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

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.

Clips, combs and Slides:

When a hat or fascinator is a little too much then there are always a wide selections of clips, combs and slides. Easy to wear and striking to behold .Fun and funky and full of pizzazz!

Below are a few of N.Joy.Millinery’s favourite pieces.

Hazel-£40
This little fascinator is made using  pheasant neck feathers that shimmer with iridescent tones of browns, creams and pinks. decorated with vintage lace and sprinkled with glass beads  in matching tonal colours, and bronze seed beads. Attached on a comb

Celestia-£45
Beautiful vintage Royal blue feather spray with hand embroidered beaded lace diamante glass beads and Swarovski crystals! Attached to a clip can be worn as a broach or fascinator the choice is yours!

Philomena-£40
A colourful peacock feather fascinator. With vintage lace detail with black stitching and glass beading. Attached on a comb.  A mini show stopper.

Hallie-£45
A spray of dark chocolate feathers, embroidered with coffee coloured lace with silver cord. Embroidered with stunning gold and bronze glass beads. A glittering piece of headwear for that sophisticated lady.

Damelza-£40
A Beautiful floral lace slide, that sparkles with hand embroidered diamante and glass silver beads. Easy to slip into your hair adding gorgeous glamour to any outfit

Eloise-£55
An elegant Great Gatsby inspired fan comb. Hand beaded, with white pearl imitations, silver glass beads and diamante. With a spray of curled white feathers. A Stunning 1920′s piece perfect for a bridal headpiece or for a glamorous night out!

Ariel-£45
This beautiful clam shell styled comb is covered in an array of imitation pearls, In shades of gold, white and Ivory. Encircling  sparkling diamante. It looks stunning in a classic up do, or placed  in loose curls.

Regina-£50
This stunning little fan comb is all hand beaded using imitation pearls, glass beading and diamante to create a 1920 style,  perfect for any art deco bride.

Cora-£45
This little comb has a 1920 feel to it. With heavily beaded lace white feathers and diamante the perfect accessory for any deco bride.

Cho-£45
This stunning coy carp hair comb is intricately embroidered with glass beads in gold, silver and cream with diamante that glistens like real fish scales. Attached on two combs that slides easily into your hair.

New Designs

N.Joy has been working on some new designs. Not yet available on her website. What do you think!

For the sophisticated Lady:
                       A  large black sinamay disc, decorated with a stunning, over sized, double headed silk rose, hand dyed in a black to white ombre effect. With curled ostrich spine and stripped feathers. Finished with a spray of ivory netting. And attached on a lightweight couture headband.

For the temptress:
                         A sinamay base covered in flocked velvet leopard print. With a large satin bow and decorative buckle finished with chocolate coloured netting. All on an easy to wear handmade headband. The purrfect cocktail hat.

For the style icon:
                        A royal blue velvet cocktail hat. With large silk and velvet rose sprinkled with grey and blue Swarovski crystals. Surrounded by large pink sinamay loops and navy and baby pink veiling. Attached on a lightweight headband.

For the demure lady:
                   A dusky pink and ivory teardrop fascinator, with sinamay roses and sinamay loops. And light pink veiling .All attached on a handmade headband.

For the fabulous:
                  An Elegant new 1920’s  cloche hat in navy blue felt. With a light blue band. Embellished with two large roses and surrounded by a spray of pearls.    

Which one are you?

Newbies

Heres a few new pieces from N.Joy.Millinery that are not on the site yet enjoy!

An oval saucer shaped hat in ivory sinamay . Embelished with two large dusky pink silk flowers, entwined around a curled ostrich spine, with diamond shaped stripped feathers, in shades of pink and cream! An enchanting piece perfect for the races or a summer wedding

 
A beautiful new bridal piece. Delicate ivory floral lace embroidered with flecks of silver and gold threads. Embelished with glass beads and imatation pearls. Attached on a golden/ivory satin ribbon, edged in a cluster of beads with combs for easy attachment. For an alternative to the traditional tiara.

Another lovely new bridal piece. White, floral corded lace embelished with tiny silver glass beads and sparkerling diamante, attached on a graduated sized chain with diamante pendant. It can be worn across the forehead or at headband height.

An ivory ripple sinamay base, with a pair of hand sculped, pale blue roses and sinnamay loops gathered on a large bow decorated with goose biot feathers and floral lace.

Dark chocolate feathers, embroidered with coffee colured lace with silver cord, embroidered with stunning gold and bronze glass beads. A glittering piece of headwear for that sophisticated lady.

The Royal Christening

Like all royalist N.Joy was excited to see what hats would be worn to Princess Charlotte’s christening.
And we weren’t disappointed. The beautiful Kate Middleton wowed the crowd in an elegant outfit by Alexander McQueen and a stunning hat by the talented Jane Taylor. N.Joy has been privileged to work with Jane Taylor and is a huge fan of her amazing designs. This is not the first time the Duchess of Cambridge has worn a Jane Taylor creation in fact she also wore one to Prince Georges Christening.

