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Woman seen from behind in a deep berry wide brim felt hat with a tonal band and trailing ribbon

Mother of the bride

Mother of the bride hats, blocked by hand in London

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

What the mother of the bride wears

A structured hat in a colour drawn from her own outfit, sitting high enough that the face stays visible in every photograph.

Made by
Monika Perlińska, London

Mother of the bride hats

Ice blue parasisal straw pillbox hat with a folded straw bow, angled view, Maria Monica London
Classic Parasisal Pillbox Sale price£480.00
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
Celadon silk pillbox hat with a folded silk bow at the side, Maria Monica London
Classic Silk Pillbox Hat Sale price£1,100.00

Mother of the bride hat questions

What hat should the mother of the bride wear?

A structured hat that sits high on the head, in a colour taken from her own outfit.

What colour should the mother of the bride wear?

The colour is drawn from the outfit and set two or three shades deeper than the dress.

Can the mother of the bride wear a fascinator?

There is no rule, and a small pillbox or a percher reads as a hat at the weight of a fascinator.

Monika Perlinska wearing a two tone boater with a black crown and pale brim, black and white portrait

Commissions

A cutting of the outfit is matched against felt, straw, ribbon and thread in daylight at the London atelier.