The V&A holds one of the finest collections of millinery in the world, revealing an exciting record of the changes in headgear over the past 17 centuries.
Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones
This exhibition was a collaboration between the V&A and one of the fashion world's most prolific milliners, Stephen Jones
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Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones was born in Cheshire in 1957. In 1975, as an art foundation student at High Wycombe College of Art, he first visited the V&A – to see the exhibition Fashion f…
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Millinery in Motion: Stephen Jones
The Stephen Jones Millinery in Motion live catwalk event took place on April 3 2009. Tying in with the V&A’s exhibition 'Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones', Fashion In Mo…
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Fashion in Motion: Pip Hackett
The Pip Hackett Fashion in Motion live catwalk event took place on 15 March 2000. Milliner Pip Hackett graduated from the Royal College of Art, and creates hats, headpieces…
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Interview with James Wedge
James Wedge trained at the Royal College of Art , specialising in millinery. He made hats for couturier Ronald Paterson and before setting up his own business off Carnaby S…
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International Training Course
The Victoria and Albert Museum welcomes applications for ‘Creating Innovative Learning Programmes’, its new one week intensive course. This is a unique training opportunity for museum professionals from overseas who are interested in attracting and programming for a range of museum audiences.
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Hats: An Anthology (Paperback)
Hats: An Anthology, now available in paperback, offers an unprecedented view of the world of millinery, drawing on the V&A's extensive collection …
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