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1960s Dior Hat

Miss Dior by Christian Dior Purple Fur Hat circa 1960s
Miss Dior by Christian Dior Purple Fur Hat circa 1960s

Miss Dior by Christian Dior Purple Fur Hat circa 1960s

By Christian Dior, Miss Dior

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

Miss Dior by Christian Dior purple fur hat from the 1960s epitomizes vintage elegance and timeless

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1960s Hats

Christian Dior Floral Pillbox Hat circa 1960s
Christian Dior Floral Pillbox Hat circa 1960s

Christian Dior Floral Pillbox Hat circa 1960s

By Christian Dior

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

Christian Dior Floral Pillbox Hat from the circa 1960s is a quintessential piece of vintage

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Mid-20th Century Hats

1960s Christian Dior Black Felt Derby Hat
1960s Christian Dior Black Felt Derby Hat

1960s Christian Dior Black Felt Derby Hat

By Christian Dior

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

The Perfect Winter Hat Has Arrived! Circa 1960s, this Dior derby style hat features a porkpie brim

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1960s Italian Hats

Christian Dior Pink Tulle Floral Hat circa 1960s
Christian Dior Pink Tulle Floral Hat circa 1960s

Christian Dior Pink Tulle Floral Hat circa 1960s

$450

H 7.5 in W 6 in Dm 8 in L 9 in

Christian Dior Pink Tulle Floral Hat circa 1960s

By Christian Dior

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

Christian Dior Pink Tulle Floral Hat from the circa 1960s is a stunning example of vintage

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Mid-20th Century Hats

Christian Dior Teal Floral Accent Hat circa 1960s
Christian Dior Teal Floral Accent Hat circa 1960s

Christian Dior Teal Floral Accent Hat circa 1960s

By Christian Dior

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

Christian Dior Teal Floral Accent Hat from the 1960s is a stunning example of vintage millinery

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Mid-20th Century Hats

Vintage 1960s Christian Dior Grey and Burgundy Fur Hat Unworn
Vintage 1960s Christian Dior Grey and Burgundy Fur Hat Unworn

Vintage 1960s Christian Dior Grey and Burgundy Fur Hat Unworn

By Christian Dior

Located in San Francisco, CA

Vintage Christian Dior 1960s fur hat, unworn with tags attached. Sold at Rich's department store

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1960s French Hats

Christian Dior Green Faux Fur Hat Beaded 1950s- 1960s
Christian Dior Green Faux Fur Hat Beaded 1950s- 1960s

Christian Dior Green Faux Fur Hat Beaded 1950s- 1960s

By Christian Dior

Located in Wallkill, NY

Stunning Vintage Christian Dior Green Hat Emerald Green with black beading In wonderful condition

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1960s Unknown Hats

Christian Dior 1960's Feather and Tulle Turban
Christian Dior 1960's Feather and Tulle Turban

Christian Dior 1960's Feather and Tulle Turban

By Christian Dior

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

from zero to hero! Style this 1960's vintage Christian Dior hat for the winter with a Fendi fur coat

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1960s French Hats

1960s Christian Dior Sage Green Satin Slouchy Turban Hat
1960s Christian Dior Sage Green Satin Slouchy Turban Hat

1960s Christian Dior Sage Green Satin Slouchy Turban Hat

By Marc Bohan, Christian Dior

Located in Gresham, OR

A fabulously louche 1960s Christian Dior by Marc Bohan, sage green silk satin turban hat: Pleated

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1960s French Hats

1960s Christian Dior Navy Blue Straw and Tulle Turban
1960s Christian Dior Navy Blue Straw and Tulle Turban

1960s Christian Dior Navy Blue Straw and Tulle Turban

By Christian Dior

Located in Gresham, OR

A beautiful 1960s navy blue straw and tulle Christian Dior turban.

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1960s French Hats

1960s Christian Dior White Striped Straw Turbanw Straw Bows at Back
1960s Christian Dior White Striped Straw Turbanw Straw Bows at Back

1960s Christian Dior White Striped Straw Turbanw Straw Bows at Back

By Christian Dior, Marc Bohan

Located in Gresham, OR

1960s Christian Dior White Striped Straw Turban w Straw Bows at Back: White straw ribbons with

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1960s French Hats

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1960s Miss Dior Saucy Bucket Hat
1960s Miss Dior Saucy Bucket Hat

1960s Miss Dior Saucy Bucket Hat

By Christian Dior

Located in Bozeman, MT

grosgrain ribbon at a saucy angle that extend beyond the brim. Net inner "hat" with wire brim. Label: Miss

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1960s Hats

Christian Dior yellow pleated pillbox  style hat. C. 1960s
Christian Dior yellow pleated pillbox  style hat. C. 1960s

