Plaited straw hat by Christian Dior, late
1940s
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Bonnet by Philip Treacey, 1997
Caps, scarves, berets, trilbys, bowlers, boater, top hats,
nightcaps, coifs, bonnets: there are over 1500 hats in the Fashion
Museum collection. The earliest pieces are embroidered coifs or
forehead cloths worn by women at very end of the 16th century. The
most up-to-date (already from over 10 years ago) is an asymmetric
bonnet by hat designer Philip Treacey, from his autumn / winter
collection 1997.
This bonnet by Philip Treacey from 1997, and the ‘stepped’ navy
blue and cream plaited straw hat by Christian Dior from the late
1940s are both currently on display in the Fashion Museum
galleries.
Other milliners or hat designers whose work is in the collection
include Simone Mirman, Aage Tharup, Frederick Fox, Claude St Cyr
and Agnes.
A selection of hats from the collection is on display in the
Fashion Museum galleries.