You possibly can’t name a hat a chapeau if it hasn’t been purchased from an atelier. Whether or not it’s in Paris or London, you must go to an atelier to get the right heads up on coq feather mounts, couture flowers, braids classic blushers, Lily of the Valley sprays, rosebuds, veiling, braids. stylish side-perchers and different elegant headpieces.
VV Rouleaux has opened a bespoke atelier on the nook of Marylebone Lane and Belstrode Road. It’s the place to go for £419 pillboxes and Royal Ascot-worthy raised halos in Sinamay. The long-lasting London haberdashery, recognized for its trimmings and elaborations, is bringing all of the magic of its design and customization companies to assist with last-minute occasions and summer time event dressing. Specialists can design, create, and ship a gorgeous bespoke hat design inside 3-5 days and also will offer a Prepared To Put on edit of over 100 handmade hats designed by VV Rouleaux’s Inventive Director and founder Annabel Lewis.
“I’m impressed by colour and texture and am surrounded by 8,000 ribbons and trims whether or not it flowers, feathers, braids, tassels, crystals, and classic fine details. I like nothing greater than discovering classic veiling and delightful passementerie items within the VV Chapeaux archive containers. Some items are from 1950’. I’m additionally impressed by ornamental bits used on tassels and furnishings in historic homes and castles and Châteaux”.
Annabel opened her textile and trimmings store in 1990. The identify VV Rouleaux comes from the French phrase “rouleau,” which suggests “a small roll or coil of fabric.”
Says Annabel; “We satisfaction ourselves on our distinctive number of ribbons and trims, sourced from everywhere in the world. Whether or not you’re searching for one thing delicate and female or daring and graphic, we’ve it. And our materials, tassels, pom-poms, feathers, and different ornamental parts are simply as inspiring.”
A bespoke hat (or chapeau) can now be designed, handmade, and delivered in 3-5 days. Select from over 30 hat shapes after which adorn with VV Rouleaux’s classic and unique handmade elaborations. Feathers, silk and velvet flowers, crinoline netting, ribbons, beads, gems, and trims are expertly utilized by hand inside the atelier. Ribbons can be found in velvet, pure silk grosgrain, and pure silk satin materials and over 50 colours and eight widths.
VV Chapeaux can create extraordinary, one-of-a-kind hats with out a prolonged hat-fitting course of. Its Able to Put on Assortment consists of headbands and vast brims. Miss Lewis individually designs the bottom. Highlights from this yr’s assortment embrace the ‘Del Mar Deb’ constructed from Swiss braid straw with hand-stitched Italian sequined anthurium flowers from the Nineteen Eighties and the beautiful ‘Scabious Lilac Gloire’
There’s additionally the Kingfisher Madge’s Bow made with handmade 1980’s velvet petal leaves and named after milliner, Madge Chard, who mentored Annabel’s mom.
Black Tango Noir (£565) is completed with wisps of black burnt peacock feathers. The £495 Pink Impatience Comete has a refined, shimmering Abalone shell surrounded by two diamond-cut spiked feather mounts.
Prospects can go to the atelier to attempt it on and stroll out with an unique hat the identical day. The gathering can be out there to order on-line.