Millinery 101: Cocktail Hats

{ image: Brian Bowrin }

Well, I’m a bit behind on my straw hats (lesson number two), but we’ve moved onto the next style: the cocktail hat. I thought I’d use this opportunity to create my wedding veil! Lucky me. I’ll have many hats to show you in a few weeks, but for now you’ll have to make do with some visual inspiration I’ve pulled together for my “cocktail hats”.

{ above: Twigs & Honey }

{ image: The Thirty Something Bride }

{ above: ban.do }

{ image: Acadian Crochet }

{ top left: Lovey }  { top right: E Milliner }  { image via Green Wedding Shoes }

{ image: fun old new }

{ above: BHLDN }

{ image: 40′s Hairstyles }