10th December is the last posting day for international orders so anyone outside the UK please buy now in time for Christmas:

www.etsy.com/shop/zaracarpenter

Loads of goodies to be had for Christmas on my little Etsy shop. The last posting date for international customers is 10th December so please place your orders before then.

Check out my Etsy shop here: www.etsy.com/shop/zaracarpenter

Christmas Hat Collection: Cutie

I will be adding these cuties to my Etsy shop in the next couple of weeks

Christmas Hat Collection: FEATHERS

I shall be adding these little pretties to my Etsy shop in the next few weeks  

Sneak peek at my latest hat shoot from this afternoon with the very gorgeous Meg.

Geisha Me

We have just returned home from Japan. I feel incredibly inspired by my time there. Can’t wait to use that inspiration to create some new headpieces.
This is a piccie of me dressed as a maiko (student geisha) in Kyoto.

WOHOOO 20% SALE!!

To celebrate the launch of my new website I have a 20% SALE on all the hats on my Etsy shop. Simply go to my shop and type in ‘JAPAN’ as the coupon code when you check-out.
THIS OFFER IS VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY 19TH AUGUST.

My New Hat Collection “Life Death And Fertility”

As promised my second collection of headpieces,all one offs. Exploring the theme the fragility of life and beauty, my own version of a vanitas.

In the past few years I have been made aware of my own mortality, how life is fleeting. Dealing with the ageing process and my chronic illness I realise I shall probably never be a mother…… these headpieces are my babies.

Photography by Rikard Osterlund

Styling by Rachel Cooper

Makeup by Anna Bourne

Model Leah Hamilton Ward from D1 models

“Life Death And Fertility”

An image from my new collection exploring themes of loss,this headpiece and photograph have been inspired by two of my favorite artists Marco Mazzoni and Mark Ryden.