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Women’s Wool Felt Fedora

September 26, 2020 By In Hats No Comments

From the Fall 1988 catalogue: “A classic fedora in soft, malleable wool felt, with pugaree band. If the mood should strike, the brim is just wide enough to pull the wool over your eyes.”

Photos from eBay September 2020.

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Robyn Adams
Robyn’s fascination with Banana Republic began in 1984 when her Alaskan adventurer father began buying their clothing and giving her their catalogs. She loved the clothes, and as an artist, she was drawn to the illustrations. Robyn went on to study illustration at an art college in Banana Republic’s hometown of San Francisco, CA, and she worked for years as a background artist for animation. She is now based in Oakland, CA and works as a graphic designer and illustrator. She has been collecting and archiving at Abandoned Republic since 2011.