Designer Finds: The Millinery Shop

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I secretly have always wanted to be a hat person, and naturally, the recent royal wedding with all of its Philip Treacy finery stirred up those old longings. Sadly, not only has the whole elaborate hats at weddings thing yet to catch on in the U.S., but to really be a hat person, you have to commit yourself to it (a la Isabella Blow), and I’m not sure I’m ready to be that much of a hat person. I tried to suggest mandatory hats in lieu of the usual crap games at my recent baby shower, but apparently my friends thought I was joking (at least they knew I wasn’t kidding about not having games part).

Still, there’s no time like the summer to find oneself a good hat or two. Marcia Lacher is an F.I.T. trained milliner whose Etsy storefront holds her original handmade designs, ranging from cloches to fedoras to headbands to Treacy-esque cocktail hats. Undeniably vintage-inspired without being twee, Lacher’s guiding philosophy is “you should look better in your hat than without it.”

I’m personally leaning towards this fedora: I love the juxtaposition of the chocolate brown menswear shape with the feminine mass of cream colored ribbon bows.

Check out all of The Millinery Shop’s pieces or request a custom item here, and save 25% off felt winter hats and fur-trimmed hats using the coupon code EndofSeason.

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