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From the Merve Bayindir atelier, a guide to the Gallagher Dublin Horse Show, the Best Dressed competition on the Band Lawn, and five hand-made pieces for the RDS. Ireland has few social fixtures with the pull of the Dublin Horse...

From the Merve Bayindir atelier, a guide to the Sky Bet Ebor Festival, the County Stand dress code and the Ebor Fashion Lawn, with five hand-made pieces for the Knavesmire. York has been called the Royal Ascot of the North,...

From the Merve Bayindir atelier, a guide to dressing for the regatta at Henley-on-Thames, from the Stewards’ Enclosure code to five hand-made pieces for the riverbank. Few events dress for summer quite like Henley. Held on a straight mile of...

Twelve hand-made hats for Glorious Goodwood 2026, chosen from the Merve Bayindir atelier for the lawns above Chichester, from wide-brim straw to sculpted occasion pieces. Glorious Goodwood is the summer meeting where British flat racing feels most like a party....

From the Merve Bayindir atelier in London, a guide to dressing for Glorious Goodwood 2026, from the enclosure codes to five hand-made hats for the lawns above Chichester. There is a reason the Qatar Goodwood Festival is known simply as...

From the Merve Bayindir atelier in London, a considered guide to dressing for the Championships, with ten hand-made pieces for the lawns of SW19. The fortnight at the All England Club is one of the few places on the British...

A hat luncheon is a formal daytime social event, almost always a charity fundraiser, where every guest is expected to arrive in a decorative hat or fascinator and the headwear itself becomes the main spectacle of the day. In other...

There is a moment, just before eleven on the second Saturday of June, when central London goes quiet. Whitehall has been closed since dawn. The Mall, decked in Union Flags from end to end, holds back a crowd that has...

Few corners of England feel quite as resonant with history as Smith's Lawn. This broad, tree-fringed expanse at the heart of Windsor Great Park has hosted King Edward the Confessor's hunting parties nearly a thousand years ago, was laid out...

A Saturday in June, a Race in History Few sporting fixtures carry the cultural weight of the Epsom Derby. For nearly two and a half centuries, a single Saturday in early June has emptied London of its racing-loving classes and...

You know that moment at a festival when someone walks past and you actually turn your head? Nine times out of ten, it is the headpiece doing the work. Festivals have always been the rare place where you can dress...

There is a hat in my grandmother's wardrobe that is older than my mother. She wore it to her own wedding in 1962, then loaned it to her sister for hers, then to my mother for mine. The brim is...

Red doesn't ask for permission. It walks into a room and the room rearranges itself. To wear a red dress is to make a decision about how you want to be remembered, and the fascinator you pair with it either...

Few moments in fashion carry as much quiet pressure as dressing for someone else's wedding. The outfit matters, of course, but it is often the finishing touch, the piece that sits at the highest point of your silhouette, that determines...

Flowers have shaped the language of millinery for centuries. Long before mass-produced headwear filled department store shelves, skilled milliners were sculpting petals from silk, shaping leaves from satin, and wiring blooms by hand to crown their finest creations. That tradition...

Cheltenham Festival is where world-class racing meets unmistakable British style. Held each March at Prestbury Park, the event is as famous for its electric “Cheltenham roar” as it is for the polished, countryside elegance seen across the enclosures. From Champion...

Clothing has always spoken when words fail. In moments of loss, attire becomes a language. One that signals grief, respect, kinship, and social awareness without a single syllable uttered. Across centuries, funeral dress has functioned as a public declaration of...

Few sporting events manage to feel both ferociously raw and ceremoniously refined. The Grand National does exactly that. Often described as the ultimate test of horse and rider, this legendary steeplechase stretches endurance, courage, and strategy across four unforgiving miles...

Bridal style today is less about tradition for tradition’s sake and more about intention, craftsmanship, and personal expression. This is exactly where Merve Bayindir sits: a London-based millinery shop rooted in sustainability, fair-trade values, and meticulous handmade craft. Every piece...

There is an unspoken intelligence to dressing well for a wedding. The best looks never announce themselves loudly; they reveal their thoughtfulness slowly, in proportion, in texture, in restraint. This is precisely why fascinators remain such a quietly powerful choice...

Colour sets the emotional temperature of a wedding long before the first guest arrives. It shapes how a space feels, how photographs read, and even how guests instinctively dress for the occasion. In recent seasons, the conversation has shifted away...