This is one of the photos I took of a coworker with props from our thrift store for Valentine's Day today.
I always let the subjects choose the photo they want to appear on our FB, and I just had to accept that instead of this one, she chose a cute one of her holding a pink stuffed monkey.
A pity..such a lovely picture..
ReplyDeleteWait. First of all, it's a wonderful photo. You chose exactly the right word: it exudes panache.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, since this is a second-hand store, someone bought that hat in the first place?? What is it? Is it one of those church-lady "crowns", or was it part of a costume? Seriously, did someone once wear that hat with a straight face?
Thank you for sending me the link to the J R R Tolkien illustrations. He was a marvelous painter. And one of these days I'm going to do all of Hobbiton, now that I have the blue print (so to speak).
I love this photo. The white popping against the blue is incredible and the stance of the coworker all work together.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of Irving Penn photographs.
Tolkien--check out "A Tolkien Bestiary" by David Day.
Kirsten
GZ: I got to share it here anyway...
ReplyDeleteVIVIAN: Thanks, this photo impressed me--and I took it!
The hat is well made (a bit battered now), so I don't think it was a joke-hat, no.
The wearer should keep a straight face, definitely!
After all, *most* fashion is ridiculous:
the trick to pulling it off is to wear whatever you like with... panache!!!
As you say, this hat could be a church crown,
or suitable for a wedding (this would be mild at a royal wedding!),
or the Kentucky Derby, or Ascot,
a classy Masquerade Ball.
The big fine art museum here hosts a flower show--I think people dress in high old style for that.
KIRSTEN: Irving Penn!?!! High praise! Thanks.
The model makes it, of course.
Tolkien Bestiary looks fun (I looked it up.)
Vivian is creating a series of wonderful book art constructions, including a Bag-End, here:
https://vivianswiftblog.com/?p=21124
Your model, who looks stunning, by the way, might not have been taken with the hat, but I bet her great-grandmother would have been when this sort of chapeau was the height of fashion...no pun. Somewhere in the late 1890s-early 1910s.
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