Collection item
Imitation ocelot hat
When Arnold Treister left Wellington College in 1941, he joined the family firm. "I never thought of doing anything else," he says. "Making hats was in my DNA." By the 1960s he was manufacturing hats under the label Arnold, in addition to the decades-old label, Treister Hats.
Details
                                Photographer: 
                                H Sieben Photography 
                            
                                                    
                                Model 
                                Unknown 
                            
                                                                            
                                Copyright: 
                                Image © Arnold Treister 
                            
                    
                            Designer: 
                            Unknown 
                        
                                                                
                            Manufacturing location: 
                            Lower Hutt, Wellington 
                        
                                            
                            Garment type: 
                            Hat 
                        
                                            
                            Material: 
                            Synthetic fur 
                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                            Label: 
                            Arnold 
                        
                                            
                            Date: 
                            1960s 
                        
                
                    
