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if you were in london yesterday you may have noticed some of the city’s statues dressed to the nines.

curated by world renowned british milliners, stephen jones and philip treacy; hatwalk brought together 21 emerging and established designers to showcase british millinery at its very best.

the one day event which saw bespoke hats designed for some of london’s statues, celebrated london’s standing as a global capital of millinery and emphasized its rich heritage, bringing the

sometimes overlooked statues to life.

throughout the games the public will also be able to see the complete collection of all the hats on life-sized copies of the statues at:

BT house BT london live 30th july – 12th august hyde park, london

on 31st july grazia magazine and BT are also hosting a fashion event in BT house, where grazia’s style director, paula reed and hatwalk curators philip treacy and stephen jones will be

holding a fashion talk about the project. visit www.btlondonlive.com for information.

hatwalk was commissioned by the mayor of london, in partnership with BT, grazia magazine, the british fashion council and the london 2012 cultural festival.

lord nelson, trafalgar square – hat by lock & co lock & co, the oldest hatters in london, established in 1676, and famed for making nelson’s original bicorn hat, created an updated version

complete with olympic torch as a nod to a summer like no other in this city. image: MOL

franklin d roosevelt – hat by john boyd winston churchill – hat by herbert johnson image: MOL

clockwise: king george IV – hat by stephen jones general sir charles james napier – hat by sophie beale angel of peace – hat by rachel trevor morgan general sir henry havelock -hat by square

philip treacy images: festival of london 2012 / MOL

left: queen victoria – hat by justin smith esq. right: francis 5th duke of bedford – hat by piers atkinson images: MOL

sir arthur sullivan – hat by gina foster the lady – hat by victoria grant images: MOL

hatwalk statues and participating designers: (numbers correspond to the map above)