Login

Country

Cart

Your cart is empty
Black wide brim straw hat with a cream silk sash trailing from the brim, on a stand, Maria Monica London

Kentucky Derby hats, hand blocked in London

Wide brims in parasisal straw.

Model walking a runway in a frayed brim straw hat with a pale blue band and a sage jacket

The Derby dress code

Churchill Downs sets a dress code for its premium areas and applies no measurement rule to hats. The race is run on the first Saturday in May.

From the collection

Black straw wide brim hat with a champagne scarf tied at the crown and trailing down, Maria Monica London
Panama Wide Brim Hat, Black Sale price£550.00
Ivory straw wide brim canotier with a smooth ribbon band, bow and long trailing ties, Maria Monica London
Panama Grande, Soft Ivory Sale price£550.00
Emerald green cocktail hat with sculpted leaves and a pink lily, shown on a display head, Maria Monica London
The Emerald Lily Cocktail Hat Sale price£860.00

Questions we are asked

Are hats made for the Kentucky Oaks?

Yes. Pink is the tradition of the Friday and any shape here can be made in it.

Where do fittings take place?

At the London atelier or by video call with the head measurement checked before the block is chosen.

A woman holding a burgundy wide brim hat beside a table of occasion hats and striped hat boxes

Commissions for the Derby

Monika Perlińska blocks each piece by hand in London.

Enquire about a commission