This is the third award this year in which Simply Devine has been shortlisted, as the hat shop goes from strength to strength. The business was also shortlisted in the BizBubble Awards (sadly it lost out to a cafe in Sussex ) and in the English Wedding Awards – the latter of which it went […]
The Simply Devine Hat Shop celebrated Wear A Hat Day at the weekend with customers from York.Ruth Thompson and her daughter Hannah Thompson took up Liz Devine-Wright’s offer to try on hats and fascinators to see what colour and size suited for their planned visit to York Races in the summer. Liz is a regular […]
Tadcaster hat shop Simply Devine is head and shoulders above the rest – again. Liz Devine-Wright has taken the overall titles of Specialist Wedding Supplier of the Year and Wedding Boutique & Accessories Supplier of the Year in the English Wedding Awards 2022. Liz collected her two trophies at a ceremony held in the Mercure […]
Simply Devine owner Liz Devine Wright is hoping to add another feather in her cap after being shortlisted once again in the English Wedding Awards. Liz – owner of the Tadcaster destination hat shop – is shortlisted in the 2022 Wedding Boutique and Accessories supplier of the year and in the Specialist Wedding Supplier of […]
Once again, we will be celebrating Small Business Saturday this weekend – on Saturday 4th December. Launched to encourage shoppers to shop in their local high street, it supports local businesses – often small shopkeepers who operate from a single store. We all know retail has had a tough couple of years – with many […]
If you’ve regularly been reading our blogs, you may remember an article from December last year when we looked at three young couples whose wedding plans were disrupted by COVID-19. Obviously they weren’t the only ones, since we had a busy summer 2021 with mothers of the bride and groom and their guests visiting our […]
With Ebor Ladies Day hurtling towards us next week, we thought it would be an idea to feature some of our lovely customers who have bought our beautiful hats and fascinators for previous race days – including for Royal Ascot. While we may not still have these particular beautiful headpieces in stock, we do have […]
While we pride ourselves on being the go-to hat shop for mothers of the bride and groom, we also love to create fabulous hat and fascinator designs for race-goers. Racing is certainly in our blood at Simply Devine – we first opened our doors in 2004 to coincide with Royal Ascot moving to York during […]
Hurray – We’re back to normal – or at least as normal as we can be in these strange times! We know things are looking up for brides and grooms – and their mothers – because we’re busy in the shop again. We’ve had glorious weather, though this may change in the coming weeks, and […]
It’s been tough 18 months, hasn’t it? And I’m not just talking about the wedding industry. We’ve isolated, we’ve furloughed, we’ve worked from home and businesses have gone under. Even worse we’ve seen family members struggle with illness and we’ve lost loved ones. Times are still fragile, but July brings hope of restrictions eased and […]