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hatboxes. A white cabinet under the two windows is home to flirtatious fascinators, a rouge cloche straw hat and one elegant white fur-trimmed brown number perfect for a chilly Saskatoon winter. The whole scene reeks of 1920s boomtown prosperity. Hrycay admits that Midnight in Paris and Downton Abbey are huge aesthetic influences on her current work but a new passion for the 1940sThe Avengers has emerged recently so local fashionistas can watch for signs of that era in her future works. The mother of three originally trained to be a teacher. She took up serious millinery about a decade ago after the birth of her first child, took a break to raise her family, and then picked up the needle again full-time in 2010. The self-taught artist studied with Rose Cory, milliner to the late Queen Mother, and Calgary couturier Mithe de Fontenay. She and husband Michael also take romantic hat holidays in Southern France where they hole up in a quaint cottage. It’s also where the savvy designer has learned to source vintage found materials. Sová Design’s tag line is “Not Your Grandmother’s Hat” and it’s not her grandmother’s studio either.This warm, elegant and inviting space makes the perfect backdrop for Hrycay’s whimsical hats. It’s a little slice of Paris circa 1920 carefully tucked away in Hrycay’s Varsity View neighbourhood. Patricia Dawn Robertson
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Wooden hat blocks, hat stands and a dedicated work surface keep Sherri Hrycay’s home studio organized.