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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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This week Princess Eugenie celebrated her 30th birthday, so I thought it would be fun to look at the top 30 hats that she has worn! It’s no surprise that she has a vast array of designs, both unique & classic styles & fabulous colours too. Starting with my favourite hat that I’ve seen her wear, …
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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 …
Yesterday was Queen Elizabeth’s 91st birthday, & she spent the day at Newberry Racecourse. Embed from Getty Images The Queen wore this soft pink felt hat & it had of course her trade mark, narrow brim. A hat with this shape, will be easy for the Queen to wear & will allow her to converse …
Well race season is well & truly upon us, and the first big millinery event of the calendar, Cheltenham Festival, took place this month. In today’s blog I’m going to do a nice round up of my favourite styles. Often the trends & styles that we see at Cheltenham are then echoed at Royal Ascot …
I love leopard print. I honestly could sit drooling over the stuff for hours. Dad has referred to me as Kat Slater from EastEnders due to my love for it….this doesn’t offend me. So yeah, it’s safe to say I adore this headband. This headband is made up of leopard print fur felt and is …
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This jade green felt percher was a bit of an experiment if I’m honest….and I’d say it turned out to be a good one! So I had a new block in a tear drop percher shape. And I had some rope from the DIY store….I put them together…..and blocked this! I wanted to see how intricate you could get a raised …
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This is possibly my most famous fascinator, as I wear this all the time and it’s on my profile picture on my twitter feed. 🙂 A heart is my favourite shape; so I love the simplicity of this fascinator yet but also it’s wearability! I made this block myself using buckram and clay to create the perfect shape. …