 Albertus Swanepoel

Albertus Swanepoel (born 1959) is a South African milliner based in New York, whose hat designs have featured in the runway shows of designers such as Carolina Herrera, Alexander Wang, Narciso Rodriguez and Tommy Hilfiger.A BA Fine Arts graduate from the University of Pretoria, Swanepoel won the Coty Award as South Africa’s top designer before moving to the United States in 1989.