I have a very grand neighbour in her eighties who used to be a couture hat model at Libertys in the 1950s. She has told me she modelled hats for Mr Dior who would come over personally to oversee fittings for Princess Margaret and Society dames. She also modelled for Norman Hartnell before becoming a milliner herself but her most exciting work was with Dior.
Anonymous - I have a colleague who is doing research for a book on modelling in the London in the 1950s. I have helped her find such women as the Duchess of Bedford and Cherry Marshall. Your neighbour sounds like an ideal candidate for interview. Is there any way that I could contact you confidentially to follow this up?
I want that turban! With the demographic- so many women entering later years, when hair thins- if "serious hats" will come back? I recall my mother's closets, with those hat stands and boxes.
STILL gnashing my teeth for recently losing the bidding on a Dior hat -- horned!--on eBay. £70 quid, pure sculpture. The last one in the video was great, reminded me of Nefertiti . . .
I have a very grand neighbour in her eighties who used to be a couture hat model at Libertys in the 1950s. She has told me she modelled hats for Mr Dior who would come over personally to oversee fittings for Princess Margaret and Society dames. She also modelled for Norman Hartnell before becoming a milliner herself but her most exciting work was with Dior.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this video. I loved it!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous - I have a colleague who is doing research for a book on modelling in the London in the 1950s. I have helped her find such women as the Duchess of Bedford and Cherry Marshall. Your neighbour sounds like an ideal candidate for interview. Is there any way that I could contact you confidentially to follow this up?
ReplyDeleteHello greying pixie. Mines was the first post about my neighbour. Please send me a personal message, the book sounds fascinating.
ReplyDeleteThe campy narration is priceless!
ReplyDeleteI loved that, Linda! Thanks for sharing. *sighs* I wish I could wear hats!
ReplyDeleteI want that turban! With the demographic- so many women entering later years, when hair thins- if "serious hats" will come back? I recall my mother's closets, with those hat stands and boxes.
ReplyDeleteOMG they look like tea cosies, or iced cakes.
ReplyDeleteSTILL gnashing my teeth for recently losing the bidding on a Dior hat -- horned!--on eBay. £70 quid, pure sculpture. The last one in the video was great, reminded me of Nefertiti . . .
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