Hamish Bowles wearing 1957 tiara by Verdura to the Met Gala 2022
Hamish Bowles: ' ...my incredible tiara designed by Fulcode Verdura in 1957 for Betsey Whitney when her husband Jock was Ambassador to the Court of St James. See Mrs Whitney at a ball at Buckingham Palace in 1957 - the last time this incredible piece was worn! I saw it chez Verdura a decade or more ago, fell in love with it and never thought that one day I would have my Eliza Doolittle moment wearing it …'













