Wedding Guest Hats
A wedding guest hat has one job: finish the outfit without competing with it. The reliable route is a piece that answers your face and your outfit rather than the trend of the season, in a colour that relates to the dress without copying it. Everything here is made to order in the London atelier, so shape, scale and colour are decided with you.
Hat or headband, and when
A full hat suits a church ceremony, a formal invitation and any wedding where the mothers will be in structured pieces. A sculptural headband suits an evening-led wedding, a city ceremony and every reception where you will be seated at dinner, because it stays comfortable and stays on. The Sculptural Pinokpok Bow Headband in blush nude (£260) sits on a band matched to your hair colour so the bow appears to float. The Black Floral Crystal Veil Headband (£280) works Swarovski crystals into a birdcage veil for an evening register. Silk pieces start at £75 in the headband collection.
The statement route
If the invitation calls for a proper hat, the Sculpted Felt Bow in scarlet red (£390) is the house's signature guest piece, a felt bow with a tonal veil on a hair-matched band with a hidden comb, which holds through an outdoor ceremony and a receiving line without gripping. For a classic silhouette the Classic Silk Pillbox (£450) and the Classic Jackie-Style Pillbox (£395) photograph beautifully beside a suit or a structured dress.
Colour beside the couple
Take the hat colour from a quieter element of your outfit, a shoe, a bag or a colour inside a print, rather than chasing an exact match to the dress. A near miss shows on camera more than in the mirror. White is many different colours, so if the dress code touches ivory or white, send a swatch and we match against it in daylight. More in the colour guide.
Questions we are asked by wedding guests
Will it stay on all day?
Every piece is fitted to your head measurement, and headband pieces carry hidden combs positioned for your hair. Nod firmly at the fitting; a correctly fitted piece stays where it was set.
Can I wear it again?
That is the point of commissioning well. A piece in a colour drawn from your wardrobe returns for race days, christenings and garden parties. Our hat wardrobe guide shows the thinking.
How fast can you make one?
Dispatch is agreed to a date when the commission is confirmed. Tell us the wedding date first and we will be honest about what is possible.
Shop the wedding guest edit or start a commission with the invitation and a photograph of the outfit.