Christian Dior yellow pleated pillbox style hat. C. 1960s

By Christian Dior

Located in London, GB

youthful energy, heavily influenced Dior's designs during the 1960s. This hat features a sleek silhouette

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1960s French Hats

1960s Christian Dior Blue Feathered Tam
1960s Christian Dior Blue Feathered Tam

1960s Christian Dior Blue Feathered Tam

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Size: 23 inch circumference

1960s Christian Dior Blue Feathered Tam

By Christian Dior

Located in San Francisco, CA

1960s Christian Dior "Chapeaux" blue knit woolen tam covered in blue, brown, and magenta colored

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1960s Hats

Rare 1960s Christian Dior Black Leathery Silk Chapeaux
Rare 1960s Christian Dior Black Leathery Silk Chapeaux

Rare 1960s Christian Dior Black Leathery Silk Chapeaux

By Marc Bohan, Christian Dior

Located in Houston, TX

Rare, Uniquely designed and executed, this captivating hat from the house of Dior was created

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1960s French Hats

1960s Christian Dior Bouclé and Painted Feather Chapeaux
1960s Christian Dior Bouclé and Painted Feather Chapeaux

1960s Christian Dior Bouclé and Painted Feather Chapeaux

By Marc Bohan

Located in Houston, TX

Classic 1960s Christian Dior turbin for fall. Made of large looped wool bouclé and painted

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1960s French Hats

1960s Christian Dior Miss Dior Angora Mod Cloche Hat
1960s Christian Dior Miss Dior Angora Mod Cloche Hat

1960s Christian Dior Miss Dior Angora Mod Cloche Hat

By Marc Bohan, Miss Dior

Located in Houston, TX

Fantastic hat by Miss Dior. This fantastic Miss Dior hat by Christian Dior has an elongated cloche

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1960s French Hats

1960's Christian Dior Beige Sheared Fur Hat
1960's Christian Dior Beige Sheared Fur Hat

1960's Christian Dior Beige Sheared Fur Hat

By Christian Dior

Located in Toronto, Ontario

1960's beige Christian Dior large brim sheared fur hat. Gathered beige jersey hat band with saucy

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1960s British Hats

Christian Dior Aqua Sparkle Turban Hat, 1960’s
Christian Dior Aqua Sparkle Turban Hat, 1960’s

Christian Dior Aqua Sparkle Turban Hat, 1960’s

By Christian Dior

Located in Atlanta, GA

1960’s Christian Dior turban hat created with a layer of ruched abstract printed fabric accented

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1960s French Hats

1960's Christian Dior Black Straw Beehive Turban Hat
1960's Christian Dior Black Straw Beehive Turban Hat

1960's Christian Dior Black Straw Beehive Turban Hat

By Christian Dior

Located in Gresham, OR

A gorgeous, glossy black 1960's Christian Dior Chapeaux! Set on a base of sheer silk mesh, ropes

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1960s French Hats

Christian Dior vintage hat, 1960s
Christian Dior vintage hat, 1960s

Christian Dior vintage hat, 1960s

By Christian Dior

Located in New York, NY

Christian Dior vintage hat made of tiered green tulle and golden petals Period – 1960’s For head

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1960s French Hats

1960s Christian Dior Velvet Equestrian Style Hat W/ Bow
1960s Christian Dior Velvet Equestrian Style Hat W/ Bow

1960s Christian Dior Velvet Equestrian Style Hat W/ Bow

By Christian Dior

Located in Gresham, OR

Beautiful and pristine chocolate brown velvet hat, in a mod 1960's fanfare. Inside measures 21

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1960s French Hats

1960s Christian Dior Gilt Feather and Net Turban Hat
1960s Christian Dior Gilt Feather and Net Turban Hat

1960s Christian Dior Gilt Feather and Net Turban Hat

By Christian Dior

Located in Gresham, OR

A fantastic 1960s Christian Dior chapeaux fashioned in an extravagant turban style with a high

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1960s French Hats

1960s Dior Black Laquered Straw Turban with Beading
1960s Dior Black Laquered Straw Turban with Beading

1960s Dior Black Laquered Straw Turban with Beading

By Christian Dior

Located in Gresham, OR

1960s dramatic Dior black laquered straw turban with off center front beading and velvet band

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1960s French Hats

1960s Christian Dior Rose Wool and Tulle-Wrapped Feather Turban
1960s Christian Dior Rose Wool and Tulle-Wrapped Feather Turban

1960s Christian Dior Rose Wool and Tulle-Wrapped Feather Turban

By Christian Dior

Located in Gresham, OR

A gorgeous 1960s Christian Dior rose wool turban hat with tulle-wrapped feathers and glitter dots.

