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Anna Chocola Summer Cap made from recycled embroidered cloth exclusive to Fashion and Textile Museum shop

Au Fil du Temps

This new collection of hats, made from recycled embroidered cloth, was inspired by the upcoming exhibition at the Fashion & Textile Museum : 150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework:...

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Ben wearing his Anna Chocola vegan beret

Ben's Vegan Military Beret

A few months ago, Ben contacted me asking if I could help recreate his military beret using vegan friendly materials. It was a challenge I wholeheartedly accepted as I think...

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Anna Chocola Rain Hat for Fashion & Textile Museum

Beautiful People: The Boutique in 1960s Counterculture

An exciting new exhibition opens at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London, inspiring my small collection of rain hats available from the museum shop.

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Yvette getting married wearing her custom made bridal Coquette pillbox hat by Anna Chocola Millinery

Yvette's Bridal Coquette

Some of my hats have a very special story behind them. Yvette's bridal Origami Coquette is one of them. From the initial enquiry by her daughter-in-law Hannah, to Yvette wearing...
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Anna Chocola Paulette wide brim sun hat for Chintz: Cotton in Bloom

Chintz: Cotton in Bloom

The Fashion and Textile Museum in London finally reopens its doors with a fabulous new exhibition, Chintz: Cotton in Bloom. I'm excited to announce that once again my hats will...

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Powder pink Coquette pillbox hat with birdcage veil

Coquette hats in the making

It's been a busy beginning to 2019 with many custom-made pillbox hats being sent out. Every special order is as unique as the person who commissioned it, and that's what...

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1930s Rendez-Vous Tilt Hat

Night & Day: 1930s Fashion & Photographs

Once again, my hats will be sold at the Fashion and Textile Museum shop in London, for the duration of a fascinating new exhibition about the 1930s.

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Fashioned in a Dream

This new collection, in the shades of an Eric Ravilious painting, was shot in one the most beautiful places I know. The British countryside around Firle in Sussex was the perfect...