Prudence's
hats will be exhibited at :
Hats
: An Anthology
V&A Porter Gallery
From 24 February to 10 May 2009
At the Victorian & Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, in South
Kensington, London.
www.vam.ac.uk
24 February - 31 May 2009
The Porter Gallery
£5 Adults
£4 Seniors, Students, 12-17 yrs, ES40 Holders
Working with radical hat designer, Stephen
Jones, the V&A will present an ‘anthology of hats’. Drawn from
V&A and international collections and ranging in style and period
from a 17th-century Puritan’s hat to a 1950s Balenciaga couture
piece to hats by Jones and his contemporaries including to the latest
creations by young milliners such as Noel Stewart, the exhibition will
investigate the cultural and historic importance of millinery. The
exhibition will be arranged in four main themes - Inspiration looks at
the myriad of sources including historicism, exoticism and the natural
world; Creation explores the techniques, materials and processes; The
Salon focuses on the buying and selling of hats and the millinery
shop; and The Clients which will examine the wearing and etiquette of
hats and will feature headgear worn by well known clients of some of
the world’s top milliners including Audrey Hepburn, Anna Piaggi,
Dita von Teese.
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more
Prudence
Millinery will be in Paris at the exhibition "L'aiguille en fete -
Secrets of Haute- Couture"
From Thursday 12 February to
Sunday 15 February 2009
She will hold workshops " How to make
a haute-couture fabric flowers" and show her new hat collections
More info on :
www.aiguille-en-fete.com
Prudence
on "l'aiguille on fete"
9 - 12
October 2008 *
Thur - Sat: 10.00am – 5.30pm
& Sun: 10.00am – 5.00pm
Prudence Millinery
at the :
Prudence will be having
a stand
( Stand TGB5 ) at the :
The Knitting & Stitching Show
Great Hall,
West Hall & Panorama Room
Alexandra
Palace, Alexandra Palace Way
Wood Green, London, N22 7AY
Tel: 020 8365 2121
Fax: 020 8883 3999
More info:
http://www.alexandrapalace.com/whatson_knitting.html
or
www.twistedthread.com
"
Vivienne Westwood : 34 years in Fashion "
Started
at the Victorian & Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, in South
Kensington, London.
www.vam.ac.uk
The
exhibition, travelling the world, went to China & Japan, Tokyo
17 January 2010, "MAN", Fall / Winter 2010-2011 –
Via Turati, 34, Milan,
2 pm
press
contact :
Cecilia@viviennewestwood.co.uk
Hats by
Prudence
To see
all the hats designed by Prudence for Vivienne Westwood for MAN:
http://prudencemillinery.com/prudence_millinery_vivienne_westwood_man.htm
Address: Via Turati, 34 – Milan at 2 pm, 17 January 2010
Westwood’s global empire comprises the semi-couture line Gold Label, a
ready-to-wear line Red Label and Vivienne Westwood Man,
her
collections for men. Her
hats for Gold Label, Red Label and MAN are created by Prudence Millinery
for Vivienne Westwood.
21 February 2010, "Red Label", Fall / Winter 2010-11, London, 19.30
(7.30 pm )
press
contact : hongyi@viviennewestwood.co.uk
Hats by
Prudence
To see
all the hats designed by Prudence for Vivienne Westwood for Red Label :
http://www.prudencemillinery.com/prudence_millinery_vivienne_westwood_red_label.htm
Address: TBC – London at 19.30 pm, 21 February 2010
"Being English makes us unique
as it is impossible for me to ignore British culture in my designs. The
fabrics I use are often traditional British fabrics - English flannel
and barathea wool, Irish linen, Scottish tartan. These fabrics benefit
from classic British manufacturing techniques as represented by the
Savile Row tradition. The VW signature orb symbolises the world, yet it
is quintessentially British, part of the historical royal regalia held
by the Queen during the ceremonial opening of Parliament. Our heritage
definitely makes us special.” Vivienne Westwood.
6
March 2009, “Gold Label", Fall / Winter 2009 – 10, Paris, 16.30
(4.30 pm )
press contact : presse@viviennewestwood.fr
Hats by
Prudence
To see all the hats designed by
Prudence for Vivienne Westwood for Gold Label :
http://prudencemillinery.com/prudence_millinery_vivienne_westwood_gold_label.htm
Address
: 7 place Vendôme - Paris 1er
About
Gold label Summer 09 collection : In
these hard times - dress up. Do it yourself!" said Vivienne
Westwood in her handwritten show notes, before describing exactly how to
with ideas including "badges (preferably with political slogans),
and shawls, blankets, tablecloths, curtains, towels or a metre of
beautiful fabric worn enfolded around you instead of coats or cloaks
(plastic sheeting for the rain)".
And
that's just what she did - the above teamed with striped men's boxers,
ragged mesh cardigans and the aforementioned beautiful fabric (in silk
pastel stripes or deep red), slung over one shoulder: a DIY toga.
But
no matter how blasé she tried to be, the talent that has kept Westwood
in fashion's frontline all these years was plain to see: amazing
gladiatorial heels with straps all the way up each leg, T-shirt-corset
hybrids that were edgy and girly all at once and her brilliantly
constructed corset dresses with a swathe of extra silk flung elegantly
over one shoulder.
Westwood
mixes things up with such confident nonchalance that you can't help be
carried along with it - suddenly Coronation Street headscarves
look right along side Amazonian swathes of leopard print and ragged net
curtain dresses. Well maybe not right, exactly, but inspirational in
their randomness. Die-hard Westwood fan, Tracey Emin, was whooping in
the front row to prove it.
