A friend fo mine who, like me, is into millinery asked me if I came across in my researches about fashion and architecture a special hat that reminded me of a specific building.
The answer is definitely yes and I have two wonderful examples here. The first one is by an unknown designer and, while we don't know the exact date it was produced, we know that it was dubbed "The Guggenheim Hat", since it was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's design for the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
The second one is instead a Balenciaga hat that makes me think a lot about the project for the Ledigenheim building designed by German architect Bruno Taut. In both cases the sweeping curves of the building/ceilings seem to be perfectly reproduced in the structure of the hats.
Fans of Balenciaga will be happy to know that bookings are open for the "Balenciaga: The Work of the Master" talk (date: 23rd January 2012) at London's V&A. Author Miren Arzalluz will discuss Balenciaga's history and success analysing the designer's garments together with V&A Senior Curator of Fashion and Textiles Lesley Miller (tickets are £15 each - a very reasonable yet valuable Christmas present for a fashion loving friend).
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You are such a researcher, I wonder how you found these? Nice one!
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