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Mark your diary! An exhibition of couture hats at the Hallwyl Museum – Stockholm, Sweden

03 Monday Mar 2014

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For headwear/hats aficionados, this exhibition is not to be missed –

shown at Hallwyl House, designed in the late 19th century

by acclaimed Swedish architect Isak Gustaf Clason

 for Count Walther and Countess Wilhelmina von Hallwyl.

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Hallwyl House –  Stockholm, Sweden

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Hats off! Hats from the Lars Nilsson Collection

Hallwyl Museum (Stockholm, Sweden)  

Closes June 8, 2014

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Countess von Hallwyl, the only child and heiress of a wealthy timber-merchant, she was an avid acquirer of paintings, porcelain, works of the decorative arts and antiques.  Her collection comprises the works at The Hallwyl Musewum, Stockholm.

Like Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, designer Lars Nilsson is a devoted collector. He has worked for Christian Lacroix, and has been Head of Design at the fashion houses Nina Ricci and Bill Blass. Lars Nilsson arrived in Paris in 1987 and studied at the fashion school of the Fédération française de la couture. His impressive collection of hats comprises no less than 270 items, with many highlights from fashion houses like Chanel, Lacroix, Saint Laurent and designers like Philip Treacy. Glamorous, extravagant, sculptural, fanciful, rare – but also quite a few remarkably plain examples from this unique collection is now exhibited at The Hallwyl Museum in Stockholm.

Lars Nilsson, has recently become creative director of Comptoir des Cotonniers and Princess Tam Tam.  He has collected hats and other fashion pieces since 1985.

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A few pieces displayed in the exhibition

photos by Carl Bengtsson

(images from ashadedviewonfashion.com):

Ampersand shaped straw hat

decorated chicken feathers dyed brown

created for Pierre Balmain Haute Couture

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Bicorne straw hats 

for Christian Lacroix, summer 1989

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hallwyl palace, black hat leaf like, christian lacroix, s 1988

Black hat with leaf styled decoration

for Christian Lacroix, summer 1988

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hallwyl palace, philip-treacy-black-embellished-headpiece

Feather hat by Philip Treacy

for Chanel Haute Couture,  s/s  1992

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 hallwyl museum, sweden, black velvet hat with tentacles, balmain, a 1995

Black velvet hat with tentacles

for Pierre Balmain Haute Couture,  a/w  1995

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Hallwyl Museum website

Contact details

Address
Hallwylska museet
Hamngatan 4
S-111 47 Stockholm
Sweden

Information/booking

E-mail
bokninghallwyl@lsh.se

Phone
+ 46-8-402 30 99

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hats off to milliner philip treacy

20 Saturday Jul 2013

Posted by in accessories, avant garde, creative headdress, design collaboration, design inspiration, design inventive, hats, music influence - fashion, Philip Treacy, runway presentation

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Philip Treacy

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is a design genius extraordinaire.

His millinery sensations are head turning show-stoppers,

which are objects of praise, fascination, curiosity and sometimes outrage.

Recall the Treacy creation, which

Princess Beatrice wore to the wedding of the decade

that of her cousin Prince William and Katherine Middleton.

An unique creation, which merited its own Facebook fan page

and was also decried in some circles, for at best resembling a pretzel and

at worst a toilet seat: indeed very mixed reactions.

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Princess Beatrice in Philip Treacy

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Yet, as with any bold statement maker,

there’s bound to be a bit of controversy –

a Treacy design is not for the faint of heart.

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Born in Ireland into a large family, Philip Treacy attended

The National College of Art and Design, Dublin

where he began creating hats as accessories to his clothes design.

He focused on millinery arts while studying for his

MA in Fashion Design at the Royal College of Arts, London.

His MA show attracted the attention of influential fashion industry maverick

Isabella Blow who became mentor and chief aficionado of the Philip Treacy brand.

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Isabella Blow in Philip Treacy

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Isabella Blow and Philip Treacy

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Like Isabella Blow, fashion fearless recording artist

Lady Gaga is a great admirer of Philip Treacy.

She has collaborated with Treacy

in creating many of her avant garde hat wear pieces .

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Lady Gaga in Philip Treacy

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Philip Treacy’s most recent offering, S/S 2013

is inspired by music industry vanguard artists,

Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga.

Gaga walked in the runway presentation as the opening model.

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Lady Gaga opens Philip Treacy runway show, s/s 2013
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Treacy casted only Black models for his runway show.

 
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Philip Treacy ventures an unrivalled creative path.
His hat wear is worn by those who dare to tread a road less traveled:
the fashion adventurers.
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Watch/Enjoy  the video on the Philip Treacy Collection,  s/s 2013
(video from philiptreacy.co.uk):

The mad hatter: meet British milliner, Philip Treacy

04 Monday Feb 2013

Posted by in accessories, design experiment, design experimentation, design inventive, fashion fun, hats, Philip Treacy

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Philip Treacy is an internationally renown milliner who has designed for

royalty, celebrity and couture houses.

His creations are works of whimsy, which have generated

both kudos and controversy.

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Philip Treacy,  s/s 2013

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Royals and Celebrities

Wearing Philip Treacy

Princess Beatrice

A hat much maligned in the press

for resembling a ‘toilet seat’.

Worn to the wedding of her cousin

Prince William to Kate Middleton.

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Isabella Blow

 

 

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Other creations:

 

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