Amidst the stressful realities of life during a pandemic, lighthearted anecdotes are a welcome distraction. Today’s millinery giggle is courtesy of Lady Pamela Hicks.
Photos from Getty as indicated
Royal Hats
The Bold, Beautiful and Bizarre World of Royal Millinery
My grandmother had a taxidermied male pheasant in her back hall for all of my childhood. Occasionally it even wore one of the children’s straw garden hats if tossed carelessly.
Not to create a spoiler, but what a waste of feathers! They could have trimmed some hats.
Fabulous videos thank you!
Pamela Hick’s reminiscences are absolute gold, she is a mine of fascinating detail.
Here’s a fun brief video from 1945 featuring one of the milliners mentioned in the story — “Miss Swerling, Bond St Milliner” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdefB1P8n88. The hat design competition reported in the video seems like a lot of fun and no doubt it was held to boost public interest in millinery again postwar- I think something similar today, after this year’s “hat recession”, would be a great idea.
This is brilliant!
So fun! Thanks for posting, mcncln!