Fiona Bennett - Queen of Hats

Fiona Bennett "Hirschportrait". Foto von Marcel Steger

The royal wedding is just around the corner (we cannot wait!), and with estimated two billion people watching when Kate Middleton says "I do", it is with no question THE society event not to be missed.

Although the details of the wedding dress still remain top secret (our money is on Alexander McQueen!), milliner Philip Treacy will design hats for the wedding party. Kate Middleton is a fan of Tracy’s sculpturious creations but it is a pity she has never heard of Fiona Bennett. She might have changed her mind.

If Germany had a Queen, Fiona Bennett would be the appointed milliner. The England-born, German bred Bennett is our own Philip Treacy known for her outstanding headpieces and extravagant creations with love for detail.

Fiona Bennett has opened her hat salon long before the fashion hype in Berlin has begun. Her studio was a place to for every woman and her daydream fantasy: wearing a hat that would be her "crowning glory", so Fiona.

{yoogallery src=[/images/stories/bilder/gs/fiona-bennett/] height=[100] title=[Hats of Fiona Bennett, Salon Bennett Berlin, photographed by Sebastian Burgold]}She sees herself not strictly a designer, nor an artist. Her stage costumes appeared in Vincent Paterson’s production of Cabaret in 2004; her millinery work was featured at The Art of Contemporary Millinery exhibition in London’s Menier Gallery in 2009, and she also has a number of high-profile clients and collaboration partners. The grey tweed cap that transformed Brad Pitt into a modern-day Clarke Gable was made by Bennett; pop diva Christina Aguilera, jazz singer Roger Cicero, industrial rock band Rammstein, and fashion designer Claudia Skoda are her happy customers.

We will watch royal wedding next week and dream of becoming a princess. And if this would be the case (Harry is still a confirmed single!), we would wear Fiona Bennett hat at our own, very royal, wedding.

Adresse: Salon Bennett, Alte Schönhauser Str. 35, 10115 Berlin, Germany, By appointments only! Tel: +49 30 280 96 330, http://www.fionabennett.com

 

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