The sweet and shimmering Jewel - Améthyste

Softly draped purple silk satin on a foundation of buckram, millinery wire and felt, lined with black silk, using traditional vintage millinery techniques. The head band is embroidered with iridescent sequins and beads from the 1960s, bought at a flea market in Paris. Hand sewn with vintage silk thread. This fascinator is a head piece typically used in the 1950s.