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Artist/Maker	Bernstock & Speirs (milliners)
Place of origin	London (made)

Paul Bernstock and Thelma Speirs established Bernstock Speirs in London in 1982 with an aim to create fashionable hats for men and women. With a special emphasis on detail and quality the designers make classic hats with a difference. In this design from 1989 they subverted the formal trilby style by making it in cream felt and crushing the exaggerated elongated crown to create an interesting crumpled texture. Their witty approach made hat-wearing fun for their young clients.

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Categories	Fashion Hats & Headwear Accessories Womenswear Europeana Fashion Project
Object type	Hat
Materials and techniques	Felt Felt
Brief description	Felt hat, trilby shaped, with a crushed and crumpled crown, designed by Bernstock & Speirs, London, 1989
Physical description	White felt hat, trilby shaped, and with a crushed and crumpled crown.
Gallery label	(1997) Bernstock & Speirs make classic hats with a difference. They have subverted the formal trilby style by curling the brim, adding grosgrain edgings and an irreverent tassel. Their witty approach makes hat-wearing fun for their young clients.
Credit line	Given by the designers
Object history	Registered File number 1990/160.
Production	Autumn/Winter 1989/1990
Summary	Paul Bernstock and Thelma Speirs established Bernstock Speirs in London in 1982 with an aim to create fashionable hats for men and women. With a special emphasis on detail and quality the designers make classic hats with a difference. In this design from 1989 they subverted the formal trilby style by making it in cream felt and crushing the exaggerated elongated crown to create an interesting crumpled texture. Their witty approach made hat-wearing fun for their young clients.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.168-1990

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Record created	May 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O229326/hat-bernstock--speirs/

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