1940s Rare Bes-Ben Butterfly & Leaf Cloche Hat designer-jean-paul-gaultier The skirt flares out and

The skirt flares out and has miles and miles of hand screened silk chiffon

Each sleeve mimics this pointing with a similar cut to the cuff

It still has its little tie that you can wear around the neck or waist

The pants have that amazing notched front to the their wide flared cut so when a girl walks you get a flash of shoe and ankle - a bit of a play on the Victorian era and a classic Ossie way of bringing in an element of the past with a genius twist to make it timeless

The bodice is amazing with an interior cup over which those peaked panels wing out dramatically to the side

1940s Rare Bes-Ben Butterfly & Leaf Cloche Hat designer-jean-paul-gaultier The skirt flares out andThis is an incredibly rare and wondrous hat from the famed Milliner Benjamin B. Green Field, who was known as "The mad Hatter" and was the genius behind the Bes Ben label. The Bes Ben hats are perhaps the most coveted amongst hat lovers and the crazier the hat the better. He was known for his fantastical and outrageous creations and used objects and materials never before used in hat making. Even at the time his hats cost from $37 to $1000, remarkable