Round hat, constructed from bright blue synthetic netting

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Type: Hats
Materials: Textile - non specific
Collection: Andree Pelissier collection
Accession number: 2009.0029.0024

Description

A round, brimless ladies dress hat constructed with layers of bright blue synthetic netting, trimmed on one side with a decorative element made of the same blue synthetic netting. The hat is lined in blue fabric, and a brown elastic strap is secured underneath at either side.

About the collection

The Andrée Pélissier collection comprises 38 hat blocks, 4 hat block stands, 11 hats, 2 full headstands, a ceramic and wooden pestle used as a millinery tool, and a label for Andrée Pélissier Modes.. Andrée Pélissier (1927-2000) was one of four French milliners who came out to Australia in late 1948/ early 1949 at the instigation of Norman Myer. Offered two year contracts, the milliners brought their hat-making equipment with them and created a collection of 60 hats - copied from the designs of seven leading French modistes - for the opening of the Marie France salon in Myer's Bourke Street store. The hats were designed for an Autumn collection, but a milliners' strike in Paris delayed their completion and the salon didn't open until August 1949 when customers would have been shopping for their Spring wardrobes. Mlle. Pélissier did not return home at the end of her contract, instead marrying an Australian and creating her own millinery business.

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