A trip to hat heaven

crazychick · #1 11-17-2011, 03:57 AM

div style="text-align: justify;"When I was back in Australia recently I had the pleasure of visiting the Ascot Hats workshop, where they makenbsp;the mostnbsp;mindblowing hats. Thesenbsp;aren't stuffynbsp;or boring race hats - but serious statement pieces that are practically wearable art. It was so fun to see allnbsp;the different projects in various stages of completion. The amount of effort and work that the owner Pamnbsp; puts intonbsp;every designnbsp;is out of this world, and really shows in the quality. I love how easilynbsp;they channel on-trend details into every project. Leopard print, sculpted lace, Marc Jacobs-esque polka dots and tulle pom poms had me itching fornbsp;the olden days where women wouldn't be seen without a hat.nbsp;Let's bring that back! They alsonbsp;made a mickey mouse hat for menbsp;last year (seen below) which has to be one of my most treasured possessions. /divbr /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hhk8aw5x5cI/TqAiZRGbbvI/AAAAAAAAEt8/MRVCXM7R4eQ/s1600/Slide1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="630px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hhk8aw5x5cI/TqAiZRGbbvI/AAAAAAAAEt8/MRVCXM7R4eQ/s640/Slide1.png" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qvUBMJek0Bs/TQrJyw5o5pI/AAAAAAAACvI/gfS5v3uFK4s/s1600/Ebay+and+Polo+87.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="428px" ida="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qvUBMJek0Bs/TQrJyw5o5pI/AAAAAAAACvI/gfS5v3uFK4s/s640/Ebay+and+Polo+87.jpg" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_l_bdx1-4s/TqAiWGaTGnI/AAAAAAAAEt0/J037zLyxQqM/s1600/Slide2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"img border="0" height="630px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_l_bdx1-4s/TqAiWGaTGnI/AAAAAAAAEt0/J037zLyxQqM/s640/Slide2.png" width="640px" //aa href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cn_aDgDa1Ao/TrijdtCKaRI/AAAAAAAAFW0/2A2z9TNk0jA/s1600/IMG_1112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="426px" ida="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cn_aDgDa1Ao/TrijdtCKaRI/AAAAAAAAFW0/2A2z9TNk0jA/s640/IMG_1112.jpg" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MC_WPxNfjMc/TsRpcZ-7QnI/AAAAAAAAFiU/d7Myxweb_UI/s1600/154977_181115541915702_100000517729422_581401_3583 803_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" hda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MC_WPxNfjMc/TsRpcZ-7QnI/AAAAAAAAFiU/d7Myxweb_UI/s1600/154977_181115541915702_100000517729422_581401_3583 803_n.jpg" //aa href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kJABAA8K93w/TsRpapOE1gI/AAAAAAAAFiM/wisk5LdHSBQ/s1600/5611_115411949063_558449063_2428671_6817566_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" hda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kJABAA8K93w/TsRpapOE1gI/AAAAAAAAFiM/wisk5LdHSBQ/s1600/5611_115411949063_558449063_2428671_6817566_n.jpg" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"br //divdiv/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"Check outnbsp; Ascot Hat's other works of art over atnbsp;their a href="http://www.ascothats.blogspot.com/"blog/a, a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000517729422"facebook page/anbsp;or emailnbsp;them directly on a href="mailto

cameron@ascothats.com.au"pcameron@ascothats.com.au/a./divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"br //divdiv style="text-align: justify;"Btdubs - the very very cute lady in the pics above is the talented Milly Ziesemer, who hasnbsp;put her fashion line a href="http://www.follow-ziesemer.blogspot.com/"Ziesemer/anbsp;(started at the tender age of 17)nbsp;on hold while she finishes studying fashion in Sydney. This girlnbsp;has extraordinarynbsp;talent and isnbsp;seriously one to watch!/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8784775234411105189-4986012154132004043?l=apair-andaspare.blogspot.com' alt='' //div