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75 years ago, as we celebrated VE Day, the Queen Mother met with people in the capital. She also hosted a garden party at Buckingham Palace for prisoner’s of war. As you can see here, she is wearing her favourite colour, blue; it suits her so well. Her hat has a lovely fitted crown with …
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This week Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 94th birthday & I thought it was the perfect opportunity to look at my favourite Top 10 hats of her’s that I love. But I couldn’t narrow it down to just 10….so I’m sharing my Top 15 instead. The Queen wore this green floral hat to Ascot in …
Blue is one of the most popular colours I see in my shop, from navy to Wedgwood, aqua to cobalt; there is a shade of blue that suits each & every person. I thought I’d share some lovely blue occasion wear hats to inspire us & show some wonderful colours that work well with too… …
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Today we are talking colours. In fact over 280 of them – And that’s just ready-made colours! As a stockist of Rainbow Club Shoes & Bags we can hand colour the shoes to match or compliment your outfit, bridesmaid’s dresses or wedding dress. If it’s a particular colour that you are after, the Colour Studio Artists match …
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It’s always exciting to see the Cheltenham Festival arrive, as often a nod as to what millinery fashions we will see at Royal Ascot, taking place in June. Whereas the Cheltenham Festival is set in March; so the main difference is the seasonal fashion changes. We see a lot more tweeds, velvets & fur hats at Cheltenham; …
I know we are already well into 2018…but I wanted to take a look back at the beautiful headwear worn by The Royal Family on Christmas day & decided to share a few of my favourites. Embed from Getty Images The Queen was the highlight of the day in the most beautiful & vibrant …
Last year, out of the blue the millinery world was taken aback by the notice that Jane Corbett would be closing her millinery business. Embed from Getty Images Jane is a trained artist with a degree in fine art, so it comes as no surprise that she is now focusing her efforts on her true love …
Throughout Royal Ascot this year I did a daily blog post & I awarded the prestigious accolade of Favourite Royal Hat & Favourite Hat of the Day! On Day 1 I gave the Royal award to Sophie Wessex. Embed from Getty Images This beautiful hat is made from a lovely straw. There is a round …
The shoes I’m showing you today are the lace covered shoe, Wilma. These elegant shoes are covered in a delicate lace that is dyeable. They then have a satin covered toe & a band of satin across the top of the foot too. There is a small heel, also covered in satin & the entire shoe …
A few summers ago I was asked to make a bridal comb for the lovely Carolyn. She wanted something that would be light weight to wear, but would still be striking & elegant too. We decided on a feathered comb, made of white ostrich feathers, that would run down the back of her hair, at …