Welcome to Yvette Jelfs Please note we are appointment only and make to order for clients. Fittings and consultations taken in your own home offered internationally or come and visit us in Newmarket - the home of horse racing
Hats and Horses have always gone together and our brand is known for the best of British lifestyle. As the company is developing we are becoming a European brand with leather handbags, silk scarves , gloves and our vintage british jewellery that has been a big hit in China. Yvette has horses in training in the UK her eldest daughter is an assistant trainer and youngest daughter designing collections for the brand. We follow the horse fraternity around the world in horse racing and showjumping, carriage driving, eventing and pony clubs. Please get in touch if you want us at your events.
Since our residency at the National Racehorse Museum in Newmarket we have been able to offer hat making classes to up to 40 people a time. Please do contact us for more information. It’s a fun way to get together have a great day you can accompany the hat making with a trip around the museum or to the National Stud via the Discover Newmarket team details on our contact page.
Please visit our ‘about the brand’ and ‘the gallery’ for inspiration. We only show pictures of clients in our hats if they wish us to. They are the clients and paid for the work and will upload on own socials if desired. I am not good at social media and rather teach or make :) We have an excellent reputation of discreet reliability in both ladies and mens wear and called on by embassies on what to wear for what occasions. Our hats start at around £80 for a paper hood up to £600 for a cashmere felted hood. We can go through the hoods which are blocked into your shape and discuss the process. Please do get in touch we are here to help and serve you. Hat making is a skill on the red list and you are supporting an endangered craft.
The above video was shot at Floors Castle in the Scottish Borders with kind permission from The Duke of Roxburghe. Styled with everything we love hats horses and the heritage of a british lifestyle. Modelled by Alice Warre, Rosa Tennant and Lady Martha Sitwell. Photos and video by Matt at the team at MPB. Clothes and accessories by Yvette Jelfs Lifestyle couture. Floors castle a great day out in the Scottish Borders ! https://www.floorscastle.com