Dinner Dress

Dinner dress of black velvet and taffeta.
Date: 1995-09~/1995-12
Creator: Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927-2018
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hat

Boater style hat of brown straw. Wide, low, flat crown with small brim. Gray grosgrain ribbon hatband forms a bow in the front. Large green and red pheasant plumes extend from top of crown towards middle of back through loops in crown and brim. Hatpin with translucent white, pear-shaped head. Gray grosgrain ribbon headband; unlined. Maker's label: "Jeanne Téte / Made expressly for /Chez Jere, Shreveport, LA"
Date: 1935
Creator: Tete, Jeanne
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hat

Hat of burnt ocher/light brown felt. The hat is styled somewhat like a beret, with low, slightly domed oval crown. The crown is embellished with scattered beading, in a pattern of golden, clear, and purple beads in strings of four or five, and with scattered larger oval cabochon golden yellow "gems". The edge of the crown folds under at front, and folds back out at sides to form slight brim. Around the front half of the hat is attached a veil of black which is formed from two different designs of netting, sewn together. The upper veiling is of wide hexagonal mesh, while the lower veiling is a smaller hexagonal mesh, sewn to the upper with a scrolling brown thread forming loops and curves. The hat is unlined, with a brown grosgrain inner hatband at inside base of crown. Designer's label sewn to inner hatband: "Hattie Carnegie". Retailer's label sewn to inner hatband: "Chez Jeré / Shreveport, LA.". Paper merchandise tag stitched to inner hatband: Obverse: "7112 / DNHH"; Reverse: "Tortuise / 55.00 [marked out] / 27.50"
Date: 1955
Creator: Carnegie, Hattie
System: The UNT Digital Library

Straw hat

Sailor-style hat of natural straw with 3" up-turning brim. Hatband of 1" brown grosgrain ribbon with loop and trailing ends in back. Unlined. Inner tan grosgrain ribbon headband. Retailer label: Chez Jeré / Shreveport, LA "Chez Jere / Shreveport / LA"
Date: 1960/1969
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library