It came flattened, but by stuffing it with paper for a few days, it regained its proper shape.  It's very pretty and light weight.  The "bow" is held on with velcro, and its velcro base was sewn on near the back of the hat, not near the front as in the photo.  I had to sew the bow into the proper position and put a band of ribbon around the hat to cover the unused velcro base.  I imagine the workers who make the hats have to do them quickly, and sometimes not carefully enough.