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Hat

mid 1960s-late 1960s (made)
Artist/Maker
Thaarup, Aage (milliner)
Place of origin
London (made)

Natural straw broad-brimmed hat with fabric poppies, cornflowers, daisies, and wheat stalks.

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read 'Heads and Tales' by Aage Thaarup Danish milliner Aage Thaarup (1906 – 87) left Copenhagen in the 1930s and set off to conquer London, where he designed hats for movie stars and royalty. In this extract from his 1956 autobiography, he describes his first meeting with a very special customer.

Object details

Categories
Hats & Headwear
Fashion
Womenswear
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Hat
Materials and techniques
Straw
Straw
Brief description
Natural straw broad-brimmed hat trimmed with fabric flowers and wheat
Physical description
Natural straw broad-brimmed hat with fabric poppies, cornflowers, daisies, and wheat stalks.
Gallery label
(1997)
Ideal for a summer day in the country, this simple, broad-brimmed straw hat is decorated with meadow flowers and corn. By this date, fashion had lost its hard edge and softer styles were in the ascendant.
Credit line
Given by Mrs B. Church
Object history
Worn by Mrs. Blair Cok and given by her sister, Mrs. B. Church
Subjects depicted
Poppies
Wheat
Cornflowers
Daisies
Bibliographic reference
de la Haye, Amy, ed. The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. London: V&A Publications, 1997, p. 145.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.261-1985

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Record createdSeptember 17, 2003
Record URL
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