Adrienne Henry Millinery

Simply Vintage Darling! Handmade Hats with a Vintage Inspiration Vintage hats have been my passion for years. As milliners we now design and hand make bespoke hats with a vintage twist and inspiration. This black and off-white tilt hat was inspired by an image in a 1939 Vogue pattern book. It is a hat which will compliment an outfit from either the 1940's or 1950's. This is our first completed hat using this design. We are busy creating a couple more designs based on this hat in other colours and colour combinations. Also there are a couple of different crown shape.  Traditionally the bow decoration was widely used during the first half of the 20th century, and it looks as though it will be popular this year at Royal Ascot. This hat is now available to buy in our Etsy shop  here , alternatively you can have similar made to order. Please contact us either by email, adriennehenrymillinery@gmail.com or phone us 01189 504421. We are based in the ...

Why not make your very own head-turning sculptured headpiece to wear to this year's Royal Ascot or other racing event?  We are offering a special one-off workshop for this on Saturday 12th May at our studio/shop in the centre of Reading, Berkshire. This workshop is available for up to 6 people and will last all day (10 am - 5 pm). The cost will be £125 per person and is a fantastic idea for a group of ladies who wish to go as a group with a theme. All materials are included in the price. Prior to attending the workshop we suggest that you contact us with reference to the colour of your outfit and that of the headpiece you would like to make to ensure we have the appropriate materials available. During the workshop you will learn tradition millinery methods of how to use sinamay to make a base, how to wire, edge and sculpt sinamay and attach to the base.  Your finished piece will be a sinamay sculpture with height on a hairband and will...

Whether you are the mother of the bride or groom, the bride herself or just a guest wanting to make a statement, here is our guide to wearing hats to a wedding. The points listed below are just a guide, but ultimately we would always suggest you wear whatever you feel most comfortable in. 1. Hat etiquette/positioning Ladies hats are traditionally worn on the right as dictated by old etiquette where the lady would wear her hat on the right, while her gentleman partner would wear his sword to the left, balancing each other out. Of course nowadays hats can be worn on either side as we no longer follow this etiquette, but you will generally find any purchased hat will be made to be worn on the right or with the decoration on the right. If you would prefer a hat on the left this is perfectly acceptable and a milliner will happily make one for you. 2. Hat proportion The hat size should be in proportion with the wearer. If you are petite, a pillbox hat or smaller brimmed hat will...

An unusual hat to make heads turn! Our new designs for this year includes two flower range. Both types of hats are in our 'Chelsea Flower' collection. We have designed and hand made 4 lily pad hats. These have been a pleasure to design. Feathers make beautiful flowers perfect for our lily pads. The images are from one of our  collection. The lily has a button hat base which like the wired leaves are made from sinamay. This hat is available to buy from our Etsy shop, Adrienne Henry Millinery. If you would like to hat designed to wear to Ladies day at Royal Ascot please contact email Adrienne, adriennehenrymillinery@gmail.com www.adriennehenrymillinery.co.uk

Bespoke Hats for Hire in 2018 After several years of being asked to hire our hats we have finally decided to go ahead and offer this service. All our hats are made for clients, we design according to their needs, choosing the right colour, hat shape and style of decoration but from early Spring onwards the shop is filled with our sample hats, it is these with a few extra we are going to offer for hiring. At the moment we are working very hard in our small workshop creating new designs for Spring/Summer next year. As soon as they are complete we will be placing them on a new website and also on our current website:  www.adriennehenrymillinery.co.uk  . Our hats are suitable for both 'Mother of the Bride', 'Mother of the Groom', A Day at the Races, Royal Ascot, weddings and many more special occasions. Prices will start from £60 for a week. They will be available to hire in the shop in Reading and online.