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1960s French Hats

Christian Dior Golden Silk Satin Pleated Turban With Jewels, 1960s
Christian Dior Golden Silk Satin Pleated Turban With Jewels, 1960s

Christian Dior Golden Silk Satin Pleated Turban With Jewels, 1960s

By Christian Dior

Located in Gresham, OR

A stunning Christian Dior turban in silk satin golden-hued fabric is constructed like a basket

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1960s French Hats

Vintage 1960's CHRISTIAN DIOR Silver Metallic Turban Hat
Vintage 1960's CHRISTIAN DIOR Silver Metallic Turban Hat

Vintage 1960's CHRISTIAN DIOR Silver Metallic Turban Hat

By Christian Dior

Located in San Francisco, CA

Vintage 1960's CHRISTIAN DIOR turban hat comes in a silver tone metallic material with a mesh

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21st Century and Contemporary Hats

Christian Dior Silver Lame Turban Hat, 1960s
Christian Dior Silver Lame Turban Hat, 1960s

Christian Dior Silver Lame Turban Hat, 1960s

By Christian Dior

Located in Boca Raton, FL

more traditional patrons of fashion. In a contemporary silver lamé, this circa 1960 hat is crafted in

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1960s Hats

1960s Christian Dior Beaded Pill Box Silk Hat
1960s Christian Dior Beaded Pill Box Silk Hat

1960s Christian Dior Beaded Pill Box Silk Hat

By Christian Dior

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

We Can't Get Over This Dior Pill Box Hat! Circa 1960s, this hat from Dior's hat line, is made of

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1960s French Hats

Christian Dior Chapeaux Woven Checkerboard Pillbox Hat, 1960s
Christian Dior Chapeaux Woven Checkerboard Pillbox Hat, 1960s

Christian Dior Chapeaux Woven Checkerboard Pillbox Hat, 1960s

By Christian Dior

Located in Tucson, AZ

height: 4” label: Christian Dior Chapeaux (Made in England) / Stanley Korshak (Chicago) size: no

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1960s French Hats

Vintage Christian Dior Cream Brocade Beaded Turban Hat 1960s
Vintage Christian Dior Cream Brocade Beaded Turban Hat 1960s

Vintage Christian Dior Cream Brocade Beaded Turban Hat 1960s

By Christian Dior

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Vintage Christian Dior cream brocade beaded turban hat from the 1960s. Marked size 22

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1950s French Hats

Stunning Christian Dior 1960s Purple Hue Beret Hat
Stunning Christian Dior 1960s Purple Hue Beret Hat

Stunning Christian Dior 1960s Purple Hue Beret Hat

By Christian Dior

Located in Wallkill, NY

Weaved Beret Christian Dior Circa 1960s 21 in diameter Has a tint of a purple hue Tulle lined

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1960s French Hats

Christian Dior Emerald Green Silk Satin Turban Hat, 1960s
Christian Dior Emerald Green Silk Satin Turban Hat, 1960s

Christian Dior Emerald Green Silk Satin Turban Hat, 1960s

By Christian Dior

Located in Boca Raton, FL

silk satin this circa 1960 hat is tucked folded and pleated around the head. The interior is lined with

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1960s French Hats

1960s Christian Dior Chapeaux Red Woven Wrap Hat
1960s Christian Dior Chapeaux Red Woven Wrap Hat

1960s Christian Dior Chapeaux Red Woven Wrap Hat

By Christian Dior, Marc Bohan

Located in West Hollywood, CA

TheRealList presents: a vintage Dior woven hat in red. This piece was designed in the 1960s while

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1960s American Hats

1960s Christian Dior Chapeaux Pillbox Woven Multicolor Blue Hat
1960s Christian Dior Chapeaux Pillbox Woven Multicolor Blue Hat

1960s Christian Dior Chapeaux Pillbox Woven Multicolor Blue Hat

By Christian Dior, Marc Bohan

Located in West Hollywood, CA

TheRealList presents: a vintage Dior woven tricolor hat. This piece was designed in the 1960s while

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1960s Hats

1960s Christian Dior Baby Blue Tulle Peaked Bubble Turban Hat
1960s Christian Dior Baby Blue Tulle Peaked Bubble Turban Hat

1960s Christian Dior Baby Blue Tulle Peaked Bubble Turban Hat

By Marc Bohan, Christian Dior

Located in Gresham, OR

1960s Christian Dior Baby Blue Tulle Peaked Bubble Turban Hat: A dramatic and stylish hat to be

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1960s French Hats

1960s Christian Dior Chapeaux Pink & Orange Paisley Scarf Wrap Hat
1960s Christian Dior Chapeaux Pink & Orange Paisley Scarf Wrap Hat

1960s Christian Dior Chapeaux Pink & Orange Paisley Scarf Wrap Hat

By Marc Bohan, Christian Dior

Located in West Hollywood, CA

TheRealList presents: a vintage Dior wrapped scarf hat in orange and pink paisley. This piece was

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1960s Hats

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1960s Dior Hat For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact vintage or contemporary 1960s dior hat you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Many people prefer Black, but fashion is all about individuality — you can find Gray, Brown and more options on these pages. If you’re looking for a 1960s dior hat from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. Finding an appealing accessory such as this — no matter the origin — is easy, but Christian Dior, Marc Bohan and Miss Dior each produced a popular version that is worth a look. When shopping for these accessories, you’ll find that there are less available pieces for men or unisex today than there are for women.

