Chic - Philip Treacy
Details
Venue
The Stockwood Discovery Centre, London Road, Luton, LU1 4LXE
Event Organisers
Sarah Bowles and Philippa Barton
Cost
Cost of the visit is £65 - plus Eventbrite booking fee
Cost of the visit without transport is £45 - plus Eventbrite booking fee
Programme
10.21am
Train departs from St Pancras International for Harpenden
11.15am
Coffee
11.30am
Visit to the exhibition Hats Made Me with Yona Lesger, Curator of Significant Collections, Hat Industry & Headwear at the Stockwood Discovery Centre
This delightful exhibition looks at the history of hats, bringing together the practical and symbolic and explores why hats are worn and how headwear is used to protect and transform, to make a statement and to mean something. It features work by celebrated fashion and performance milliners, including Awon Golding and Philip Treacy and highlights include an Italian raffia cycling helmet, Ghanaian ceremonial pieces, a bridal hat worn by Cara Delevingne in Vogue, Michael Keaton’s cowl from Batman and a lace mantilla worn by Queen Isabella II of Spain.
1.00pm
Free time for lunch and visit to the lovely gardens of the original Stockwood House
3.38pm
Train departs from Harpenden for St. Pancras International station (arriving at 4.04 pm)