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NEW ARRIVALS - Our Rhinestone Hair Barrett & Brooch

TWO HEARTS - Black Felt Two Hearts Rhinestone Hair Barrette

New to our shop is this super glamorous Black Felt hand cut double heart hair clip , featuring a rhinestone trim

Vintage inspired and oh so old Hollywood …perfect with a vintage hair style or just to bling up an outfit .

Available now to purchase in our online boutique

ARROW - Black Felt Rhinestone Arrow Brooch

Our ‘ ARROW ‘ Brooch is a unisex brooch handmade from luxurious velour felt

and hand cut into the perfect arrows shape with Sparkling Rhinestones.

Silver Metal pin in the back to attach it to your hat or jacket.

Perfect for a groom or a special event.

RODNEY MODELLING OUR ‘ ARROW ‘ RHINESTONE BROOCH

MERRY CHRISTMAS From The House Of Hats

Just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas , Wow can you believe how fast has this year gone.
We've had a super busy year creating our new Sydney showroom and meeting some amazing new clients and existing ones.
We have some new arrivals just in time for the party season and lots more coming early next year so stay turned.
We are also now offering hat repairs and restorations so if you have a hat that needs so love you can send it our way to bring it back to life.
Thank you to every one of you who supports our small business it means the world to us, we are so proud to be Australian made & owned.
We are so looking forward to you all visiting our new showroom in 2023 , we have so many ideas in the works for the year ahead so it's going to be a fantastic year..

Wishing you all a very Safe  Merry Christmas & a Happy new year !!! 
Love your Milliner ..

See you all in 2023 !!

ilana x

One of my favourite Christmas Songs - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Gift Cards are now available to purchase

We are now offering Gift Cards for sale in our online Shop

Hat Repairs & Restorations

The House of Hats is now offering a new service of Hat reblocking, Hat Repairs and Hat Restorations.

Hat Re -Blocking

Do you have a hat you love but it’s out of a shape and doesn’t fit like it use to, contact us today to re- block and shape your hat to make it feel like new again

Hat Restorations & Re- Trimming

Do you have a hat you love but the trims are a bit out dated or don’t go with any outfits , contact us today to give your hat a new life and re design it adding new trims and creating a new hat for you.

Hat Cleaning

We now offer a hat cleaning service including steaming cleaning, full wet washing cleaning, stain removing and re-blocking.

Contact us today by sending us an email : info@thehouseofhats.com.au

Please include a photo of your hat along with a quick brief of the repair it needs so we can analysis it and get back to you with a quotes.

PETAL'S IN THE WIND The House Of Hats New Collection


Our New Collection ‘ Petal’s In The Wind features seventeen new beautiful Hats & headpieces designs just in time for the new season.

Inspired by the whimsical late 1970s with a twist of 1960's this collection is for the romantics and daydreamers.
Beautiful pastel colours with vintage floral prints , gingham and vintage sequins and Straw embroidered Hats all handmade in our Sydney Studio , this collection of hats and headpieces will bring happiness into your days.

WATCH OUR CAMPAIGN VIDEO BELOW.

As seen in CAMILLA'S New Collection ' PARTY LIKE'

We are so excited to have our ‘ PSYCHEDELIC ‘ Rainbow Velvet Turban featured in Camilla’s new Collection

PARTY LIKE…. Our PSYCHEDELIC Turban is the perfect turban for the party season.

As Featured in Camilla

As seen in this Month's Issue of RUSSH Magazine

We are so excited to have our bridal Millinery featured in this month’s May issue of Russh Magazine.

Featuring our ‘ Eternal Love’ Lace Headpiece & Veil

Our’ Classic ‘ Bridal Veil & our ‘ Marilyn ‘ Headpiece

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We are so excited to be featured in this month’s issue of Russh magazine..

As seen in this month’s issue of Russh magazine featuring our ‘ Eternal Love’ lace headpiece & veil

As seen in this month’s issue of Russh magazine featuring our ‘ Eternal Love’ lace headpiece & veil

As seen in this month’s issue of Russh Magazine featuring our ‘ Classic Veil’ .

