Moore, back when I was a little girl every woman wore hats! My parents used to hold cocktail parties and all the woman would come with fluffy little feathery things perched on their heads and would have long cigarette holders with rhinestones in them, lol. Every spring my mother would take me to Eaton's College Street store (now it's a Winners, Canadian version of TJ Max, ugh) to buy an Easter bonnet and I would wear it to church. We used to have to wear gloves too!

Now hats are coming back into fashion at weddings. Marilyn has always worn them and she looks fantastic in them. I went with her to Kaliyana to find an outfit and she bought one from the new collection, a three piece outfit with a tobacco coloured skirt and matching top, then a beautiful patterned asymetrical jacket, in rusts and tobacco with a touch of turquoise thrown in. The hat is a black fascinator with little feathers in a light brown sticking out on top. It's worn on the top of the brow and is kept in place by an elastic that you tuck under the hair at the back. It's whimsical and gorgeous!! I told her that she may well outshine the bride!!

The hat is all packed up with tissue in an old fashioned hat box and Marilyn has to drive a couple of hours to the groom's father's farm for the wedding. So, when she is back from that I'll nip over to her place and take some pictures of it. I wish I'd taken my camera this morning so I could show you the inside of Lilliput! It's amazingly interesting and so much FUN to be in. The owner is a lovely woman, so funny and sweet and very, very creative. I can not wait to go back and find myself something fun and cheery!