Driving past the Wolesley late one evening we all remarked on the doormen with bowler hats and lamented the loss of the bowler hat in society generally.
I know they can be seen on Pete Doherty and others but I mean the loss of them on rotund city workers in pinstripe suits. I love a top hat too but there is something about the bowler.
I have always meant to have a bowler artfully hanging over one side of my dressing table mirror and never quite gotten round to it.
Now my new favourite thing to want when (if I ever) have my own place is a row of these fabulous lamps from innermost which I saw in this Saturday's Telegraph magazine.
Normally I don't go for anything comic in interior design but I think the bowler is a true design classic, like the mini, that even if it's no longer used in everyday life should still be seen because it brings a smile to people's faces. Well mine. I want one. And a flat please.
Don't you just love those doormen at the Wolseley. Great lights - so fun but a classic at the same time, xv.
ReplyDeleteHi Vicki, I do! I love everything about the Wolesley, in my dreams I go there every morning for eggs, juice, champagne and coffee. A girl's gotta dream
ReplyDeleteHere's the thing I look good in hats but I just don't have the confidence to wear them.
ReplyDeleteThese are really great!
ReplyDeleteLeslie
Jen, wear them! I know it's tricky but I don't look good in them and always wish that I did- you should take advantage.
ReplyDeleteLeslie- glad you think so too!