As seen in this month’s issue of Russh Magazine featuring our ‘ Classic Veil’ .

As seen in this month’s issue of Russh  magazine featuring our ‘ Marilyn’ Headpiece

As seen in this month’s issue of Russh magazine featuring our ‘ Marilyn’ Headpiece

As seen in this month’s issue of Russh Magazine featuring our ‘ Classic ‘ Veil.

As seen in this month’s issue of Russh Magazine featuring our ‘ Classic ‘ Veil.

SPRING is Finally Here

SPRING is finally here , wow what a whirlwind of a year we all have had, it's been a very challenging year for all of us, I hope you have all been well and safe through this pandemic and wishing us all better times ahead.

We haven't stopped creating and have new exciting styles coming soon.
We will be adding some new coloured straw hats to our ' Folk ' Range and will have options of different brim sizes.
We have sourced some incredible sixties pattern fabrics and trims and we are excited to show you.
For our International hat lovers coming into the cooler season we haven't forgotten about you.
We will be introducing some wonderful new colours to our Felt Hat Collection you are going to love these.
So you now have the choice of hats to wear all year round
Our Hats are such beautiful high quality durable to wear everyday and will last you a lifetime.....

We have had such a wonderful response to our new ' CHRYSALIS ' collection and are selling out fast, these hats are limited and are mostly one offs due their vintage fabrics and trims so once they are gone there gone, so if you have your eye on something grab it before its gone forever

We just wanted to say a huge Thank you for all your ongoing love & support for our small business this year.
It gives us such joy to see our hats on you and you enjoying wearing them.

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MY VINTAGE VALENTINE The House Of Hats A/W 19 Collection

‘ My Vintage Valentine’ is The House Of Hats A/W 19 Collection.

Sydney Milliner ilana Meilak designed and created this beautiful collection of Hats inspired by Valentine’s Day in Paris 1940’s. Each Hat is named in French as a refection to the passion and love of Valentine’s Day. GIGI Our stunning black fur felt heart shaped halo bonnet with big red satin chin tie.

JE T’AIME ( pictured on the right ) Our pinup red velvet heart with cascading smaller hearts , so fun and flirty.

MON CHERI our small percher hat with bow front Swarovski Red Crystal detail and long red veiling that can be draped around the neck for a dramatic film noir feel.

AMOUR Our side heart shaped black cocktail hat with red velvet heart front detail and b lack veiling across the face.

And last of our collection is COEURS meaning ( Hearts) red veiled headpiece with sparkling heart shaped Swarovski Crystals scattered over the veiling.

The Colour pallet is all black and red reflecting love and decadence. Luxurious Fur Felts and Velvets , and rich red ribbon creates these stunning one off hats.

The wonderful hat styles are all designed off original 1940’s style hats that women worn in this time.

Indulge in the decadence of our vintage inspired Valentine’s designs. Hypnotise with Old Hollywood style, glamour and allure or lose yourself in the fantasy of classic film noir 1940s France. ‘My Vintage Valentine’is the epitome of elegance and romance brought to life through the unique, quality craftsmanship The House of Hats is known and loved for. Le coup de foudre! (love at first sight).

Our GIGI Hat


'JE T'AIME' 

Meet ‘ Je T’ Aime The first hat in our ‘ Vintage Valentine ‘ Collection…

Je T’ Aime is purely inspired my the 1940’s pinups , The Je T’aime Hat is one of a kind and made from the softest rich red velvet and is meticulously hand sewn into the perfect Valentine’s day Heart. Je T’aime is trimmed with a soft red pom pom trim and three falling hearts the fall in perfect order on the side of the head. The Heart is attached to a black velvet headband to sit comfortably on the head at the perfect front tilt

Shop our Hat Shop to view our whole collection of women’s hats.

Our MON CHERIE Hat