It's Our 18th Birthday....
The House Of Hats just celebrated it’s 18th Birthday,
Never in my wildest dreams would I believe that i would have a successful business that I created from dust, let alone the journey The House Of Hats has had in it's 18 years.
From fashion editorials, tv shows and celebrities wearing my creations and two shops and a Showroom later, it's been a ride.
Fast forward 18 years and in the most beautiful showroom of my dreams that I created I can truly say that i'm blessed.
I absolutely love what I do and they say if you love what you do , you never work a day in your life...
Thank you to everyone who has supported my dream along the way, you don't go unrecognised, to all my amazing clients past & present.
I'm so excited to what the future holds for The House Of Hats!!
Heres to the dreams that come reality and to the future that holds endless possibilities.✨
Your Milliner
ilana
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
ilana wears our ‘ LA BELLE ‘ Red Felt veiled Tilt Hat
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
Behind The Scenes of our new Showroom
Behind the scenes of The House Of Hats new showroom in Sydney Australia
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
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 ' 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.
