The House of Hats Toowoomba City – COMING SOON! ✨
I’m absolutely thrilled to announce the upcoming opening of my new boutique next month, nestled within the beautiful Australia Arcade on Ruthven Street. 🖤
Step inside and discover an exquisite collection of hats & headwear, decadent bridal accessories, and hand-curated vintage clothing — each piece imbued with timeless elegance and a whisper of old-world glamour.
I cannot wait to welcome you in person...
With love,
Ilana x 👒
Hat Maker
Goodbye Sydney
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🕰️ FAREWELL SYDNEY 👋
After a lifetime in Sydney… I’m moving
Born and raised here, this city has shaped every part of me. It’s where I fell in love with vintage fashion, taught myself to sculpt hats by hand, had two retail shops and where The House of Hats came to life.
But life is shifting, and like the song says… “The rest is still unwritten.”
I’m packing up my little showroom and heading to Queensland to begin a brand new chapter. It’s emotional and a little overwhelming, but also full of hope, growth, possibility and big dreams...
To all the beautiful clients who stepped through my Sydney doors — thank you from the bottom of my heart. I’ll be sharing the journey as it unfolds, and I hope you’ll keep walking with me.
Here’s to trusting the unknown, starting fresh, and letting the next chapter write itself 💫
See you on the other side
BY THE SEASIDE - Our SS23/24 Collection
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The House Of Hats Newest Collection….’ BY THE SEASIDE ‘ is here just in time for summer.. Step into a world of timeless charm and elegance.
Get ready to elevate your summer style with The House of Hats latest collection of stunning handcrafted hats!
Made from only the finest material and inspired by the timeless fashion of the 1930s our new collection is the perfect addition to your summer wardrobe.
Offering nine new original handcrafted styles exclusive to our brand each delicate piece has been expertly handcrafted in our Sydney Studio by renowned Milliner Ilana Meilak, ensuring that every hat is of the highest quality and designed to last.
We’ve added our signature style of adding vintage trims and buckles to this collection to keep it authentic to the era.
Whether you’ve looking for a stylist for a day at the beach, a chic addition to your summer outfit or simply want to make a statement at your next event, our new collection has something for everyone.
So why wait? head over to our shop to view tghe full collection or pop into our Sydney Showroom to try them all on in person.
Trust us, you wont be disappointed…..
ilana is wearing our AHOY MINI BOATER in French Navy
Watch our ‘ BY THE SEASIDE Campaign Video to view the Collection
SEASONS IN TIME - New Women's Winter Hat Collection
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BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE …. Winter is here and lucky for you we have you covered !! with our newest women’s hat collection.
The House Of Hats has some amazing new Winter Style Hats in our Online shop to keeps you warm and looking fabulous all winter long.
Our Newest collection of Vintage Inspired hats inspired by the season in times of different eras from the 1920s- 1960s
We have four new hat designs available in luxurious fur felt in Winter shades, such as Forest, Smoke, Caramel and Ebony.
Like our ‘ Velvet Royale ‘ Pill box hat inspired by the 1940s and the glamour, a perfect after 5 cocktail hat worn tilted on the side slight forward or can be worn on the back of the head for a more 60s feel, so versatile the choice is yours !
Our ‘ Baby it’s Cold Outside’ Fur Felt turban is a 60s dream hat, perfect for everyday to keep your head warm, this classic style will be your winter staple hat.
Our ‘ Season’s Fur Felt Beret for the beret lovers out there, the perfect side that sits elegantly on the side of the head for a true french parisenne style.
Our ‘ Time After Time’ Tilt hat will transform you back to the late 1930s , teamed with a felt art deco hat pin, you will defiantly turn heads with this hat.
And last but not least our ‘ Doves’ cloche hat , inspired by the 1920s in the perfect dove grey for all you cloche lovers out there.
These are all available Ready to ship now in our Online Hat Shop or can be custom made in any colour you choose,
Stay Warm and Fabulous….
Our ‘ VELVET ROYALE ‘ Tilt hat is a luxurious hat perfect for after five.
Hand made on a vintage hat blocked and covered in the most beautiful vintage gold flocked velvet , and lined in black satin and vintage gold petersham ribbon.
Attaches to the head with two comb and some millinery elastic.
Wear our ‘ VELVET ROYALE ‘ Tilted on the side or on the back of your head.
The perfect finishing touch to any cocktail outfit or any occasion.
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.
Our ‘ TIME AFTER TIME ‘ Tilt Hat in the most beautiful soft caramel colour perfect for winter.
Hand blocked on a vintage wooden block into the perfect 40s style tilt hat that is worn on the side of the head,
Finished with a vintage tortoise shell buckle on the back and a handmade felt hat pin in caramel and brown.
This hat is one size and has a comb on the inside to attach to the head, and also the hat pin to secure.
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.
Our DOVE Cloche is a Beautiful 1920s vintage style cloche made from the highest quality fur felt in a dove grey colour way and is hand blocked on an antique wooden hat block
using traditional millinery techniques and meticulously sculptured into the perfect everyday cloche hat.
Designed to fit snug and close fitting onto the head and coming down longer on the side.
Delicately finished with an original 1920s celluloid buckle in yellow & white with rhinestones with a matching dove grey grosgrain ribbon around the crown featuring matching hand stitched yellow thread
We hope you all enjoy our new hat collection all available in our online shop & Sydney Hat Shop/Showroom
All our hats are handmade in our Sydney hat studio and are 100% Australian made using the highest quality locally sourced materials.
Thank you for supporting our small business & don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter to keep up to date with our New Arrivals, sales and news.
Much Love…
Your Milliner
Ilana x
As seen in CAMILLA'S New Collection ' PARTY LIKE'
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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.
The House Of Hats Turbans are a selection of fun turban hats in various fabrics and textures all designed by milliner ilana Meilak using her unique vintage style to add that extra glamour to your wardrobe.
Couture Bridal & Fashion Womens Hats Australia. We are an online accessories hat shop ,specialising in a wide variety of unique handcrafted hats, headpieces and Hair accessories with a strong focus on fun wearable everyday pieces with vintage flair. Custom made Millinery made in Australia by Sydney Milliner Ilana Meilak renowned for her unique style that stands out from the crowd.
SPRING is Finally Here
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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.
AUTUMN HAT SALE
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AUTUMN is finally here , time to layer up and get all cosy.
Autumn is our favourite time of the year when the sun is shining but the air is crisp and we get to wear our favourite winter coats and hats.
We are now having our Annual HAT SALE of vintage hats , some from our own personal collection.
Dating from the 1930's - 1970's.
Vintage hats starting from $15 grab a bargain , there are hats for everyone.
Don't miss out they are selling out fast.
Head over to our online boutique to view our hat sale.
We also have some wonderful new products from our new collection CHRYSALIS.
Our new collection has over 30 new styles of hat & accessories that are fun and colourful for everyday wear.
So much colour to brighten up any outfit with a late 60's early 70's vibe.
We will be featuring some of our new products in this newsletter.
Head over to our shop to view our ' CHRYSALIS' Collection.
Thank you for all your ongoing love & support for our small business.
We are so happy you love our hats and we love seeing them on you.
Please feel free to follow our Instagram account @thehouseofhats_ and tag us wearing your hats from us , we would love to see them on you.