A HAIR ORNAMENT OF TWO BLACK VELVET ROSES

UNLABELLED, CIRCA 1960

Closed27 September 2017

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A HAIR ORNAMENT OF TWO BLACK VELVET ROSES
UNLABELLED, CIRCA 1960
The black posy embellished with cut gilt feathers mounted en tremblant

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This piece recalls the mink pompom on the Givenchy hat in Breakfast at Tiffany's, later immortalised in Givenchy's memoir To Audrey with Love.

Audrey is pictured wearing this lot at the 4th Annual Kennedy Centre Honors Dinner in Washington DC with Robert Wolders.

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A HAIR ORNAMENT OF TWO BLACK VELVET ROSES

UNLABELLED, CIRCA 1960

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