Following her 30 year career in Fashion Ruth took the plunge to start her own business. Millinery has always been a passion; she loves the immediacy of making hats and how her styles are like painting in which they almost grow themselves. From her studio in the Yorkshire Dales Ruth runs Hope Bespoke, she is enamoured by eras when hats were an essential item yet were made to keep. Whenever possible Ruth uses UK trims and fabrics with the aim for her pieces to be made to last and be cherished.