Goodbye Sydney

🕰️ 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

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

ONCE BITTEN...The House Of Hats New Halloween Collection 2022

October is finally here and you know what that means, yes you guessed it...HALLOWEEN.
If your anything like me, you count down the month's till Halloween and prepare a costume just to get your spook on.
Well i've been super prepared this year and have made an entire collection dedicated to the dark side.
I'm so excited to introduce to you our latest collection for halloween
' ONCE BITTEN ' inspired by all things Victorian gothic.

This collection is going to knock your socks off, I'm very proud of it and i hope you love it as much as I do.

Ever since I was a child i've always been fascinated with the Victorian era, the fashion , the Victorian houses ,the jewellery and everything else.
I always dreamed of owning an victorian bustle dress and hat of course hoping I could wear it and somehow  time travel back to that time, so i've conjured up some of that time in this collection along with my love of all things vampires , witches , New Orleans & all the old haunted Mansions.
 So here it is and you all get the honour of previewing it first. 

We have seven new designs in this collection.
Introducing , our ' LA BELLE ' Hat which screams the Victorian Bustle era with her striped sash bow and face veiling.

 Our ' GRACE ' hood hats made of the most luxurious velvet and detailed with vintage rare clasps .

Our ' SPELLBOUND ' Velvet turbans with Rhinestone Spider brooches  and our ' ROSES OF RED  silk flower headpieces.

Our ' ONCE BITTEN ' Collection is perfect to bring out the dark goddess in you just in time for Halloween.

I hope you all enjoy this collection as much as I did creating it.
Head over to our online boutique to view the full collection.

Wishing you a very spooky season & happy Shopping 

Love Ilana

Your Milliner x

ilana wears our ‘ GRACE VELVET HOOD ‘ In Raven

ilana wears our ‘ROSES ARE RED ; Silk flower Headpiece

ilana wears our ‘ROSES ARE BLACK ‘ Silk Flower Headpiece

ilana wear our ‘GRACE ‘ Velvet Hood in Crimson

ilana wears our ‘SPELLBOUND ‘ Velvet Turban in Raven

ilana wears our ‘ SPELLBOUND ‘ Velvet Turban in Crimson

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.

Turbans

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.

As seen in Camilla's New Collection ' Time Trippin'

We are so thrilled to be featured in CAMILLA’S new Campaign video for her new collection TIME TRIPPIN

Inspired by our favourite eras with beautiful Art deco & Art nouveau prints , this collection is out of this world…

Our EBONY Swarovski Rhinestone Headpiece is featured on the right of this stunning video all filmed in

Sydney’s State theatre.

Watch the TIME TRIPPIN video Below…

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

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 ‘ 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 ‘ 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.

AUTUMN HAT SALE

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.