I only had the pleasure of being introduced to Mr Fox on a couple of occasions and was blessed to have exchanged our love of hats. A gentleman and Master Milliner.
So many loved and admired him so much, I leave it to others who knew him better to leave some words. Anna. x
By Mr Phillip Rodes Master Milliner
Frederick Fox Master Milliner |
How can I not mark the passing of the great milliner, Freddie Fox?
Australian born and trained, Mr Fox forged an impressive career in London and is famous for making hats for the Queen.
Whilst Australians celebrated the Bicentenary in early 1988, I was knocking sheepishly on the door of Freddie Fox's eagles nest of an atelier, high above London's Bond Street.
Armed with a letter of introduction from my previous boss, Mr Individual, I was shepherded into the plush showroom.
Elegantly silvery and dapper, Mr Fox flicked nonchalantly through my modest folio saying that he could pay me no more than 50 pounds per week and to ring back in exactly seven days to see whether a position was available.
I recall withdrawing from his presence taking cautiously tiny, backward steps.
One week later, as requested, I telephoned but to advise that I had accepted a position elsewhere.
'Oooooh!' groaned the cockney voice at the other end of the line, 'Mr Fox won't be pleased! He's expecting you to start this week!'
When Mr Fox and I were introduced 15 years later on the lawn at Flemington, that was the occasion of our first real meeting. |
Some of the work of Mr Frederick Fox Master Milliner, collected by Waltraud Reiner of Torb & Reiner.
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