Hat

Philip Treacy

ca. 2002 · leather, feathers, synthetic, metal · Costume Institute

Mrs. Kempner's hats, though not an especially large group, are varied and distinctive. From vast brimmed straws, crisply sculpted fedoras, feather trimmed velvet tams, and grosgrain banded leathers, her millinery suggests the opportunity for dramatic effects. Some of the hats came as a part of a couture ensemble, others are by milliners associated with design houses, and, here in the Philip Treacy example, by hat-designers with their own well regarded labels.

Artist

Philip Treacy

Date

ca. 2002

Medium

leather, feathers, synthetic, metal

Culture

British

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Thomas L. Kempner, 2006