12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor starred in the classic 1944 film National Velvet about a girl and her beloved thoroughbred stallion:
From 1960-1962, NBC aired the television series National Velvet that was based on the 1935 novel and the 1944 film. Lori Martin starred as Velvet, and Carole Wells was cast as her older sister Edwina:
National Velvet Headbands were introduced by Burlington Industries in 1962. Be sure to read the clever copy from a June 1962 Seventeen magazine ad about this popular 1960s hair accessory whose one size fit every filly: http://www.minimadmod60s.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=51400
"National Velvet" Headband ~ Seventeen 1962
