greene, major domo of design for Irene if New York's first-time-this-season popular priced collection...All the Rivera-labeled hats, of course, are shaped as Irene views the fashion situation, from point of view of color and detail...But Bob Greene will speak for himself and his own talents, having contributed considerable to the formation of the Rivera millinery collection...An interesting, entertaining young man, he not only knows millinery from the look-see designer side, but from the inside-out understanding. In other words, he knows the full and complete process of making a hat from sketchboard to finished product, which makes him a personality to remember."
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I went to that thread from caryn/vgirl and its not there anymore.
Thanks for the article. Gosh how do you find these articles. I go crazy searching and can never find any articles or info on the clothing or accessories I need info for.
Thanks again
Barbara
 
Its wonderful when one has so much knowledge and information. I am glad that there are many people like her. Thanks for your input.
 
amandainvermont said:
Ikranieri is the super sleuth of the Vintage Fashion Guild. She finds information none of the rest of us gets near.
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Oh my, Amanda...my mother would enjoy reading your post. Really, you are very kind, but an unforgivable fabricator. :wub:

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outoftheattic, thank you, too, and I am sorry that I forgot that when I clicked on the link it didn't bring me to the thread either. I did a search on Rivera (top right here) and it brought me to it. Re where I found the information, it was in the newspaper database at GenealogyBank.
 
Gee I wondered why I missed that when I put my search in. I guess I wasn't thinking about a Genealogy Bank :). Thanks much for your help.
 
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