Description
Sunday at the races in Chantilly, and every woman in the enclosure is wearing something astonishing. Madame Roux, seventy-one and fearless, arrives in tangerine silk with flowers heaped around the brim, and the photographers forget the horses entirely for a full five minutes. By the time the last race was run, three of her friends had ordered similar hats from the same milliner.
This orange hat, painted all over with floral patterns, captures that same bold, happy elegance. It belongs with the friend who never leaves the house without a hat, the bride planning a summer wedding, or the woman who keeps a hatbox of treasures from every decade of her life. On a vanity near a string of pearls, or grouped with other little shoes and handbags on a glass shelf, it adds a flash of warm colour that looks especially pretty in morning light. A gift for anyone who believes an outfit is never finished until the right hat is on.
Inside and out
- Shaped as an orange lady’s hat
- Covered in cheerful painted floral patterns
- Fine porcelain from Limoges, painted by hand in France
- A charming addition for hat and fashion collectors
- Warm orange tones that brighten a vanity or glass cabinet
Tuck it into a gift bag with a silk scarf for someone who adores dressing up. It is especially charming grouped with other porcelain hats and shoes in a sunny display cabinet.
