Boater Hat
Production date
1950-1959
Country
Australia
State/Province
Queensland
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Object detail
Description
Boater hat, double-brimmed, grey faille and silk, trimmed with pink fantasy flower and veil.
Classification
COSTUME Headwear woman
Maker
Production date
1950-1959
Production place
Measurements
L270 x W260 x H85 mm
Media/Materials description
Silk (Textiles), Faille (Textiles), Netting (Textiles)
Signature/Marks
Ogilvie \ ROWES BLDG. \ EDWARD ST. BRISBANE
History and use
This hat was designed in the 1950s and is believed to have been worn to a Government House cocktail party. Patrick Ogilvie, the designer, fashioned hats for women all over Queensland for fifty years. Ogilvie hats incorporated international fashion trends but more importantly, they matched the personalities of their wearers and each hat was a one-off.
Ogilvie began his working life as an accountant but at 21 he trained and worked in millinery in Sydney before returning to Brisbane to begin his business in 1947. From 1948 he was based at Elizabeth St, in fashionable Rowe’s Arcade. In the seventies, hats became less fashionable and were no longer considered an essential part of a woman’s outfit. Ogilvie was forced to close the Rowe’s Arcade premises in 1972 and move to Indooroopilly.
Uploaded to the Web 27 May 2011.
Ogilvie began his working life as an accountant but at 21 he trained and worked in millinery in Sydney before returning to Brisbane to begin his business in 1947. From 1948 he was based at Elizabeth St, in fashionable Rowe’s Arcade. In the seventies, hats became less fashionable and were no longer considered an essential part of a woman’s outfit. Ogilvie was forced to close the Rowe’s Arcade premises in 1972 and move to Indooroopilly.
Uploaded to the Web 27 May 2011.
Registration number
H27530
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