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Born in Chicago in 1898, Green-Field and his sister Bessie (she was the "Bes" and he was the "Ben") opened their first hat boutique on Chicago's State Street in 1920, eventually expanding to four more locations in the area.


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Bes-Ben Made in Chicago Custom Made Felt Hat with Beaded Trim (96) $187.50 $250.00 (25% off) FREE shipping Reaching New Heights - Vintage 1940s Magnificent Bes-Ben Black Felt Caplet w/Massive Plumes Museum Quality (1.7k) $510.00 $850.00 (40% off) Dramatic Bes Ben Pinwheel Hat with Shaved Feathers. 1950's. $595.00


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NEW YORK, NY, October 6, 2021 — The Milliners Guild is pleased to announce our first competition. Open to milliners worldwide, we are looking for the best hats inspired by the imagination and artistry of American mid-century fashion icon Benjamin B. Green-Field, who created the brand Bes-Ben.


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Innovation & Inspiration: Bes-Ben Hats at the Texas Fashion Collection By Laura Del Villaggio. Tucked into a nondescript building on the University of North Texas campus in Denton is a phenomenal design archive: the.


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A Hat Competition Sponsored by the Milliners Guild View ALL the competition entries here The Milliners Guild is proud to hold its first international millinery competition. Entrants will design a hat inspired by American mid-century millinery icon, Bes-Ben. Who is Bes-Ben?


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Bes-Ben Hats 1990.4.1, 1999.25, 2001.5.1, 2015.12 Through the 1960s, hats were worn daily by most women. The Kenilworth Historical Society's costume collection contains over three dozen women's hats. Most notably, KHS has four hats from the famed millinery Bes-Ben, donated by long-time Kenilworth resident, Marie Bonnell.


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The Bes-Ben contest was the first hat contest I participated in and I liked how it challenged me to think about hats in a different way. I really believe in supporting other hat makers and that having a strong hat base in the US helps us all.. Allison Lyndes is the winner of Bes-Ben: Humor and High Design Competition hosted by the Milliners.


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The Costume Institute Hat Designer Bes-Ben American 1960s Not on view Artwork Details Overview Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Exhibition History Title: Hat Designer: Bes-Ben (American, founded 1920) Date: 1960s Culture: American Medium: plastic, synthetic, cotton Credit Line: Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006 Accession Number: 2006.74.6


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That's what Bes-Ben hats are renowned for achieving. One recent auction sale was a Bes-Ben creation called Independence Day. This festive hat was adorned with an unfurled American flag, red, white and blue firecrackers and stars.


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Bes-Ben's hats were generally sensible and traditional until 1941, when Green-Field's creativity and sense of humor began to surface in his designs. Among the unusual items that began to appear in his hats were firecrackers, skyscrapers, animals, bugs, fruit, doll furniture, palm trees, cigarette packages, and even Folies-Bergère dancers..


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order now A history of the renowned 20th century millinery shop, with over 500 illustrations. The book showcases the career of Chicago milliner Benjamin B. Green-Field.


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Bes-Ben creations didn't come cheaply. Prices ranged from $37 to $1000 at a time when the average shopper could buy a hat at Sears for around $2. For the bargain-conscious hat-lover, Bes-Ben's famous annual sale was the way to go. At midnight on the chosen day, hats would be marked down drastically, as low as $5.


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Benjamin B. Green-Field, the designer behind the much admired and collected hat label Bes-Ben, was born in Chicago in 1897. Mr. Green-Field and his sister (she was the "Bes" and he was the "Ben") opened their first hat boutique on Chicago's State Street in 1920, eventually expanding to 4 more locations in the area.


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Bes-Ben (American, 1898-1988), hat (bullfighters), 1950s, cotton, wool, silk, synthetic fibers, animal hide, metal, wood, plastic, 8-1/4 × 9 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of the Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2008.14 © Bes-Ben.


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The exclusive hats were priced from $37- $1000 and sold well even during the depression. Famously every summer Bes-Ben would clean house of old inventory with a special $5 sale. Starting at 2am Mr. Green-Field would toss the sale hats out to a waiting crowd. In the 1960s demand for the hats declined, but today they remain highly collectible.


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