Royal Ascot Hat

I had the honor of being commissioned for a hat for a very fabulous lady invited to Royal Ascot.

What do we think? Belle of the Ball?

She wanted to sport one of my Mad Hatter hats for a touch of whimsy. Can we blame her? ;)

Two patterned vintage fabrics in cream and ivory with touches of champagne satin. 

Trimmed with pale pink and ivory feathers and a vintage flower brooch. 

 

I'm in love with that pop of green on the stem. 

I blew this one a kiss as it headed out the door. 

Cheers! Happy Wednesday! Happy Ascot Day!

Jasika 

as always for your own custom hat or headpiece message me through my online shop:

www.etsy.com/shop/TwoBackFlats

BALTIMORE REPRESENT

A little behind the scenes from the Two Back Flats

 RAW Natural Born Artist Showcase prep at Fells Point Salon.

I wanna be rich and famous so all my friends will be rich and famous too. 

 

The two gypsy, pirate goddesses below are responsible for doing the best hair in Baltimore...and for teaching me all their ways from haircuts to living free. Always looking up to both of you Nina and Melanye.

The brand new Fells Point Salon location : 735 S. Ann St. Baltimore, MD 21231

 

The beautiful and talented Maureen Flynn on makeup. 

 

 WHOA. Meet Laina. I literally met this girl on the street a few weeks ago while she was wasting her sweet time as a hostess. She had a perfect victory roll, little blazer and killer heels. All I kept thinking was "this girl needs a top hat". If you build it they will come. I am so glad she didn't think I was a creep and e-mailed me back. Thank you universe. Perfection:

Another of my lady canvases for the evening the la la lovely Lauren Burton! Let's all take note that not only did L not flinch, but she sat around looking gorgeous as her entire head was covered in rows of perm rods. Thats right perm rods. #LikeABoss 

You can tell Melanye is from Baltimore with those stellar hair teasing skillz.

 

this photo melts my heart. So many of my favorite things:

 

are you freaking out about the black and white striped mini top hat too?

I wanted each of my girls for the evening to represent a little bit of Two Back Flats. A little Mad,  a little Moulin Rouge and of course a little retro! The hats and headpieces speak for themselves but I could not have pulled this off without this hair, makeup and modeling expertise! 

The darling and sensational Miss Fawn rocking my pin up look with our ever so loved pinwheel headband! Go check out this lady if you know what is good for you. She is professional and sultry and pretty damn fabulous.

 

Me sassing it up in my black top hat for the camera per usual. Plus I can never keep a straight face when Alana is around.

 

Fun fact: Two Back Flats was actually BORN about 4 houses behind where Miss Fawn is strutting.

How delightful, right?

 let us also discuss the heels these girls both whipped out of their bags like I have some sort of genie in a bottle. #soulsisters #bringmeyourmostridiculousshoes

showtime!!! 

I want to thank all of these ladies who I am blessed and honored to call friends. You will call them too if you know whats up:

PHOTOGRAPHY BY:VANITY'S EDGE DESIGN

HAIR / LOCATION : FELLS POINT SALON

MAKEUP: MAUREEN FLYNN

HATS / DIRECTION : TWO BACK FLATS

MODELS: 

LAINA LANE

LAUREN BURTON

MISS FAWN

one love, 

jasika

Do it Baltimore! The Bellevederes and Two Back Flats Television Debut!

 Have I told you lately how much I sweat The Bellevederes? Rip roaring female leads, 60's throwbacks, hip swinging and some hair bows, bitches. Plus, I get to style their heads for all their fanciest and shmanciest events. A couple weeks ago, we rolled into the MPT studios with our vintage luggage for a Concert for the Chesapeake Bay.. in collab, of course,  with 89.7 WTMD !!! This is a new level of hipster bad assery btw.

Didnt get any backstage shots per usual cause my hands are always full of hairspray and ribbons. Oops. But you can alwayssss find me as close to front row as possible when its time to 

dance dance dance! And you can bet your ass that MPT does it right. Seeing the sound room and all the sets were as close to feeling cool as I think I've come...

The stunning and talented Denny Finnerin. #likeaboss. 

