Hats by Nancee

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“So from one  Lady to Another!” 

“When you wear my hat it is like medicine for the soul.  The hat is the expression of who we are as women in every moment.  The hat is your dreams of who you can be.  It facilitates the different parts of who you are.  With the wave of a hat, voile, you are mysterious, now proper and now playful……. 

Ta ta for now, Queen Nancee

Copyright 2000-2007, Nancee Jelsema Designs

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Designing has always been my passion for over 20 years.  My hats are custom and created with fine attention to detail.  I'm passionate to insure that each design be lush with texture, style, unique fabric combinations, and adornments. 

After forming our chapter with the  Red Hat Society a few years back, and being crowned Queen Nancee this title has become my signature.

I specialize in providing new, authentic replicas of hats worn at the turn of the century.  Each hat is lovingly nurtured & created to capture the romantic, vintage essence of the era it represents.  Just wearing one of my hats transports you back in time, allowing you to relive the magic of that time in history.

Each creation is hand-crafted from start to finish, using techniques that have scarcely changed since the 19th Century. These time-honored methods suit me very well. "I'm lucky I found a field that I love, where such quality is still appreciated. There really is no substitute for a hand-made hat." 

 My retail customers range from through out the United States, even Hawaii then across to the Austrians, England and France. From affluent uptown Grand Rapids matrons to cutting-edge New York and California fashioners’. My celebrity clientele includes Jane Seymour from Somewhere in Time, Red Hat society Exulted Queen Sue Ellen to Louise with the Purple Undies.  And the 2007 Kentucky Derby Hat contest winner!