17 OCTOBER 2026

Preparing for Warsaw Hat Day

I like Warsaw. I like its pace, its diversity and its energy. That is why I arrived on Saturday for Warsaw Hat Day, held as part of the Art & Fashion Festival. This time I brought a special collection of cheerful autumn hats, colourful pillbox hats and wild fascinators.

The Warsaw Mermaid monument with a sword and shield on the Vistula, a cable-stayed bridge in the background.
The Warsaw Mermaid on the Vistula. Photo: bogdanjab, Pixabay
The tower of the Palace of Culture and Science with a clock, flanked by glass skyscrapers of Warsaw.
The Palace of Culture and Science among Warsaw's skyscrapers. Photo: piotrzakrzewski, Pixabay

Saturday for preparations

Saturday was a day of preparations. The Jabłkowski Brothers Department Store was still quiet and empty. We set up the tables and shelves, put up the stands, and then opened the boxes with the headwear. Every item had to find its place so that on Sunday the Zuwika stand would be ready to meet you.

What I like best is the moment when the preparations begin to take shape.

A man at a stand tying a string in an empty hall, next to a black rack with jackets and mannequins.
Tables with white tablecloths and black hat stands in an empty hall, a mirror and a window in the background.
Black hat stands on a table, with a rack, a mirror and boxes of accessories in the background.
The Zuwika Design stand being set up.

Ready for Sunday

It was already late in the evening when all the hats were on their stands, the colours had come together and the stand had gained its character. All that was left was to wait for Sunday. You will find out what Warsaw Hat Day and the meetings during the Art & Fashion Festival were like in the next article.

Kasia | Zuwika Design

The finished Zuwika Design stand: colourful hats, pillbox hats and fascinators on white shelves, with baskets of flower wreaths in front.
The finished Zuwika Design stand.
Poster of Warsaw Hat Day, 18 October 2026, the Jabłkowski Brothers Department Store in Warsaw.
Warsaw Hat Day, Art & Fashion Festival, 18 October 2026.

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