Handcrafted Hats & Headwear with a Vintage Soul
Welcome to The House of Hats — a quiet online studio where Australian milliner Ilana creates one-of-a-kind hats and headwear with a vintage soul and a refined eye for detail. Thoughtfully designed for everyday wear, each piece blends timeless style with a gentle sense of romance.
Celebrating headwear beyond special occasions, with two decades of hat making The House of Hats offers relaxed everyday styles alongside distinctive statement pieces. Made for real life - worn often, treasured slowly each piece is created with care, blending classic form with everyday wearability and a gentle sense of romance.
Explore the ready-to-wear collection — thoughtfully created for everyday life and shipped worldwide.
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AUTUMN CLASSICS
Shop our Classic Winter Style’s
Our ‘VELVET ROYALE’ Pillbox Hat—a nod to vintage glamour with a modern edge.
Handcrafted on an authentic vintage block, it’s enveloped in luxurious gold flocked velvet, lined with black satin and vintage gold petersham ribbon.
Secured with combs and millinery elastic, you can tilt it effortlessly to the side or back.
As pillbox hats are having their moment, this piece completes any cocktail ensemble.
Wear it dressed up with your favourite cocktail dress or dress it down with your favourite winter coat…
This classic pillbox design is forever in style—an heirloom piece to treasure for years to come.
Size : One size fits all
Material : Vintage Gold flocked Velvet
Handcrafted in our studio, and shipped in signature packaging—ready to make you shine…
Afterpay also available at checkout
Our ‘ BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE ‘ Turban is the perfect winter hat to wear everyday.
Hand blocked on an original 1960s wooden hat block into the most perfect turban hat
that sits snug onto your head for that cold winter days..add your favourite winter coat and your ready to go…
Available now in Forest but can be made to order in other colours.
One size will fit a head size 22 “
Handmade in our Sydney Studio,
Comes shipped in our signature hat box.
After pay is Available at check out
Our ‘ SEASONS ‘ felt beret is a classic style that can be worn everyday to dress up any outfit.
Hand blocked on a vintage wooden block from the most luxurious fur felt in a smoke grey into the perfect beret that sits effortlessly on the side of the head.
One size fits all
Secures to the head with a comb
Handmade in our Sydney Studio
Comes shipped in our signature box
Meet the Milliner
“I’m Ilana, milliner and vintage devotee behind The House of Hats. Each piece is lovingly handmade to capture timeless elegance. Head over to our online shop and explore the full collection—your perfect hat awaits!”