Vintage 1950s Pillbox Hat Pierre Balmain Reproduction - Blue Velvet vintage barkcloth Sleeves: 15” long

Sleeves:  15” long

I’ve owned this blouse for 35 years and acquired it second hand

This is a wonderful vintage display piece - rather rare with a large assortment of pretty buttons

meant to replicate the look of astrakhan or broadtail

Vintage 1950s Pillbox Hat Pierre Balmain Reproduction - Blue Velvet vintage barkcloth Sleeves: 15” longHere is a a very lovely hat from either the very late 1950s. It is a very high pillbox form. The coloring is a very rich shade of a royal blue color and it is lined in a satin acetate which has an abstract patterning to it. It is line stitched throughout and has a petal shape motif on the crown of the hat. There is a small silk faille bow at the back of the hat. The label reads Reproduction of Chapeaux Pierre Balmain Paris. It measures 21 1 2" inner