Alisha Petty Hats

 I was very fortunate to be able to work with Alisha Petty and her gorgeous hats whilst shooting the bridal collection and they were the perfect finishing touch to the dresses. 

My favourite was the beautiful hare ear fascinator on a dark green wool base and vintage roses, it's perfect in every way and so very soft. It reminded me of surreal 1940s hats from Schiaparelli and Dali with that same design quality.

The veil is a soft asymmetrically cut tulle with a fine feather crown and rhinestone detailing and the two pearl beaded fascinators and incredibly demure. Thank you very very much to Alisha for bringing these along x

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My First Hat

 

  

After finding these gorgeous gems of hats at Get Lucky Vintage  and perusing many a vintage beaded cocktail hat I have decided to take the venture today into hat creating. 

Now, I haven't been trained in Millinery and am not professing to be a hat maker, more of a designer decorator at this stage. 

This is the outcome for today. A simple wool felt base in a shallow pill box form, with a vintage 1920's beaded motif. I then lined the hat in silk and trimmed the inside edging with a pink satin binding to finish. I was planning to add more beading in fine dots but it just looked so chic as it is, sometimes it's best to to stop before I get too carried away.

I now need a lovely head to display the hat!