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Elena – Outfit with history


Elena, an NHS and private doctor with a passion for vintage fashion, arrived on Saturday in a turquoise blue dress and matching hat, paired with a white coat. “I started this outfit with the hat,” she said. “It’s by an


American company called Charter Hats, made between the 1950s and 1960s. At that time, artificial flowers were very fashionable. Dior produced hats like this, but they were expensive. Charter’s idea was to make them more affordable so ordinary women could buy them. I found this one at a Goodwood Vintage Market a couple of years ago.” The hat set the tone for the rest of her ensemble. “Later,


at the same market, I came across this handmade dress. You can see from the invisible stitches that it was sewn at home,” she explained. “The coat is American and has the label of the Women’s Trade Union League, an organisation founded in the early 1900s to support women working in the garment industry. “The earrings were a gift from a friend who found them


in Italy, the pearls and brooch came from my mother-in-law, and the bag is a vintage market find. The gloves are simple knitted ones, and the shoes are 1950s style.” Elena has built up a sizeable collection of vintage clothes.


“I probably have about 20 vintage hats – less than you might expect – as I resell them on Vinted or eBay, swap with friends, or lend them out for events like Goodwood Revival. The only one I won’t part with is a 1950s Marilyn Monroe–style hat I wore on my first visit in 2012. That day I was picked to ride with Sir Stirling Moss in his BMW, and that hat became too special ever to let go.”


20 | the hat magazine #107


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