Dolly
Jones
21
February 2009, "Red Label", Fall / Winter 2009 – 10, London,
20.30 (8.30 pm )
press contact : hongyi@viviennewestwood.co.uk
Hats by
Prudence
To see all the hats designed by
Prudence for Vivienne Westwood for Red Label :
http://www.prudencemillinery.com/prudence_millinery_vivienne_westwood_red_label.htm
Address
: TBC – London at 8.30 pm, 21 February 2009
More
info:
http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/designers_details.asp?DesignerID=847
Saro
22
February 2009, Saro, Fall / Winter 2009 – 10, London, 19.30 (7.30 pm )
press contact : hongyi@viviennewestwood.co.uk
“
Saro, what do you do?
I am a
fashion designer. I design for Vivienne Westwood and I also have my own
line, Saro.
How
did the Westwood show go?
It was on Monday. It
went well. Afterward, people said, ‘Good, I can go back to my hotel
and sleep now — it’s all downhill from here.’
What
other shows are you interested in going to?
Bernhard Wilhelm. He copies the Vivienne Westwood prints and I like to
see that. And John Galliano is my absolute favourite.
Who
is your friend? This is Hanna, she’s a
model. I discovered her in London in a nightclub. Now she’s the look
book model for Westwood.
Hanna,
what are you wearing? My scarf is Austrian, by
Frölich,
the jacket is Kate Moss for Top Shop, the boots are Top Shop. This is a
men’s hoodie from H&M, my leggings and shirt are American Apparel
and my bag is Cheap Monday. ”
http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/live-from-colette-saro-and-hanna-patz/
18
January 2009, "MAN", Fall / Winter 2009 – 10, Milan, 2 pm
press contact : Cecilia@viviennewestwood.co.uk
Hats by
Prudence
Address
: Via Turati, 34 – Milan at 2 pm, 18 January 2009
Westwood’s
global empire comprises the semi-couture line Gold Label, a
ready-to-wear line Red Label
and Vivienne Westwood Man, her
collections for men.
Her
hats for Gold Label, Red Label and
MAN are created by Prudence Millinery for Vivienne Westwood.
More info:
http://www.cameramoda.it
LONDON
VIVIENNE
WESTWOOD RED LABEL
18
September
2008, 7.30 PM " Red Label " - London Fashion Week - Place tbc
in SW5 - London - Hats by
Prudence
http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/designers_details.asp?DesignerID=847
PARIS
VIVIENNE
WESTWOOD GOLD LABEL
29
September 2008, 7:30 PM - Ecole Nationale Superieure des
Beaux-Arts - Salle Melpomene - 13 quai Malaquais - Paris 6th -
Hats by Prudence
http://www.modeaparis.com/va/collections/2009eppap/index.html
Click
here for Our press release
dated February 2008 PDF format
DESPITE
receiving a mixed critical response to her Sixties-inspired collections,
Bella Freud is proving a hard act to follow at Biba; a whole new
creative team, headed by Hector Castro, has been drafted in following
her departure as artistic director of the resurrected brand last month.
The five-strong collective - which includes New Gen-sponsored knitwear
designer Louise Goldin - will have its work cut out to safeguard the
label's future growth, but the company is positive about its new
creative circumstances. "Bella did a great job for Biba," says
Michael Pearce, ceo of Biba International. "However, we feel that
this is the perfect time to take the brand to the next level. We want to
find that very pretty, super-feminine Biba aesthetic." The brand is
not only having a shake-up in terms of design - plans are underway for
the first London Biba flagship store in 30 years to open in 2008, along
with stand-alone outlets in LA and Las Vegas, following a new
partnership between the company and Manny Mashouf, chairman of US label
Bebe. "We have looked for while for the right partner to take the
business forward and Manny brings a wealth of experience in retail and
sourcing," Pearce explains. "He also has a great instinct for
the brand and how best to grow the business." As well as opening
new stores, this is expected to include improving the brand's delivery
structure and a customer service push. (July 16 2007, PM)
Leisa Barnett
JULIEN
MACDONALD's show
is typically the last of the day - and it always feels like the party's
started before the models have even appeared, as an impossibly glamorous
gaggle of international It-girls, glamour pusses and fashion glitterati
pack out the venue, fully prepared for high voltage catwalk action. This
season the paparazzi went for Kimberley Stewart, Isabella Hervey and
Welsh soprano Katharine Jenkins who had joined the throng for
Macdonald's spring/summer 2008 offering. A brief burst of Diamonds
are Forever was an homage, perhaps, to Dame Shirley Bassey - who sat
next to Joan Collins in the front row, looking far younger than her 70
years in rock chick black leggings and a biker jacket - as the show
kicked off. Macdonald wants us all to chivvy up and go for sporty
glamour next summer; inspired by the impending Olympics, he gave us
Y-back tennis dresses, racing stripes (sometimes formed in lines of
different blocked-colour sequins - one dropped waist feather-skirted
dress had the crowd whooping), and cycling shorts peeking out from under
flirty coral mini skirts. The palette was strong and spot on - black and
white teamed with coral, jade and lemon - as were the equestrian-style
style patent hats, dipped rakishly over one eye and tied behind the head
with a sumptuous ribbon. Light on the fairy-tale floor-sweepers this
time around, it was Macdonald's luxe flapper dresses that stole the
show; gem-studded metallic bands above the bust and at the waist dripped
with long white and gold fringes that his fans would be tempted to do
the Charleston round the block for. There were a couple of misses - an
early-airhostess style teal satin tunic worn over teal satin trousers
erred too close to pyjama territory, for example - and those trademark
gowns were sorely missed. Overall though, the collection felt fresh,
young and new, yet typically Julien Macdonald: quite an achievement,
we'd say. (September 16 2007, PM)
Leisa Barnett
