On Monday, we looked at some of the hats from
Adolfo's early career while working for Emme.
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| 1963 |
After Adolfo left Emme to open his own millinery salon in 1963, his hats continued to be very popular and were featured often on the editorial pages of high fashion magazines.
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| 1964 |
His hats were also often found in fashion advertisements for other companies, always with attribution in the small print. This ad was for dresses by Nantucket Naturals with hats by Adolfo.
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| 1965 |
He also paired with several clothing manufacturers to make hats that coordinated with their garments. Here, the suit is by Modelia and Adolfo made the matching hat.
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| 1965 |
As the decade moved on and fewer women were wearing hats, Adolfo began designing more dramatic styles in order to counteract the trend. He held that hats should be worn as a fashion accessory rather than as a necessity.
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| 1966 |
Adolfo was quoted in 1993 as saying that even though he got his start in millinery, he never enjoyed making hats. I'm not so sure I believe him, because his hats were beautiful. By 1966 though, hats were becoming less and less popular and few women wore them anymore. Adolfo made the incisive and timely move to designing clothing, probably more as a business decision than anything else. We'll look at some of his clothing tomorrow.