 

Both hats are in classic neutral tones and have similar slanted beret shapes. With soft silk organza flower detail.  Kate certainly knows what hat style suits her and milliner Jane Taylor has provided Kate with a stunning selecting over her time in the public eye.

Of Course Kate isn’t the only Jane Taylor fan here are a few more.

Jane Taylor if fast becoming The Royal milliner for the young Royals.
Kate Middleton’s striking sister Pippa is also a fan of the London based milliner and also wore a gorgeous Jane Taylor creation to Princess Charlotte’s Christning.

So keep an eye out for this fashion forward hat designer is taking the millinery world by storm! But back to the Christening the pictures are fabulous enjoy!

Hats off to the ladies of Ascot!

The once strict regulations of the ascot ladies day seems to have relaxed a little this year giving way to some outlandish fashion! Some funky fascinators some happening hats and some err interesting works of art!

Some ladies thought it was all about size! with large ornate headdresses with brightly dyed ostrich and pheasant feathers. (not sure how much of the races the lady on the left actually saw!) Others opted for quirky little numbers.

Some ladies attracted attention for all the wrong reason though hats off to the milliners who made those concoctions stay upright!

For me these ladies wore the best hats by far!  Pure class! Large hats in pastle colours work because their striking without being an eyesaw.  Red suits everyone teamed with white and black equals pure elegence.

And it wasn’t just the men who went all out for Ascot this year, I’m loving the peacock top hat it takes a real man to wear that many sequins!

And who better to finish with then her majesty who looked beautifully demur in her colour coded pieces.

Fascinate me
I’ve been busying myself with a few projects recently so heres a little update of some recent pieces, N.Joy!

Georgeous new slanted saucer shaped hat. Made in light grey sinnamay with black floral lace hand beaded with shimmering grey freshwater pearls and tiny glass beads, and spotted with swaroski crystals. The under side has a layer of smaller floral lace that makes this hat astheticly pleasing from all angles. A stunning hat in a shape that flatters all face shapes.

A rich red sinnamay sculpted into a small circular fascinator. With velvet orchid shaped flowers glittering with amber swaroski crystals. surounded by sinamay loops and latte coloured netting. Attached on a hand made headband and lined with mocha coloured silk dupion gorgeous!

An ivory fascinator with latte coloured veiling and chocolate brown lace lined in silver thread, with intricate hand beading using stunning freshwater pearls in shades of dusky pink and champagne aswell as glimmering glass seed bead. Finished with a sinnamay bow and decorative button . Placed on a handmade couture headband.

Beautiful light purple fascinater with a circular base,with gorgeous sinamay roses and a large ivory bow with delicate beading, a top a handmade couture headbad. a stylish little number!

An ivory crinkle sculpted fascinator. With white lace appliquehand embelished with tiny silver glass beads and imatation pearls. with a large bow and a spray of dotted grey veiling . Pure sparkles!

Collaboration with Russell Robin Hair Studio.

       At a recent charity event Natalie-Joy (N.Joy) met the lovely owners of the Russell Robin hair studio.  Wearing one of her own creations N.Joy and Robin (one of the dynamic brothers who own and run the studio) got into a conversation about fashion hats and hair. N.Joy was invited to a collaboration shoot mixing Robin Neal’s creative hair colouring and styling with N.Joy’s distinctive headwear.

                N.Joy was thrilled to work with someone who had worked with celebrities like Amy Winehouse, Rodger Moore and Depeche Mode. As well as working with well know singers and actors. Both brothers have travelled widely with their work and exhibited their artistic hairstyling at such events like Malan fashion week and the Brit awards. To a budding young business women like N.Joy this was an opportunity not to be missed. The brothers originally from Essex trained and worked in Regents Street London but moved to the beautiful location of Cornwall to bring up their families though this has not but a dampener on their career.

       N.Joy has been lucky enough to do a lot of amateur modelling in her youth so she was delighted to not only have her hats used in this shoot but to be the model as well.

                A few days before the Shoot Robin took N.Joy’s dark auburn somewhat straggly locks with its grown out fringe  and split ends and transformed her to a radiant redhead with dramatic blunt fringe.

      On the day of the shoot, Robin put N.Joy’s hair up in a high French pleat styled updo and put her in front of the camera with a collection of hats and outfits the quirky shoot had a distinctly 60’s feel to it, directed and shot by Robin (who is also a talented photographer). The shoot was a brilliant success. The full shots have not been released yet but here’s a sneak preview. Keep watching for the final shots and Advertising campaign .