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Many people often comment that although they love N.Joy.Millinery’s headwear , there just aren’t  enough occasions to wear them to.

So N.Joy.Millinery has come up with these beautiful lace necklaces suitable for all occasions and everyday wear.

Using the same delicate lace and beading she is know for on her hats. N.Joy.Millinery carefully creates intricate designs  on fine chains. These pieces have a vintage feel yet are a contemporary idea.  And at just £12 per necklace they are easily affordable. N.Joy.Millinery tried out a few designs at the latest Made in Cornwall Christmas fair where they sold like hotcakes .

 

 

With each design an original one off piece grab your favourite whilst there still available!!!



Commission:

 

There’s nothing more thrilling to make then a glamorous  mother of the bride or groom hat.

My customer was a stylish woman wearing a lovely blush pink dress with a black,  eyelash lace overlay. She wanted  a handmade hat  to perfectly match her outfit.

She came to my studio and together we came up with  a design to complete her outfit.

 The Hat base had a large slanted brim with a short rounded crown made from sinamay in blush pink.  The hat was edged in black sinamay around the edge of the brim  and the crown.

I then stitched  black eyelash lace around the edge and embroidered it with delicate glass beads.
A large,  spiky  dusky pink flower centred the hat. The flower was made from stripped and dyed feathers dotted with black Swarovski crystals. Then Large sinamay loops were curled  around the flowers in shades of pink.

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The hat was attached on a handmade light weight wire headband coloured to the shade of my customer hair.  Then a comb was stitched into the hat to act as  an anchor.  

 

My customer loved her hat and sent these wonderful images to N.Joy.Millinery.

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For more information on commissions visit the commissions page on the N.Joy.Millinery website.



The Most Outrageous Ascot Hats
 

With Ascot fast approaching let’s take a look at some of the most outrageous Ascot hats. Each year there are certain types of hats we expect to see but these ladies may have taken things a little too far. What do you think?

The patriots:-

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These ladies like to celebrate being British with designs inspired by the union jack, London land marks and traditional English pastimes like cream tea!

The foodies:-

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There is always a large amount of food and drink based hats. I think the above ladies may have gone a little overboard all their hats do is make me hungry! And lets not forget with food you need drink pims o’clock anyone!

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This definetly gives a new meaning to the cocktail hat!

The horse lovers:-

Ascot of course is initially a horse racing event so these ladies like to remind us with horse and racing inspired hats.

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Bird lovers:-

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Hats are often decorated with feathers, but these ladies like to go the whole leg and have an entire bird on their heads.

Bigger is best:-

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Some try to aim to have the biggest hats there. Personally I think I’d end up with a headache but then there’s always pain where fashions concerned. At least the umbrella lady is trying to be practical!

The Art Lovers:-

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These ladies let art inspire their hats instead of practicality. The middle image shows model Carla Creegan wearing a hat inspired by the artwork of Louise Dear.

There are no words for these next few hats! :-

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Anyone need an ashtray?

Most people believe the over the top hat fashions of Ascot are a modern madness, but check out these images from the 60’s and 70’s.

 carole rodick 1970  1968 Gertrude Shilling wearing an outrageous Wide Brimmed Hat with arrow going through it at Ascot races1968 gs 

The above ladies were the trend setters of Ascot in their day and were clearly ahead of their time.

So what can we expect this year? Who knows but I’m sure 2016 Ladies day will be outrageously Spectacular!



There’s nothing better then seeing the face of a client when you show them their commisioned headpiece for the first time!

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Stunning commision for a lovely mother of the groom. A slanted sinnamay base in shades of pale and dusky pink with intricate eyelash lace, sinamay twists. Feather flower and sparkling black swaroski crystals.