1940s Elmar Designs New York Ostrich Feather & Net Veil Hat w Bow designer-stephen-burrows The silk used for the

The silk used for the dress is beautiful

The fabric seems simple at first glance but the closer you look the more you realize just how wonderful it is

This is one of those dresses that you know is going to work every time you put it on

I have had a matching under dress to this robe in the shop ages ago and it was interesting to find the over piece after all these years

1940s Elmar Designs New York Ostrich Feather & Net Veil Hat w Bow designer-stephen-burrows The silk used for theThis late 1940s topper is very chic and dramatic. Elmar Designs was a small millinery shop that operated out of New York from the 1940s to the 1960s. One of their hats is held in the Indianapolis Museum of Art's permanent collection and they seem to have centered primarily around making hats with veils. This example of their work is quite charming. The top portion is a flat disc that has deep charcoal grey and black feathers placed around an center