We don’t need to tell you how devastating this year has been for the economy. While many people have been furloughed and paid to stay at home, many more businesses have gone into administration as shops were forced to close and only essential stores were allowed to trade. Of course, the huge giants of industry […]
The weather has well and truly changed now that the clocks have gone back, and the leaves have fallen from the trees leaving a soggy mess on our roads and pavements. As we move from the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, it’s only a matter of time before we get ice and snow. At […]
Simply Devine is a wholesaler selling to other boutiques and hat shops as well as a retailer, so our planning cycle for our new collection begins a year in advance. We start in around January/February looking at the colour palettes of special occasion wear for the following year, to ensure that our hats and fascinators […]
The latest COVID-19 restrictions on nuptuals have seen the wedding industry take an enormous hit on their businesses. Liz Devine-Wright, owner of the Simply Devine Hat Shop in Tadcaster, has seen sales plummet this year due to the restrictions on wedding numbers and cancelled race meetings. “While I understand there is a need to protect […]
A statement hatinator in almond and ivory – not for the faint-hearted!
In these very unusual times, weddings are changing. While many brides have postponed their 2020 weddings until 2021, some brides have decided they want to go ahead and get married anyway, despite being allowed only 15 guests, and no reception. The consequence of this is that wedding outfits have changed – including both for the […]
The new fashion craze for hatbands could spell the end of the millinery trade. While some of the younger royals have taken to wearing large embellished padded headbands, we would avoid them entirely. Headbands are just like the Alice bands we wore at school – and had stopped wearing by the time we were 10! […]
As we approach the Autumn/Winter 2020 season, now is the time we will be thinking about colour trends for mothers of the bride or groom in 2021 – when hopefully weddings will return to normal – and our new creative hat designs (which are still under wraps!) We have seen a lot of vibrant greens […]
Our beautiful quality hats, hatinators and fascinators come in all shapes, sizes and colours, while most of our headwear is basically made from two different materials. Our more traditional mother of the bride or groom hats and fascinators are made from sinamay – a natural product made from the stalks of the abaca tree, which […]
With more than 17 years’ experience in the millinery business, we can almost guarantee that when a customer walks through the door, they are most likely to say “I don’t wear hats!” In this country, we have certainly got out of the habit of wearing hats – unless it’s freezing cold out, or we’re going […]