Denim hat with fabric flowers and metal bow designed by Patrick Kelly

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A denim hat with fabric flowers and metal bow designed by Patrick Kelly for his Spring/Summer 1988 collection. The teardrop shaped hat (a) is pointed at the top and comes to a rounded oval at the sides and back. The base of the hat is stiffened with possibly buckram or plastic. A circle is placed over top of the teardrop shape towards the back of the hat. The hat is covered in navy blue/grey cotton denim. A metal pin in the shape of a bow with small plastic rhinestones is pinned and stitched to the hat along the attached circle. Synthetic red and white fabric flowers with green leaves are pinned and stitched to the back of the hat. The red flowers have stamen made of plastic and metal wrapped with paper. The flowers have metal stems wrapped with paper.

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