Black and blue wool plaid banded beret. Sporting a little half ball in the center with narrow black grosgrain ribbon streamers. The banded underneath edge is also trimmed with the same grosgrain. Interior is finished with a bright yellow floral acetate lining and the standard petersham ribbon.

Excellent condition showing only some makeup residue on the interior ribbon. I have photographed this area closely.

Inner circumference is 21 inches. Measuring on the outside, side to side is 11 inches.

Label is Adolfo II. The following information is provided courtesy of the Vintage Fashion Guild Label Resource.

Sardina Adolfo began his career as a milliner. After an apprenticeship with Balenciaga as a teenager, he moved to New York in 1948 and became an apprentice milliner at Bergdorf Goodman. He worked as a designer for milliner Erik Braagaard in the early 1950s and in 1953 was named head designer at Emme, where he received two awards for his millinery designs—a Coty “young designer” award in 1955, and a Neiman Marcus award, shared with Emme, in 1959. He left in February 1962 and he opened his own millinery house with a $10,000 loan from Bill Blass. In 1963 he launched a bridge line, Adolfo Réalités, and a less expensive line, Adolfo II; though he designed the hats for these lines, unlike those for his custom label, they were produced by an outside company. Some of Adolfo’s hats during the early 1960s were designed to accompany the clothing of Norman Norell. By the mid 1960s his celebrity clients ranged from the Duchess of Windsor, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Betsy Bloomingdale to Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Nancy Reagan (who wore a red Adolfo dress, currently in the Smithsonian, to her husband’s second inaugural ball). His custom clothing was available both in his salon and in the Adolfo boutique at Saks Fifth Avenue. In 1993 he retired from custom design to focus on his licensed businesses.

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