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Pillbox hat

                  


                  The modern woman's pillbox hat was invented by milliners in the
                  1930s, and gained popularity due to its elegant simplicity.

                  
Pillbox hats were made out
                  of wool, velvet, organdy, mink, lynx or fox fur, and leopard
                  skin, among many other materials.

                  
They were generally designed
                  in solid colors and were unaccesorized, but could include a veil.

                  
Jacqueline Kennedy, First
                  Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, was well known for
                  her "signature pillbox hats",

                  
designed for her by Halston,
                  and was wearing a pink one to match her outfit on the day of
                  her husband President John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas,
                  Texas.

                  
The popularity of the hat
                  declined after that.

                  
 

                  
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