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THE PRINCESS OF WALES MOVES TO MORE FORMAL ATTIRE

Magenta ladies hats and fascinators

The death of our beloved Queen Elizabeth 11 – the Simply Devine style icon – has elevated the Duchess of Cambridge to be our new Princess of Wales, following in the footsteps of the late Princess Diana. We will surely miss the fabulously co-ordinated dressing of the late Queen Elizabeth, who always looked immaculate in […]

WINTER RACE DAY CHIC

Hats and fascinators

With the St Leger looming in September, it’s safe to say that we can say goodbye to Bardot dresses and thigh-high splits for race days. But it doesn’t mean the end of looking fabulous at the races, though it does take a little more thought – and there are still many winter race meetings throughout […]

SIMPLY DEVINE DOES IT AGAIN!

Wedding hats and fascinators

Liz Devine-Wright has taken two titles – Wedding Boutique and Specialist Wedding Supplier of the Year for Yorkshire, and Specialist Wedding Supplier of the Year for the North of England in the English Wedding Awards 2023. This is the fifth win for Liz at the English Wedding Awards. She has previously won a number of the awards […]

WHAT OUR SUMMER CUSTOMERS ARE WEARING

Our beautiful hats, fascinators and hatinators have graced the heads of mothers of the bride and groom, and race day guests for almost 20 years, and this year has been no exception.  Julie wears a beautiful blue hatinator to complement her blue lace dress and jacket. With Royal Ascot this week, we have loved looking […]

ROYAL ASCOT STYLE GUIDE 2023

Royal Ascot

ROYAL ASCOT DRESS CODE 2023 Here at Simply Devine, we love helping our customers to accessorise their Royal Ascot outfits with our beautiful hats and hatinators – but you do have to be vey careful and ensure that you stick to the very strict dress code.  And do be mindful of which zone you have […]

SIMPLY DEVINE – AN AWARD WINNING HAT SHOP

Ladies hats and fascinators

Here at Simply Devine, we’ve had a pretty successful year in winning very prestigious awards.  It is always humbling, yet exciting to be nominated for awards, and this year we have been extremely fortunate – and grateful – to win awards and be nominated in others. We kicked off the year with two wins in […]

LOVELY LILAC FOR 2023

Mother of the Bride

One of the colours slated to be huge for next year is the colour lilac. While lilac has not always been a particularly popular colour for mothers of the bride or groom, we have stocked lilac wedding hats and fascinators for many years, and it is such a pretty colour. High Street shops are beginning […]

SIMPLY DEVINE SPECIAL OCCASION WEAR

Mother of the bride or groom hats and fascinators

With weddings having been on hold for the past couple of years, we are having a busy time at the Simply Devine shop in Tadcaster.  But did you know that in addition to selling beautiful hats, hatinators and fascinators, we have a bespoke collection of special occasion wear for mothers of the bride or groom? […]

LET’S GET RACY!

mother of the bride peppermint green hats and fascinators

Much as we love to dress mothers of the bride or groom with fabulous hats and fascinators, we’ve got some exciting race days coming up in August and September. Ebor in York runs from 17th-20th August, with Ladies Day on the 18th August, while the St Leger will be held on 10th September at Doncaster. […]