Featured Fascinators

Saw this in the London Standard and couldn’t agree more!! Thank you Kate!!

Every outfit Kate Middleton has worn since the announcement of the royal wedding has led to a frenzy in the shops as fans imitate her look.

Now sales of fascinators, favoured by Prince William’s bride-to-be, are enjoying a resurgence, retailers said today. Sales have risen by 65 per cent and thousands have been sold in Harvey Nichols and Selfridges concessions in the six months since the royal wedding announcement.

Designer Cherry Chau said sales of her fascinators had more than doubled since last year. “It’s been fantastic,” she said. “Kate is such an icon and she’s been wearing our fascinators for quite some time now – since she was at St Andrews.

“There’s something really cool and really real about her that people just want to have. Her kind of luck, her kind of life, her kind of confidence.”

John Lewis and Marks & Spencer have also seen a steep rise in fascinator sales. In the last week alone, John Lewis said sales of the headgear went up by 26 per cent.

One of the many brands to enjoy the effects of Miss Middleton’s status as a fashion icon is Issa London, whose Sapphire dress sold out within 24 hours of her engagement photocall with Prince William

Morning!

Hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas and a great start to the year!

I’m looking forward to lots of hat wearing this year! am already searching for dresses for Chester Ladies Day, Royal Ascot and you never know I may be lucky and snag and invite to that big wedding that’s coming up in April!! Needless to say, lots of planning and research needs to be done and with the shops starting to have their new collections arriving daily I am loving the new spring colours and wishing for some sunshine!

I have been busy too….have managed to finally finish my 2011 Couture Collection……its been a real labour of love…lots of detail…more than usual….have got a bit carried away with beading this time! But as a true girl I love some sparkle…..I have attached a couple of sneak peek pictures to wet the appetite! More to follow shortly….just need to get them properly photographed!

Also would like to just say a quick thank you to Kate Middleton for sporting a rather lovely hat to a wedding this weekend…got to love the simplicity and elegant shape of this creation! Keep them coming……..!!!

I’m so pleased that Prince William and Kate Middleton have announced their engagement. Not only do I love a good Royal do but think of the hats?!!!! Is it wrong to be almost as excited about the millinery as it is about the wedding?!!

I don’t think I’m alone…the number of brides I speak to who have been more thrilled with their head gear than their dress…..after all a fascinator, tiara, headdress, what ever it may be is the crowning glory! We stand better in a hat, we walk better, we appear more elegant, poised…..more Audrey Hepburn! Lets not forget the fab Mother of the Bride, bridesmaids, guest……the outfit is not complete without a little (or large) something on your head!

Thank you William and Kate for giving us all the opportunity to enter into the spirit of things and wear something spectacular next spring/summer….whenever it may be…….for what will be a fabulous Royal wedding.