COUTURE BESPOKE HATS · LONDON
A hat made for one head only.
Bespoke hats and couture headpieces, designed and handcrafted in London by master milliner Monika Perlińska. One head, one drawing, one piece.
The maker
Monika Perlińska
Monika Perlińska (Monika Ciesielkiewicz) spent about five years in Philip Treacy's London atelier, then around seven as head milliner at Jane Taylor. Maria Monica London is her own house. Every commission is drawn, blocked and finished by her hand in London.
A hat is the impression you leave when everyone has gone.
Finished work
Commissions
The first conversation is held at a private studio in West or Central London by arrangement, or by video call wherever the client is. Colour is matched against a cutting of the outfit fabric and judged in daylight, with straw, ribbon and thread chosen against it. A commission takes one to four weeks from the drawing being agreed.