A craze for bibi hats, black veils and headbands
Bibi hat with veil Benoit Missolin
After the late 80’s Bibi hats, black veils and headbands turned out of date for fashionable women and joined the drawer of wedding and horse race’s garments. Two decades later, the leading fashion creative directors now want to resuscitate the old-fashioned fancy accessories to enhance feminine beauty and grace.
The “revival” of the XXth. century’s “snob society” fashion style match perfectly with the paradigm of an exclusive luxury meant to live far from the crowds, in the intimacy of an outstanding town house or in a palace boudoir with the company of Lady Diana. In 2009 it is likely a Serena Van der Woodsen or a Blair Waldrof (Gossip Girl) who would emphasize the glamour of this fancy style.
Christian Dior Haute Couture Fall Winter 2009
Benoit Missolin 100€
On avenue Montaigne in Paris, the boutique Christian Dior displays its window mannequins with lace straps on their eyes like the photo below, made for the department store Printemps Haussman. From July 16 to August 22, the theme of the store windows display will be “Printemps Palace”, a fiction through historical greatest Parisian hotels.
“Palace” story at the department store Printemps in Paris – Photo Bruno Dayan
Yet, Vogue is currently breaking the revival of the “Bibi” hat within on-line magazine section “the new classical items of the Parisian lady”. In the meanwhile, the pages of the fashion luxury magazine L’ Officiel displays some the new hats and veils creations of the Michel House. If you were told maestro Karl Lagerfeld is one of the greatest supporter of the famous hat designer and has recently directed a photo shooting of 30 celebrities wearing the fall-winter collection, would you be tempted yourself ?
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