fashion
Since 2014 I have been creating millinery, sold online and in shops including Fortnum & Mason, The Wedding Club and Stag & Bow. My work has appeared in fashion editorials and been used by designers such as Edina Ronay and featured on the catwalk at London Fashion Week. I have also created fresh flower fashion which has appeared in fashion shoots.
Stylist Michelle Pierre-Carr used a selection of my floral fashion headpieces for the September 2018 Mini Mode catwalk show. The event was part of London Fashion Week showcasing emerging designers and established childrenswear brands.
Stylist Sarah Christie commissioned me to make this floral headpiece for HH Sheikha Al-Jalila, for Royal Ascot 2018. I hand painted the silk flowers to match her outfit. The photography is by Ian Jones.
For Royal Ascot, 2018, The Tootsie Rollers wore some of my faux floral fashion headpieces, which appeared across social media. The look was styled by Joanna Femi-Ola.
Since retro girl group The Tootsie Rollers have worn my floral fashion headpieces to Ascot, singer Meg Gallagher asked me to run a workshop at her best friend’s hen do. I taught the women how to make faux floral headbands, hair combs, earrings and rings which many of them also wore to the wedding.
Stylist Peta Hunt and photographer Jason Moore created a fabulous floral themed editorial called 'no shrinking violet' for the May/June 2018 issue of You & Your Wedding. The concept of head to toe florals for the alternative bride featured a my floral headbands, a crown and corsages.
A fun bride wears my Sienna veiling bow & hydrangea headband with a stunning Viktor and Rolf dress, while her groom refuses to be upstaged in a Dolce and Gabbana suit. Photographer Ed Miles, also captures my Georgie floral headband on a mother of the bride, a modern take on millinery for the mother's big day.
I worked with bride Emma to create a bespoke antique blush pink hydrangea headband to wear with her veil, based on one of my headpieces she had bought from the bridal boutique The Wedding Club. She wanted the same flowers, but a larger and fuller design for a bigger impact. Ultimately she decided to return to the original headband as the proportions worked better with her dress and hairstyle.
Bride-to-be Rebecca contacted me after seeing my floral fashion on my Etsy shop to ask if I could maker her a bespoke bridal headpiece using red, burgundy and purple flowers.
My 'Maria' and 'Lola' faux flower headbands have been featured in an editorial for the December 2017/January 2018 edition of You & Your Wedding. The editorial was photographed by Ben Riggott on location in Spain, and styled by Peta Hunt.
Charlotte bought a beautiful floral dress from Dolce & Gabbana featuring a blue and purple hydrangea print for her best friend's wedding. She had struggled to find floral combs that matched and contacted me to see if it was something I could help with
Bride Sabina commissioned me to make her a faux flower headband for her wedding day, as she was travelling to Italy to get married and needed something she could pack in a suitcase and that would look fresh all day.
Sarah Kate Byrne styled presenter Francesca Cumani for ITV Sport in a Clea Broad 'Elizabeth' headband at York Races.
I made fashion & lifestyle blogger Nathan AKA 'The Rollinson London' a bespoke faux floral pocket square, which he modelled in style at the V&A museum. I used ivory roses, deep blue delphiniums and pale blue hydrangeas.
Photographer Izzy Hudgins shot the Georgia wedding of Emily and Jono and the bride was wearing one of my silk hydrangea flower headbands. I love the way the traditional white colour of the headpiece and Alice Temperley dress work with the beautiful bright coloured summer flowers.
In the latest issue of You & Your Wedding magazine, I was asked to create a collar for a lace inspired editorial, shot on location in Spain. The photography was by Ben Riggott and the styling by Peta Hunt.
I was asked by stylist Joanna Femmi-Ola to create some bespoke faux floral headpiece for the vintage girl group The Tootsie Rollers to wear to Ladies Day at Royal Ascot. It was such a fun brief, red flowers, gold crowns, and pearls, inspired by Dolce & Gabbana. The Tootsies looked incredible and they got lots of press, featuring in The Guardian, The Times, The Evening Standard and The Metro newspapers and the Daily Mail online.
Georgina Horne, AKA successful model and blogger, Fuller Figger Bust has modelled some of my floral fashion headpieces for stockist Edith & Winston bridal wear for the boutiques fashion shoots. She looks so stunning in them I decided to make a bespoke flower crown.
My hydrangea crown, 'Grace' has been featured in the June 2016 edition of Surrey Downs Magazine. The article called 'Glamour Stakes' looked at the perfect hats to choose for the races.
II was interviewed by the Independent online for a feature on millinery called 'Ten Best Hats for the races. My 'Anna' headband was suggested as an alternative to the more traditional hat
This year, my floral fashion is once again being stocked in Fortnum & Mason for the Summer season. Alongside some of my signature hydrangea headbands and combs, I have also made some new show stopper styles featuring roses, peonies, hydrangeas and delphiniums, especially for Fortnum & Mason.
My dramatic floral headpiece 'Anala' has been featured in the Sheengate group magazines, which are distributed to households around London.
This editorial for Laha magazine features a number of my floral fashion headpieces. Styled by Natalie Read and photographed by Helen McArdle.
For this particular shoot I had a few pieces called in, amongst other things, Oliver Vaughn wanted my Bellatrix veiling headband, which made the cut, as you can see from this striking final image from the magazine, captured by photographer Adam Alex.
In the latest issue of You & Your Wedding my 'Claire' faux flower headpiece, was featured in a fashion special. It was photographed for the March/April issue by Ben Riggott and styled by Peta Hunt.
In the latest issue of You & Your Wedding some of my headpieces were featured in a sunny, summer wedding in a tropical paradise. The editorial was photographed for the March/April issue by Jason Moore and styled by Peta Hunt.
For the February/March 2017 edition of You and Your Wedding, Dan Williams photographed my hydrangea crown in an editorial named 'The Grand Finale', which was styled by Peta Hunt.
My final fresh floral fashion tutorial of the year is a fun and festive tiara, perfect for New Years Eve. It is inspired by a really beautiful crown from the Dolce & Gabbana SS17 Milan catwalk show
These earrings are really quick and easy to make and need very little in the way of materials and equipment. The earring findings themselves cost less than a pound, and the beauty of this tutorial is that you can treat yourself to a gorgeous potted orchid in the name of fashion and decorate your home at the same time.
This fresh floral tutorial takes its inspiration from the Marc Jacobs Fall 2016 ready-to-wear catwalk. There were a few dramatic looks featuring coque feather collars but I wanted to add a fresh floral twist,
For the November/December issue of Brides magazine, Bryony Toogood styled my flower crowns in an etherial fashion shoot called Terms of Adornment. The photography is by Ed Miles.