As the summer turned "early Autumn" yet again here in London I was bored. And as you do when bored in ever-so-rainy London, you try and catch an exhibition, and preferably a free one!. So I applied my best at typing in the words V&A on google that led me too the V&A museum website . Where I found the most exiting thing to happen since the Golden Age Of Couture Exhibition, "Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones"
Stephen Jones milinery extraordinaire, has helped the V&A make an anthology of hats:
"Working with radical hat designer, Stephen Jones, the V&A will present an ‘anthology of hats’. Drawn from V&A and international collections and ranging in style and period from a 17th-century Puritan’s hat to a 1950s Balenciaga couture piece to hats by Jones and his contemporaries including to the latest creations by young milliners such as Noel Stewart, the exhibition will investigate the cultural and historic importance of millinery. The exhibition will be arranged in four main themes - Inspiration looks at the myriad of sources including historicism, exoticism and the natural world; Creation explores the techniques, materials and processes; The Salon focuses on the buying and selling of hats and the millinery shop; and The Clients which will examine the wearing and etiquette of hats and will feature headgear worn by well known clients of some of the world’s top milliners including Audrey Hepburn, Isabella Blow, Anna Piaggi, Dita von Teese."
Nedless to say I am a big fan of headwear, and over exited!
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