to a Faberge exhibition, held 68 years ago this month in London, attended by the late Princess Margaret. She is photographed here with the great Russian jeweller’s son, Eugene Faberge, examining a small jewelled box. Her hat, a conical design with short brim, bow and veil, is equally memorable.
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This was post-war Britain, but there can be no excuse. The hat is quite ghastly.
It looks like a pixie hat!
This hat is described as “attractive veiled Hyacinth blue hat.”
November 9, 1948:
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The word “attractive” must have been meant to apply to the veil or the hyacinth blue color, it’s hard to imagine it applied to the hat itself — those pointy shapes look like something out of science fiction!
That hat is very much of it’s time. I’d rather have the Faberge egg, please!
Cone bonnet. Not a good look.