 Two hours of live local music included

The Bellevederes

Kelly Bell Band

Bobby E. Lee & the Sympathizers

plus special guest Jukebox The Ghost

Bay t-shirts are still available if you want to donate! Click the photo:

SEE MY 60'S HAIR FOR THE GIRLS, TWO BACK FLATS HAIR BOWS 

AND FEEEEEL THE SOUL HERE:

So so proud of these funky peeps. Love to love you Chesapeake Bay!!!

Check out the Belles on Facebook for some feel goodness. See you front row!
xo
Jas 

TWO BACK FLATS HAT GIVEAWAY

 Helloooooooooooo darlings!!!! Giveaway time = the best time!!! I invite you all to play along, get creative, get social and all that jazz. I'm switching it up from the last couple times so pay attention and be your fabulous selves.

RULES:

- Create up to 5 Pinterest boards per person of any theme your heart desires
- Each board must have at least 15 pins
- The agenda is to incorporate as many Two Back Flats pieces on to each board / theme / collection.
- Two Back Flats pins must be pinned directly from here on my blog, my Pinterest page, or my Etsy shop. - Dig deep. There are hats even I forgot about. Its like Christmas
- Share the links to your boards. Share everywhere! With your friends, here on the blog and on my Facebook page.

THE WINNER:

Will be chosen by based on:

- Originality / Awesomeness of theme
- Repins
- Content
- Two Back Flats love

THE BEST PART: You will win one of the hats you have pinned !!! Thats right. You and I BOTH get to choose your prize!!!! The options are utterly endless! Hoooray!!!

TIPS:

THEME: can be anything! A color, a party idea, fashion, a season - anything! Here are two examples of my boards that may inspire you! I* am mostly inspired by color! How about you? A movie, a book, a song, a dream you had? ;) Things are about to get Pinteresting peeps!!!!!! 

click on photo to see board

click on photo to see board

LABELING : Make sure to label your pins with exactly what they are so people can find them!  Example: Red Top Hat, Womens Fascinators, Two Back Flats, Cotton Candy, Pink Hair,  etc etc. Im pretty sure this #hashtag thing works as well.

BE YOURSELF: I want to get to know you and your style.

HAVE FREAKING FUN!!


Cut off date will be announced soon!!!

Be sure to LIKE on Facebook and share your ideas / boards / or just say hi there!!

www.Facebook.com/TwoBackFlats 

ALL TWO BACK FLATS LINKS :

TWOBACKFLATS.COM

ETSY.COM/SHOP/TWOBACKFLATS

TWOBACKFLATS.BLOGSPOT.COM

FACEBOOK.COM/TWOBACKFLATS

PINTEREST.COM/TWOBACKFLATS

INSTAGRAM.COM/TWOBACKFLATS

LOVE TO LOVE YOU!!!!

Jasika

Keystone Wounded Warriors Benefit Runway Show

Since I began Two Back Flats, the notion that you get what you give has been in the forefront of my mind. Of course I would contribute to the truly wonderful cause that is the Wounded Warrior Project. 

AND have my first runway show in the process!!

Red, white and blue hats all lined up in the studio ready for a head count and fashion showwww!!

 If you know me...you know what makes me happy ... and that is rolling hills and barns! Historic Shady Lane embraced the very heart of me the second we pulled on site!!

As I told my gorgeous assistant for the day, Karineh, if someone asked me about what I would do on a perfect day...I would say - hmmm walk up a rustic path on a beautiful 74 degree spring day and dress up a bunch of models for a runway show. Dream within a dream!!

 

 Designers tent! Good God I love a backstage buzz.

The Keystone Wounded Warriors raised over SIX THOUSAND dollars on Saturday night!! I could cry I am so excited to have had a little part in that exciting number!!! 

 

Thank you so much to Janelle at Historic Shady Lane for hosting such a beautiful day and for thinking of me :)), Nikke from Nikkay Fashions for organizing so perfectly such an honorable and important event! And CHEERS to all the awesome designers we met!!! 

Y'all made the day so much fun!!! 

 xoxoxoxoxo

Jasika