London's Statues Wear Hats: Hatwalk

In time for the Olympics, various statues around London have acquired hats overnight. The hats celebrate British fashion, and the project was put together by the Mayor of London and Grazia. Designers include Philip Treacy and Stephen Jones. A map of the locations of the statues wearing hats can be downloaded on the Mayor of London website here: http://www.molpresents.com/hatwalk 

Also, images and a map can be found on the Grazia website here: http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/hatwalk

One of the statues to bear a hat is the famous statue of Lord Nelson on top of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square. Lord Nelson sports a very British hat and Olympic torch. Other statues wearing hats include Duke of Wellington and Angel of Peace (Wellington Arch), F.D. Roosevelt and Churchill (Bond Street), Henry Havelock, King George IV, and Charles James Napier (Trafalgar Square), and various others along Victoria Embankment and outside the Bank of England.

The hats were placed on the statues until around the end of August; the hats seemed to be removed on September 1.