1940s Elmar Designs New York Ostrich Feather & Net Veil Hat w Bow designer-kenzo The fabric is a wonderful

The fabric is a wonderful silk taffeta that has a romantic washed floral design covering its entire surface

perhaps even more so

I could not capture it with the camera

This is a set that really transforms on an actual body and is even better when on am moving

This is an amazing Christian Dior gypsy feel gown in a delicious shade of Bordeaux

1940s Elmar Designs New York Ostrich Feather & Net Veil Hat w Bow designer-kenzo The fabric is a wonderfulThis late 1940s topper is very chic and dramatic. Elmar Designs was a small millinery shop that operated out of New York from the 1940s to the 1960s. One of their hats is held in the Indianapolis Museum of Art's permanent collection and they seem to have centered primarily around making hats with veils. This example of their work is quite charming. The top portion is a flat disc that has deep charcoal grey and black feathers placed around an center