Fabulous Florence – Signature Prints & Florence Broadhurst
Fabulous Florence – Signature Prints & Florence Broadhurst
Fabulous Florence – Signature Prints & Florence Broadhurst
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Theatrical <strong>Florence</strong> pictured offstage in Bobby <strong>Broadhurst</strong> mode <strong>–</strong> 1920 India. (Collection: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney)<br />
Left: <strong>Florence</strong> with Globe Trotter pianist Wallingford Tate <strong>–</strong> 1925. (Collection: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney) Right: A rare signed photograph<br />
of Bobby <strong>Broadhurst</strong> taken in Hong Kong.<br />
In 1927, after sustaining a head injury in a car accident <strong>Broadhurst</strong> moved to England, here she married Percy<br />
Kann and reinvented herself once again. This time, as her French alter ego, Madame Pellier. By the 1930’s she<br />
had became an individual, feminine couturier creating an up market dress salon, a playground for the rich and<br />
flirtatious on London’s Bond Street.
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