We have just updated the Boutique Collection gallery with fifteen styles from the new collection, so make sure to take a look!

When you are on the gallery page, you can click on the images to make them larger:

We hope that you like the new images, and have enjoyed a restful week after the Moda show. Remember, we will be exhibiting the Boutique Collection on Stand M30 at the British Bridal Exhibition Harrogate, so if you’re coming along we’d love to see you there.

Other Moda August 2010 Blogs:
Latest Colourways
New hat shapes exclusive to Richard Designs
Moda Recap
Bestselling hats & fascinators at Moda

Rockliffe House

For all those that visited us at Moda, we hope you enjoyed your visit to Birmingham. It was lovely to see you all – old and new customers alike!

If you couldn’t make it to see us this time, you can always have an appointment with one of our company representatives, who will show you the new collection in your own surroundings. To book an appointment please ring Vicki on 01353 661600. As always, there is no obligation to buy and no minimum order.

We would also like to thank those that lent us outfits to colour match our millinery to, the ensembles really stood out on the stand!

You probably noticed our new hat shapes at show – they were a great success. Below are our best selling new hat and fascinator styles in the latest fashion colours:

FQ137

BM164H

FQ147

BM170H

If you missed out at Moda, the Boutique Collection will also be shown at BBEH stand M30.

Our team has made it back from Moda in one piece, feeling very proud with the positive response to the new collection.

As you can see from our pictures, the stand looked better than ever, a sea of colour broken up by garments kindly donated by our customers. Many thanks to those shops who provided the dresses, they really added something special to the display. The garments also offered a great demonstration of our special colour-matching service. All of the hats and fascinators were custom-made and designed to complete the head-to-toe look; from size and shape to feather, crystal and sinamay colour.

We are delighted that not only have many existing customers once again chosen to use us as their key millinery supplier for the forthcoming season, we have also added many new accounts to our growing customer base. If you would like to know more about the Boutique Collection, then please call 01353 661600 and ask for Vicki (or email vicki@richarddesigns.co.uk) who can arrange for one of our fantastic company reps to visit you and show you a wide selection of hats and fascinators.

It’s getting close now, and preparations are finalised for our 10th Moda show. We are so excited about this season’s collection and are looking forward to welcoming you onto the Boutique Collection stand (Stand G14, Hall 19). On Saturday we will be busy transforming the stand into a stunning array of colour ready for guests on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. For our final Moda preview, we reveal some more pictures of our new styles as well as information on our exclusive new hat shapes and the themes for this season.

Many New Shapes on Show

A great deal of time and effort has been concentrated on creating some truly unique new shapes and we are sure you will appreciate the creativity that we are offering at this show.  New shaped brims include the ‘Side Turn’ and ‘Pointed Lip’, which have a choice of crowns to match. We have worked directly with our hat block manufacturers to create an exclusive and original new shape that you will not find anywhere else.  On top of this we have updated our popular domed crown with one that is a little deeper in height and can offer a new ‘Oval Brim’, which is a nice medium size for the less daring clientèle.

The star of the show is our new ‘Sweeping Lip’ brim with coordinating crown, an exclusive shape which we have spent many months designing, based on current trends and feedback from customers.  This is offered with a full height, dramatic side lip or a slightly shorter variation.  Both are decorated with complementary trim that really accentuates the dynamic line of this contemporary style.

Themes

You will notice a running theme throughout the collection.  This is illustrated through the choice of overlays that we have included on our hats and fascinators.  A beautiful corded lace that we have sourced, in the season’s popular colours, has been used in a number of ways and really adds an element of depth to the collection as a whole.  As always, our designers have taken great care to bring you the latest colours and textures to complement the coming seasons garments.

With our keen eye for trends, we have incorporated lace with origami flowers and ruffled textured fabrics, that are key within Spring/Summer occasion wear fashion collections.

For more on this season’s influences see the occasion wear themes for this season.

See you Sunday, Monday and Tuesday!

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To see even more pictures of our beautiful hats you can visit www.richarddesigns-boutique.com

We invite you to join us at Moda UK 8^th – 10^th August
where we will be celebrating our 25^th Anniversary
and launching our stunning new collection
Stand G14 Hall 19

Our 10th Moda show is going to be our best yet, with dozens of new hat shapes in the collection, we can hardly wait to show them off! Today we talk about the colour ways that we can carefully develop to match your garments, as well as our new beautiful fascinators.

Colour is King!

	Colour is key to a successful accessory and we offer a colour matching service that is quite exceptional!  On display at Moda we will have a demonstration of this service with a selection of garments kindly loaned by some of our key stockists, teamed with a colour coordinating hat and fascinator. So please come and judge for yourself.
	When ordering a hat or fascinator from us you can specify exactly what colours you would like; from feathers and crystals to sinamay and petersham, we have hundreds of colours in stock! Alternatively you can leave it to our wonderful design team who can work from a picture or a swatch of fabric and build a truly unique accessory for your client.
	Spring 2011 and Autumn 2010 shapes are catered for with samples in a rainbow of colours to coordinate with garments that you will be receiving shortly and those that you will be ordering at show. Trend led berry shades and jewel tones of our colour palette ‘A Magnificent Jewel Parade’, are featured for Autumn 2010.
	The palette for Spring 2011, ‘A Colourful Embrace’, as indicated by the name is bubbling over with positive, energetic colours such as apple, azalea and yellow, toned with subtle summer shades of oriental orchid and ocean wave.

Big Bold Fascinators

This season fascinators are big and bold with many incorporating translucent veil effect forms that create volume, but are not imposing on the wearer.  Our hand crafted sinamay pieces are very ‘on trend’ and have become even more technically advanced.

Crin features heavily this time, we have really exploited its flexible, sculptural qualities, while remaining fluid and light.  Look out for our trademark jewellery embellishments made from ‘Swarovski Elements’ components and of course our handmade blossoms and bows!

Look out for pictures of more new styles tomorrow when we will be revealing our exclusive new hat shapes that are sure to wow you!

This weekend sees our 10^th appearance at the Moda show exhibiting the Boutique Collection. To kick off our three-part blog series on the Moda show, today we will show you who will be welcoming you at the Richard Designs Boutique Collection stand (Stand G14, Hall 19) at show.

	Kelly Harper Our head designer for 6 years, Kelly has been creating beautiful hats and fascinators since the launch of the Boutique Collection. Kelly can’t wait to show you the new collection, and is always on hand with technical knowledge as well as her expertise on current colour trends and fashions. See Kelly’s insights into the latest trends here.
	Kelly Herd Our ‘other’ Kelly is an expert on hats, being involved in design, manufacture and colour matching. Her recent move to the customer service team means that you may have spoken to her about your colour matches on the phone, and she is looking forward to getting to know you better at Moda.
	Benjamin Dicks Benjamin has proven himself to be a world-class milliner, producing the highest quality hats time and again for our customers. A veteran of the Moda show, many of you will recognise him and his impressive memory for shapes and colours!
	Ben Allen Ben is our company representative for the south of the UK and Republic of Ireland so many of you will already know him well. With his extensive knowledge of what sells and regional variations he will be able to guide you through our wonderful collection.
	Shaun Walker Shaun is our very popular company representative for the north of the UK and Northern Ireland, and with over 10 years experience as a designer and pattern cutter himself, his eye for detail is second-to-none.
	Richard Allen Richard is well known to many of our customers and, in his usual effortless style, will be able to help you choose the perfect collection of hats for your latest garments. His unrivalled knowledge of what sells will help you to create a recession-busting selection of hats and fascinators for your boutique.

Look out for a preview of the new fascinator styles on the blog tomorrow!