The milliner John Boyd in his Knightsbridge shop surrounded by some of his creations GETTY IMAGESAs the newly married Diana, Princess of Wales, turned to the photographers in her “going away” outfit, perhaps only one man noticed the detail out of place. Attached to the ostrich feather on her pink tricorn hat — that would soon be beamed around the world and spark an appetite for British millinery — were the pins and net that were used to keep the plume in place during its delivery across London. They should have been removed. “However, in a flurry looking for her necklace this was forgotten and in some of the photographs you can see them,” described John Boyd, the hat’s creator, many years later. Meticulous by nature — from his carefully issued daily instructions to staff and his own neat uniform of…

Source: The Times March 06, 2018 19:07 UTC