The Franky​
This is the hat that changed everything for me.​​​​
She looked unfamiliar in the most beautiful way. It opened my eyes to something I hadn’t fully understood before: that mothers, like all women, hold so many versions of themselves and sometimes we only catch glimpses of them.
That moment stayed with me
It made me fall in love with hats in a completely different way.
It started with a photo of my mother. She was wearing a hat so effortlessly chic. I saw a woman full of style, depth, and grace. .
When I began designing hats, I kept returning to that image >. It was not just the hat she wore, but the way she was in it. She was so elegant and strikingly beautiful. She carried a kind of timelessness. I felt deeply drawn to recreate that look and to design a piece that honored that version of her I had come to know through that single photograph.
When I began designing hats, I felt drawn to recreate that look and to honor the feeling that image gave me.
The result was this hat, my own version of the one that started it all.
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My father calls my mother “Frank,” so naturally, the hat became The Franky. In a full-circle moment, he insisted on being my first customer, buying it for her and neither of them knowing at the time that she had been the inspiration behind its design.
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And yet, it was the one they both loved most.
Sometimes the Right Hat Finds Its Way to You
I am a self-taught milliner.
Creating has always been how I express myself — stitching, shaping, building form with my hands. Every medium I explored eventually led me here, to the hat block and the brim.​​​
I’ve worn hats for as long as I can remember. Even as a child, I felt something shift when I put one on — a quiet, certain version of myself stepping forward.
Now I shape that experience for others.
I didn’t choose the name Untamed Halo — I realized it.
MICHELE BRUCE
MICHELE BRUCE
Live life with a wild soul and an innocent heart. On my best days, I get both right.
and this headstrong little girl reminds me of my tenacious spirit!
my hat's my vibe
