Tag Archives: The English Wedding Awards

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 […]

PINK FOR ALL THE BARBIE GIRLS!

Mother of the bride Mother of the Groom Wedding hats and fascinators

The new blockbuster Barbie film opened to mixed reviews – you either love it or you hate it.  Starring the rather gorgeous Ryan Gosling and the equally gorgeous Margo Robbie, the show is one of the largest grossing movies ever. With our love of all things pink, and starring Mr Gosling, we awaited with bated […]

WINTER WEDDING FASHION UPDATE 2024

Mother of the bride teal hat

If you follow fashion, you will have noticed that in recent weeks, we’ve had all of the famous fashion weeks – Milan, New York, Paris and London – showcasing their designs for next Spring/Summer 2024. While designers tend to showcase the weird and wacky, we can always pick up pointers about colour palettes for the […]

COOL DRESSING FOR AN AUTUMN WEDDING

Wedding hats and fascinators

While the meteorologists are teasing us with the prospect of an Indian Summer, we have yet to see any evidence of a glorious end of summer.  And as is with the case of late summer weddings, it is always difficult to plan your mother of the bride/groom hat and outfit. Will you need a jacket? […]

FROM GRANNIES TO GIRLFRIENDS

Our newest collection of beautiful hatinators feature pretty diamante beads and pearls which beautifully complement this season’s special occasion outfits by Lizabella and John Charles. Based on our signature 13101 style, we have added pretty pink and white pearls or a beautiful circle of diamante beads around the crown. Lizabella and John Charles designs are […]

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 […]

OUR HAPPY CUSTOMERS ON THEIR SPECIAL DAY

pink wedding hats and fascinators

The Simply Devine shop is hat heaven – everyone who walks inside exclaims “Wow!” at the number and range of hats we have in stock. We love to dress mothers of the bride or groom with amazing hats, fascinators or hatinators to match their special occasion wear and help them to feel amazing on what […]