Her designs were popular with Hollywood actresses such as Irene Dunne, Helen Hayes, and Merle Oberon, as well as First Ladies Mamie Eisenhower[1] and Jacqueline Kennedy,[2] and Queen Elizabeth II.

As she reflected in a 1949 interview, Like most kids, I liked to copy the grown-ups, so it seemed perfectly natural for me to start fashioning scraps of felt and ribbon into hats for my dolls.

[1][5] After marrying millinery wholesaler Sergiu F. Victor in 1927, she gave birth to a son, Richard, and briefly retired.

[1] Sally Victor drew inspiration from many diverse sources, including Native American art, Chinese lanterns, Japanese armor, and the works of Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Rogier van der Weyden, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

[7][8] Some of her popular product lines included "baby bonnets", "Pompadour hats",[8] "Grecian pillboxes",[1] "honey hives", and "Tudor tops".