HAT GUIDE
Welcome to our Hat Guide…
Hat Wearing Tips, Press & New Designs from the studio x
Vidal Sassoon, Salon Live – Abstrakt 2019
This Summer I was delighted to be back working with Sassoon's creative team. This incredibly exciting project involved creating a range of Avant-Garde headwear for the Salon Live show ''Abstrakt''. This was held at Excel London in early...
Miss Bush Mums Night Out Event
A few photos below from the FABULOUS POP-UP last Wednesday evening at Miss Bush Bridal Boutique, in the pretty Surrey village of Ripley!Set within a converted Victorian Chapel Boutique, Miss Bush is a unique and intimate setting offering a...
Behind the scenes – Summer in our Studio!
What's Hot right now you ask!? Well as the temperature rises again this week in London, we wanted to share with you some of our ''Hottest'' Bespoke Hats being created right now for our wonderful ladies!...Let me take you behind the scenes to see some of the work that...
Royal Ascot 2018!
I'm delighted to share photos of some of our clients who attended Royal Ascot this year, during what was a glorious week of sunshine! Thank You so much to all our ladies who chose to wear a Joanne Edwards Millinery Hat this year - each of you looked...
Summer Workshops dates
''I'm so proud of what I made.... I had great fun and have since been trying to resist buying ALL the tools and silks!Great to hear these words from Heather who attended one of our Workshops recently!If you are seeking a creative outlook this Summer, take a look...
Colour Matching Service
Do you have an outfit, shoes or clutch bag you want your hat to match to? We offer a Colour Matching Service so just bring along your outfit (or a swatch of the material). We shall then whisk this off to our specialist London suppliers, seeking out the...
Pop-ups with L.K.Bennett
HELLO SPRING!With April finally here I'm extremely excited to tell you about our upcoming Pop-ups with L.K.Bennett during April and May - so keep reading!...Whether you've been considering a Bespoke creation for an upcoming Wedding, or hiring a...
Bespoke Hats – Mother of the Bride & Groom
As we welcome in March (hooray!) we're busy creating lots of exciting Bespoke Hat orders, for our fabulous Mothers of the Bride and Groom. Spring and Summer Weddings are now just a few months away! ...
Open Studios event – Wimbledon Art Studios
As November ends and December begins, I just wanted to say a hug THANK YOU to everyone who popped along to our studio during the Wimbledon Art Studios Fair recently!We had such a fantastic few days during the fair, which takes place each May and November.It's an...
Millinery Workshops at Wimbledon Art Studios!
MILLINERY WORKSHOPS! I'm excited to let you know that we have just launched our NEW Millinery Workshops, based at Wimbledon Art Studios. We've been working on creating these over the past couple of months and I'm delighted to finally share this news...
Highlights of the Season!
As our Summer Season Blog comes to an end for this year, it seems fitting that we take the opportunity to celebrate some of the highlights of our season!It's been an exciting few months here at Joanne Edwards Millinery. We've been thrilled to participate in various...
Celebrating our FABULOUS hat wearers!!
It's been a total pleasure meeting so many new clients again this Summer as well as keeping in touch with all our fabulous existing clients!I really wanted to celebrate ALL OF YOU who have kindly gotten in touch this Summer, whether you've hired, purchased a hat...
Central Saint Martins – Upcoming Courses
In a few weeks I'll be back teaching at Central Saint Martins, part of the University of the Arts London. It's an incredibly vibrant and inspiring space and I absolutely adore teaching this course there!I'll be showing a new group of students how to make beautiful...
Wedding Part 2 – The Bride to be
So you have finally found your beautiful wedding dress and would now like a stunning hair accessory to match.It can be overwhelming task with so much to choose from these days, as well as feeling unsure as to the style that suits you or your dress? That's why now is...
In the studio this week: remaking NEW hats for Sale & Hire!
I am totally overwhelmed with pride every time someone chooses to buy or hire one of my hats.There is nothing I LOVE more than sending off one of my pretty striped hat boxes to a new home. Knowing my design is being worn, enjoyed and loved by a new owner...
