designer TUPSY TURVY

Nice girls don't wear hats like these! These hats are as delicious as they are dramatic and would fit nicely atop a Madame Bovary, Bettie Page or Lady GaGa.

Oakland designer, Kim Brown-Dye, makes each one painstakingly by hand using traditional millinery techniques. Check out the Eyespy Films "handmade portraits" for behind the scenes peak at her work - it is truly amazing.

Check out more extravagant hats at the Topsy Turvy website

thoroughly modern millinery

I love the casual California lifestyle, and now it's getting warm I can pretty much wear flip-flops for the next 6 months. However, when I see these dramatic beauties - the hats, not the models - I long for an old fashioned 40's style garden party.

Gone are the days when you needed to put a nice hat on to get a bag of onions! Anyone, want to invite me to Ascot?

All these absolutely gorgeous hats by fellow Brit, Gina Foster.

Hats from £150, head pieces from £40.