Walking through Trafalgar Square today, I was surprised to see that Nelson had a hat on! Reading later, I realised it was a project curated by milliners Stephen Jones and Phillip Treacy. Hats had been surreptitiously placed on various iconic scupltures in the middle of the night! Nelson's hat was created by traditional hat makers Lock & Co. who actually created hats for Nelson when he was alive.
Sir Henry Havelock sports a hat by Philip Treacy
George IV wears a Stephen Jones hat inspired by the Brighton Pavilion.
Franklin D. Roosevelt wears a war time Spam hat. Nice to see it's clearly amusing the pair of them.
This turban designed by Noel Stewart and worn by Beau Brummel was unfortunately pinched, as was Shakespeare's in Leicester Square. Perhaps the thieves had been inspired by the policeman helmet stealing in Wodehouse's book Code of the Woosters!
2 comments:
What a lovely idea! Hope you are well. jenny x
So much fun!!!!
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