The modern women’s pillbox was invented by milliners in the 1930’s and gained massive popularity due to the elegant simplicity. Back then they were made from wool, velvet, mink, lynx, fur and leopard skin along with many other materials, originally, they were sold in solid colours with no trimmings other then maybe some veiling

Jaqueline Kennedy was well known for wearing a pillbox hat usually designed in a colour to match her outfit.