She has a preference for masculine styles - bowlers, top hats - and jokes that she would rather go without knickers than something on her head. And, like Little Women's Jo March's scribbling suit, she even has a red felt "working hat".
For Myra, hats finish a look and she talks passionately about encouraging women to have the confidence to dress up and have fun with what they wear; to make a statement - with a hat, of course.
The return of the hat has recently been championed by British Vogue, following the popularity of its appearance on the runway: veils at Dior, wide-brimmed at Saint Laurent, clear vinyl sun hats at Chanel, flat-topped Spanish hats at Ralph Lauren or the trippy beekeepers' veils at Alexander McQueen.
Born in Zimbabwe, the vivacious milliner makes hats from scratch and to order at her Helensville home, under the moniker Marmalade Hats.