Headwear for Sassoon Academy
This Summer saw the start of a new project with Sassoon Academy, creating headpieces worn for the Sassoon presentation during the NATVA (North American Trend Vision Awards 2017).I was delighted to work with the Sassoon team again and with the inspiring vision of...
Wedding Part 1 – Mother of the Bride Hat Wearing Tips
I meet so many mothers of the bride (and groom) and indeed have made many hats for this very special and unique occasion. Today I wanted to share some of my hat wearing tips so really hope you find these useful for your upcoming daughter's (our son's)...
Floral Garland Workshops at King’s Cross Canal Festival
I was delighted to hold flower garland making workshops at the King's Cross Canal Festival this month (part of the Open Gardens Weekend). A relaxed family friendly free event which offered everything from boat tours, performances, workshops and floating...
Ladies Day at Royal Ascot – take a sneak peak!
I was thrilled to pop along to Royal Ascot on Thursday this week. The hats and fabulous fashion on Ladies day were absolutely spectacular and did not disappoint! Prom dresses stole the show and bold, oversized floral prints were everywhere together with beautiful lace...
Joanne Edwards Millinery collaborates with Sassoon Academy
Earlier this Year I was asked to collaborate with Sassoon Academy London to create a range of modern perspex headpieces for the Sassoon Academy (Shanghai) Collection ''Underpass''. For more than 60 years, Sassoon has pioneered, created and maintained an...
UTV Life Grand National at Aintree
Totally DELIGHTED to be invited to Aintree racecourse recently to take part in the UTV Life Grand National Special!Here I am below Talking hats on the show with presenter Pamela Ballantine and giving Hat wearing tips on Ladies Day.Check out some of the photos here and...
Collaboration with Venyx World – The Animal Charity Ball 2016
Working alongside the design vision of Eugenie Niarchos of Venyx World, I created the ''Space Chamaeleo'' Mask for the Animal Charity Ball.The event took place across prestigious locations in London in November 2016.This incredibly intricate Swarovski mask was...
Joanne Edwards Millinery collaborates with Sassoon Academy – The British Hairdressing Awards 2016
Looking back to an exciting collaboration with Sassoon Academy to create headpiecesfor the British Hairdressing Awards 2016.The design of both pieces are the vision of international creative director Mark Hayes, and are inspired by art movements Surrealism and...
Summer 2016: Racing events and Weddings!
Looking back to Summertime and a few of the wonderful clients who wore our handmade hats to Royal Ascot and Summer weddings!... ...
Joanne Edwards Millinery collaborates with Appletiser: Photoshoot with Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Hats I designed and made recently for Appetiser who are celebrating their 50th year! We re-created looks from each decade from the 60's-00's, modelled by Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Fashion Design by Olwen Bourke studio.The story behind this project, told by...
Royal Ascot & Epsom Derby 2016: Joanne Edwards Millinery on display!
It's been a busy Summer so far creating hats for lots of ladies attending racing events including the Epsom Derby and Royal Ascot.We wanted to show off our fabulous clients who've kindly shared some photos from their race events with us! ...
Joanne Edwards Millinery & L.K.Bennett Shopping Events
We recently popped up at LK Bennett which has been incredibly exciting for us as a fan of their gorgeous Occasion dresses and prints!We've had so much fun trying hats on their fabulous customers at the Northcote Road in Clapham store and in the...
New Stockist! The Hat Club
The New Year brought our very first stockist via the lovely ladies at The Hat Club.The Hat Club was 'dreamt up following a day at Royal Ascot'. It offers a fabulous selection of hats and headpieces to hire at affordable prices. I'm thrilled to see my hats sitting...
Joanne Edwards Millinery collaborates with Sassoon Academy: Alternative Hair Show 2014
I was recently involved in an exciting project creating headwear for Vidal Sassoon, for the Alternative Hair show at the Royal Albert Hall. The collection, inspired by architecture and the 1920's bauhaus movement, used the process of chroma keying to project imagery...