How Much is a 1960s Dior Hat?

The price for a 1960s dior hat starts at $140 and tops out at $6,600, and on average, selling for $563.

Christian Dior for sale on 1stDibs

When Christian Dior launched his couture house, in 1946, he wanted nothing less than to make “an elegant woman more beautiful and a beautiful woman more elegant.” He succeeded, and in doing so the visionary designer altered the landscape of 20th century fashion. Vintage Dior bags, shoes, evening dresses, shirts and other garments and accessories are known today for their feminine and sophisticated sensibility.

Dior was born in Granville, on the Normandy coast, in 1905. His prosperous haute bourgeois parents wanted him to become a diplomat despite his interest in art and architecture. However, they agreed to bankroll an art gallery, which Dior opened in 1928 in Paris with a friend.

This was the start of Dior’s rise in the city’s creative milieu, where he befriended Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. After seven years as an art dealer, Dior retrained as a fashion illustrator, eventually landing a job as a fashion designer for Robert Piguet, and in 1941, following a year of military service, he joined the house of Lucien Lelong. Just five years later, with the backing of industrialist Marcel Boussac, the ascendant Dior established his own fashion house, at 30 avenue Montaigne in Paris.

Just two years after the end of World War II, the fashion crowd and the moribund haute couture industry were yearning, comme tout Paris, for security and prosperity, desperate to discard the drab, sexless, utilitarian garb imposed by wartime deprivation. They needed to dream anew.

And Dior delivered: He designed a collection for a bright, optimistic future. “It’s quite a revolution, dear Christian!” exclaimed Carmel Snow, the prescient American editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, famously proclaiming, “Your dresses have such a new look.” The press ran with the description, christening Dior’s debut Spring/Summer haute couture collection the New Look. “God help those who bought before they saw Dior,” said Snow. “This changes everything.”

Dior’s collection definitively declared that opulence, luxury and femininity were in. His skirts could have 40-meter-circumference hems, and outfits could weigh up to 60 pounds. They were cut and shaped like architecture, on strong foundations that molded women and “freed them from nature,” Dior said. Rather than rationing, his ladies wanted reams of fabric and 19-inch waists enforced by wire corsets, and the fashion world concurred. The debut got a standing ovation.

In the subsequent decade, Paris ruled as the undisputed fashion capital of the world, and Christian Dior reigned as its king. With the luxuriously full skirts of his New Look, suits and his drop-dead gorgeous couture dresses and ball gowns worthy of any princess, Dior gave women the gift of glamour they’d lost in the miserable years of war.

On 1stDibs, find an exquisite range of vintage Christian Dior clothing, jewelry, handbags and other items.

Finding the Right Hats for You

The right vintage or designer hat can transform a look. This humble accessory is your reliable pièce de résistance, boosting confidence and lending an air of sophistication to any ensemble.

Functional and a widely renowned, versatile finishing touch when heading out for a night on the town, hats have long been a part of the history of fashion. Wealthy Egyptians, for example, wore hats to keep them cool in the blazing sun.

In the early 1800s, the wide-brimmed bonnets that women wore became increasingly elaborate. The brims broadened and many were embellished with colorful floral decorations. Legendary fashion designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel’s career began in millinery, a term that stems from Milan, Italy, as it was the city best known for producing quality hats during the 16th century. That was before she would set the fashion world alight with comfortable and practical jackets and skirts, encouraging women to leave extravagant clothes behind. Halston, who defined the spare, body-conscious style of the so-called Studio 54 era, was the hat designer for Bergdorf Goodman when he first moved to New York City. He had his first encounter with fame in 1961 when Jackie Kennedy wore a pillbox hat he designed.

From fascinators at a prestigious derby to a baseball cap for a walk in the park, there’s a hat for every occasion. When shopping for the right hat, you’ll want to pick one you feel confident in. Think about size too — you don’t want a wide-brimmed headpiece that will hog the spotlight on every occasion (or maybe you do). If you’ve got a petite face, an oversize hat might be too overbearing.

On 1stDibs find an expansive assortment of vintage and designer hats today. You can search for hats by style, designer or color.