Fur felt hat and grosgrain ribbon, designed by Christian Dior, Paris, 1950s

Cream and beige fur felt hat trimmed with cream grosgrain ribbon. The hat hugs the head closely and extends assymetrically down one side,and this side accented with a bow of grosgrain ribbon

Given by Mrs D.M. Haynes and Mrs M. Clark

Opal Holt was born in Canada in 1887 but lived in the US until the end of the Second World War. She travelled extensively between the wars and was in the first plane to land in Bali. She married Herbert Holt, a Canadian who lived a large part of his life in England, as her third husband in 1946. They came to England and Europe every summer and Opal Holt began buying clothes in Paris for her life in England, and for the Bahamas in Winter, over a period of about thirty years. She died in 1980.

Given by Mrs D.M Haynes and Mrs. Clark (nee Holt; Opal Holt's step-daughters).

T.157-1982