Hat with cats by milliner Benjamin Green-Field in Life magazine, 16 July 1945

A hat with cats. IT. IS. GENIUS.

An illustration from Life magazine of 16 July 1945. How I long for forty cats on the head to come back into fashion! Preferably with a ball of wool 🌝

The model is by the celebrated milliner Benjamin Green-Field, creator of the Bes-Ben label, popular among celebrities and the well-to-do. In their day, Green-Field's hats were worn by Elizabeth Taylor and Judy Garland.

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