Nasir Mazhar’s one of those little treasures we wish we could keep for ourselves.

The milliner’s extravagant headgear has been on our radar since well before he designed for Madonna’s Dazed and Confused tour or built Agy’s infamous reindeer hat. The hairdresser turned hatter, one of the coolest things come out of London since a young Alexander McQueen, should stay on this side of the pond.

But, sigh, the dreaded Hollywood claws sunk in yesterday thanks to Lady Gaga’s appearance on Ellen. She wore one of Mazhar’s orbital hats, which (though we loved it) might’ve resembled our grade school retainer.

Now, it’s only a matter of time until he sweeps the red carpet and we can say, “Remember when?”

—CHARLEY B.

Before leaving London, I went to one last presentation. Milliner Nasir Mazhar put on quite a show at the St. Barnabas house in Soho.

We were allowed to enter the chapel in groups of fifteen. There were no lights, just hundreds of candles, a singing monk, and a handful of almost naked people in really obscure hats.

The monk got to move (as you can see in my really awful sideways video, so sorry), but the models stood as still as statues. I heard mentions of “DaVinci Code,” “pagan sex ritual,” and “but I can’t see the hats!”

But really, no one was looking at the hats.

The lucky British few whose Fall collections will be financially supported are out:

Louise Goldin, Danielle Scutt, Meadham Kirchhoff, House of Holland and Peter Pilotto, with Nasir Mazhar, maker of major headgear, winning events sponsorship.

The recognition (and £5,000 - £10,000 for about three seasons straight) is a pretty big deal - previous winners who were previously unknown include Matthew Williamson, Christopher Kane, Alexander McQueen, Giles Deacon, Sophia Kokosalaki, and Marios Schwab.

And those receiving exhibition sponsorship at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington this September include David David, Felder Felder, Hannah Marshall, Nicolas Kirkwood - and Poltock and Walsh.

We’re especially happy to see Poltock and Walsh on there again, and since Topshop sponsors the NewGen initiative, we’re just going to keep on hoping that their Topshop rumor is just a few months from totally reality…