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Posted on 24/04/202025/04/2020

Queen Elizabeth’s awesome hats!

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 …

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Posted on 02/04/202017/04/2020

This is why blue is such a popular colour!

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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Posted on 12/04/201815/04/2020

Cheltenham Festival Ladies Day 2018

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; …

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Posted on 11/08/201715/04/2020

Sophie Wessex – Royal Ascot 2017 – Day 1

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 …

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Posted on 03/07/201715/04/2020

Royal Ascot 2017 – Day 5

Taking a look at the last day of Royal Ascot 2017; it’s been a great year & all of the pieces that have been named as either Hat of the Day or Royal Hat of the Day, will have a separate blog post written about them shortly. But first up….my favourite pieces of the final …

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Posted on 02/07/201715/04/2020

Royal Ascot 2017 – Day 4

The most extravagant day at Royal Ascot is always Ladies Day on the Thursday, however we still see a lot of wonderful pieces worn the rest of the week too.  This post will specifically be looking at Friday’s fashions & my favourite choices….. The Queen wore a lovely aqua shade on Friday & once again …

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Posted on 29/06/201715/04/2020

Royal Ascot 2017 – Ladies’ Day

The Thursday of Royal Ascot is the one we have all been waiting for, the infamous Ladies’ Day.  The hats, fascinators & fashion that we see at this event never fails to impress & this year was no different!  Here are a selection of my favourite pieces worn on the day. Her Majesty wore this …

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Posted on 28/06/201715/04/2020

Royal Ascot 2017 – Day 2

The 2nd day of Royal Ascot saw another display of beautiful millinery & I’m sure you agree some of the designs are just exquisite. I really like the Queen in this lovely buttercup yellow; the brim is smaller & more subtle than yesterday’s hat, so the decoration is larger to balance it all out. Embed …

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Posted on 27/06/201715/04/2020

Royal Ascot 2017 – Day 1

One week on from Royal Ascot & it’s finally time for me to blog about the gorgeous headwear that we saw there.  From dramatic sweeping brims, large show stopping flowers & abstract shapes….this year did not disappoint.  Here are just a few of the pieces worn on Tuesday that I liked. Kate wore a white …

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Posted on 02/06/201715/04/2020

Silver Lilac Fascinator for Mother of the Bride

Last week I got a lovely email through from mother of the bride, Debbie. “Hi Katie Just wanted to thank you for my lovely fascinator for my daughters wedding.  It was just perfect. Debbie Allen” Debbie had the lovely Sofia Fascinator, which is proving very popular this year.  It’s an elegant saucer disc design, sitting …

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