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

BOWS FEVER..... Bows are back and we can't get enough...

There is no ignoring it… bow are everywhere, from dresses, bags, gloves, and even croissant’s, the bow trend is back and it’s bigger than ever….Shop our collection of bow Accessories.

Our ‘ BOWS LOVER’ Headbands are the perfect amount of bling to dress up any outfit.

Hand crafted out of wire and Swarovski rhinestones, these headbands are an essential all year round.

Available in three colours, Head over to our online shop to purchase your’s now.

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

Behind The Scenes of our new Showroom

We have been super busy designing and renovating our new space and creating our beautiful new showroom.

Before our renovation

We started off with a blank canvas in this victorian room with stunning marble fireplace and ornate ceiling as our feature.

Black Feature Wall

We wanted to stick with my logo colours , so went with a black feature wall around the fireplace and light green walls.

The theme for the room was inspired by the old victorian millinery shops back in the 1900s , we already had this antique timber mirror but we jazzed it up by painted it gold and how spectacular does it look .

We managed to find an incredible antique 1920s copper & glass shop display counter which was the perfect fit in the middle of the room and we also found a antique velvet chaise lounge at an estate sale that fits in with the theme perfectly.

Willow modelling on our Antique Chaise

We painted our wooden hat stands gold to match our feature mirror.

Our Gold Wooden Hat Stands

We designed the shelf layout and found a local carpenter that custom made a cupboard and timber shelves built on both wall for hat display and hat box storage.

Design for Shelves

Finished Timber Shelves

We are now just in the final stages of finishing and are just waiting on curtains and another cabinet to be painted and we will be finished,

Stay tuned for the final reveal.

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

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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 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.

Why We Love TURBANS

Other than being one of the most glamorous hair accessories and the easiest cure for a bad hair day that makes you look instantly Glam.!! , bad hair day? (throw your hair in a turban and way you go).. The Turban has quite  a history behind it and while the fashion for the turban was partly borne of necessity in Europe, it became chic and highly worn in the early late 1930s early 1940s when it appeared on the heads of Hollywood icons. such as  Lana Turner who created an iconic image of femme fatale in turban in The Post man always rings twice..( I highly recommend to watch) ,the growing US popularity of South American stars such as Carmen Miranda  also raised the profile of the draped turban as glamour wear – Miranda wore hers in a variety of extreme permutations in her films. The turban really  never lost its glam as it was still a hot accessory straight through into the early 70s when Biba loved a shiny disco turban .

In current time the Turban has made a huge come back as seen on Prada's runway in back in 2007 and a huge turn around in the Pin Up scene , incorporating into  vintage hairstyles.

You can really adapt your own style & character with a classic turban, add a vintage brooch, a feather, the turban can take you from day to night.  

I fell in love with the turban many moons ago , and started experimenting with my own  variation of the 1940s turban creating it into a classic modern day design and using  high quality Dupion silk that I sculptured, I managed to recreate an easy lightweight style that can be worn everyday.

Shop our Turban collection made to order in any colour 

https://www.thehouseofhats.com.au/shop

I hope you enjoy our Turbans and never have a bad hair day again

ilana Xx

The House Of Hats Gold Dust Turban

" My Gold Dust Turban is so beautifully made for me it gets worn almost daily, i love it so much'

Testimonial form one of our Clients Melissa Bant.

Photo shoot with Photographer Margaret Ellen Burns & Model Pearl Spring Featuring our Aqua silk Turban

Vintage 1940's Turban

Vintage Vogue 1940's Featuring a glam Turban

Carmen Miranda was the Queen of Turbans , Famous for topping them with Fruit

The House Of Hats Fortune teller Silk Turban as featured in Elegant Magazine .

Welcome to my Journey as a Milliner

Welcome to The House Of Hats  hat journal, where I will take you through the inspiration/  collaborations /clients and behind the scenes of a milliner. 

Enjoy..

  ilana X 

So where did It all begin ?…...