Hat

Miss Sally Milgrim|Milgrim

ca. 1938 · straw, synthetic · Costume Institute

For headwear, the late 1930s marked an era of creativity in which milliners offered unusual shapes and whimsical trimmings. For this example, milliner Sally Milgrim incorporated a bouquet of autumnal grasses and berries tied with a lush velvet cord to make the straw body appropriate for fall. Careful selection of accessories suited to the time of year enabled a woman to wear wardrobe staples for more than one season. Milliners capitalized on the practice, offering appropriate seasonal themes to coordinate any outfit with the calendar.

Artist

Miss Sally Milgrim|Milgrim

Date

ca. 1938

Medium

straw, synthetic

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. George A. Bonaventure in memory of Mrs. James Steel, 1965