Not on display

Hair Ornament

1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Graham Smith (designer)
Muir, Jean (designed for)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Hair ornament, braided.

Object details

Categories
Accessories
Marriage
Womenswear
Object type
Hair ornament
Materials and techniques
Braided
Braided
Brief description
Hair ornament, designed by Graham Smith for Jean Muir, Great Britain, 1969
Physical description
Hair ornament, braided.
Gallery label
(2011)
Dress with Celtic scrollwork
Jean Muir (1928-95)
London, 1969
Headdress: Graham Smith (b.1938)
Shoes: DalCo, Italy

When Pamela Colin, American Vogue's resident London editor, married Lord Harlech she commissioned her dress from Jean Muir. Muir was one of London's most respected ready-to-wear designers. She was known for her understated approach and meticulous attention to detail. The bride's tasselled headdress, designed by Graham Smith, added a fashionable finishing touch.

Dress: wool
Headdress: cotton and synthetic fibres
Shoes: silk crêpe and leather, with ribbon rosettes trimmed with artificial pearls
Given and worn by Pamela, Lady Harlech
V&A: T.268 to C-1986
(1988)
WEDDING DRESS
English, Jean Muir, 1969
Cream worsted twill with couched cord decoration

The dress is cut with a high waistline and full-length, gently flared skirt. It has a high neck with stand-up collar and long sleeved gathered into deep cuffs. The minimal decoration consists of couched cord on the bodice and precise evenly spaced rows of top-stitching on the collar and cuffs. Such careful attention to detail and finish are the hallmarks of Jean Muir's clothes.

Worn and given by Pamela, Lady Harlech
T.286 [sic] to C-1986
Credit line
Given by Lady Pamela Harlech
Object history
Registered File number 1986/2143.
T. 268 to C-1986 designed for and worn by Pamela Talmey-Colin for her marriage to William David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech, on 11 December 1969.
Production
Designed for Jean Muir
Associated objects
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.268A-1986

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Record createdOctober 27, 2010
Record URL
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