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Jen wearing her teal silk Coquette pillbox hat with pink and red flowers

Jen's Brightly Coloured Coquette Pillbox Hat

Being a huge fan of bright colour combinations, I had a lot of fun creating a Coquette pillbox hat for Jen... From her first message I gathered we shared a taste...

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Eva Birthistle wearing her Anna Chocola pillbox hat to harry and Meghan's royal wedding

Eva Birthistle's Coquette Hat for the Royal Wedding

Imagine my excitement, when lovely actress Eva Birthistle asked me to create a special Coquette hat, for her to wear at Harry and Meghan's Royal Wedding! From the first ideas...

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The bride wearing her 1920s Inès cloche hat

Kit's 1920s Themed Wedding

Earlier this March, the lovely Kit got in touch with me about having a hat made for her 1920s themed wedding in May. It was a real treat for me to...

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Spring is just around the corner!

Spring is just around the corner!

Finally the temperatures are rising and the daffodils are starting to bloom everywhere. This can only mean one thing, it's time to start thinking about our outfits for Spring weddings,...

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A Cloche Hat Winter

With this cold weather I felt the need to add to my wool fabric retro cloche hats selection. You may find these to order in your size in the cloche...

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A Coquette for Elisabeth's MBE Investiture

A Coquette for Elisabeth's MBE Investiture

Elisabeth got in touch a few months ago about having a Coquette pillbox hat custom-made for her investiture. Here she is proudly standing in front of Windsor Castle, where she received her...

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1940s inspired red velvet beret by Anna Chocola

An Independent Soul

My hats will be available to purchase from the Fashion and Textile Museum shop for the duration of the major retrospective Louise Dahl-Wolfe, A Style of Her Own exhibition - from the 20th...

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Anna Chocola "Luxe" satin turban

Alice

This photo shoot was a collaboration with model Alice Rimsky and French photographer Sonia Goulvent. Alice is wearing my “Luxe” satin turban, “Georgie” cloche hat and “Darling” bow headband with birdcage veil....