This New Line of Bridal Hats Lets a Woman “Be the Bride and the Cake”
For brides who want to add a fantasy element to their wedding ensemble, Maryam Keyhani is the name to know. The artist and milliner is expanding her range to include bridal headpieces, and there’s nothing cookie-cutter about her pearl-embellished, scalloped number or the silk “paisley” model that resembles a generous dollop of whipped cream. These are headpieces that are as magical as they are chic.
The occasion that tipped Keyhani into the bridal market was fitting an ostrich feather crown on a soon-to-be married client, who transformed before the artist’s eyes. “She owned that glorious feeling right away,” said Keyhani. “I love that about what we choose to wear: You put on something extraordinary and you feel extraordinary. Isn’t that amazing to feel on your wedding day?!”
Keyhani, who is never not wearing a hat and who calls a beribboned stuffed goose a pet, lives in a world—and a wardrobe—of her own making. “I spend a lot of time on the other side of reality, so fantasy is very much where these pieces exist,” she quipped before going on to explain how much she enjoys the idea of the wedding as an opportunity to create one’s own universe. The look book for her new line can be read as a sort of a primer on throwing a fairy-tale-style fete. “It was like I was planning a fake wedding, which is even more fun because it can be strictly for your imagination,” said Keyhani whose own self-designed wedding dress can be spied in the images.
