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Today was the annual horse race that stops the nation - I am not sure if there is anywhere in Australia where their workplace or school does not stop to watch the race… To me its not only about the horses (although they are important) it is about the hats… I love to how amazing people look when they wear a hat… it is a pity they don’t choose to more often.
Early on cup day the commentators were saying that there were more hats than fascinators - although this makes sense - you need something to shade you from that strong burning Melbourne sun… fascinators may be beautiful and easy to wear but hats have that classic appeal and besides looking a bit more sophisticated they protect you from getting burnt.
Here are a few of the online photo galleries from the day so you can see how wonderful everyone looked in their headwear….
The Age newspapers - Melbourne Cup Fashion Photo Gallery
An article about the winner of the fashion the fields wearing a classic black flower fascinator.
The Herald Sun’s photo gallery sports some great hats and fascinators…
And a video C/O of The Age newspaper on early morning on Melbourne Cup Day..
And not quite Melbourne Cup day but a good photo gallery displaying hats and fascinators from Derby Day on the Age’s website….
ENJOY!
November 4th, 2008 | Posted in hats, media | No Comments
I had a wedding to go to, it was black tie dress code, I had a dress all I needed was a hat or in this case a fascinator. I wanted something smallish and that was conservative as I wasn’t going to the races but a wedding. Here is what I can up with.
Materials for making my fascinator
First I got my dress and looked at the colours of feathers, crinoline and sinamay I had in my stash and choose the colours that went with my dress. The picture shows the materials I found. I always choose more than I will need because then I can disgard some as I create or decide to go in a different direction if I choose to.
I got a hair comb that I was using as the base for my fascinator and some netting fabric that I cut thin bias strips off. I then wrapped the end of the comb with the netting fabric. This allowed me to sew parts of the fascinator onto the comb. The netting is wrapped along the top edge going between each of the teeth so that the top edge is completely covered. I glued the end down.
I decided to go with a mainly black base with some feathers to add some
Veiling Fabric attached to fascinator base
colour. I started with some veiling material and arranged it to form a background. I then sewed it onto the comb.
I then shaped some crinoline and pinned it with a safety pin to hold its shape while I checked to see how it looked on the top of the veiling. I played around with the crinoline quite a lot and came up with with a variety of interesting shapes - it really is an amazing hat making fabric and can add that little bit of sophistication to a fascinator.
Cinoline shaped to fit on the fascinator
I then sewed the crinoline piece onto the hair comb.
I decided to use the cream feathers that I had in my pile these feathers were straight biots. I used the back of my scissors to add a bit of curl to them and then glued them in the spaces between the loops in the crinoline.
I distressed the ends of the crinoline and to finish the fascinator off - I added a flower brooch.
Completed fascinator
September 2nd, 2008 | Posted in hat making | No Comments
Registrations for the International Millinery Forum to be held in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia in January 2009 have opened. With world class millinery instructors and an exciting social program it is a must attend for all milliners.
More details can be found on their website http://internationalmillineryforum.com.au
August 10th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
I am attempting to pick out only the best articles on millinery in the news and on the web - looking for good photos or good articles. Here is the first of two posts on Millinery in the past month in the media.
- DIY City Magazine has an article on Tracy Thomson, a well known New Orleans milliner. She sells her handcrafted hats and accessories from her Kabuki Design Studio at the Dutch Alley Artists Co-op. Tracy’s background is in costume design. She makes a wide variety of hats from straw sun hats to funky cocktail hats and fun Mardi Gras hats too.
August 10th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
The management team have announced that registrations for the International Millinery Forum to be held in Wagga Wagga in January 2009 will open on August 5, 2008.
The website will go live August 5 also. Registrations packs are being sent in the mail on August 1.
The teaching lineup has also been confirmed and includes the following Milliners:
Eugenie van Oirschot (The Netherlands)
Ian Bennett (London)
Jan Wutkowski (USA)
Neil Grigg (Sydney)
Jean Carroll (Sydney)
Jane Stoddart (Sydney)
Pamela Martin (Wagga Wagga)
Liz Evans (Canberra)
Maris Herr (Wagga Wagga)
Waltraud Reiner (Melbourne)
Bette Fogharty (Melbourne)
Carol Wilkes (Queensland)
Richard Nylon (Melbourne)
Phillip Rhodes (Melbourne)
Georgina Conheady (Melbourne)
Places in the workshops are limited so register as soon as possible. The International Millinery Forum’s website is http://internationalmillineryforum.com.au
July 30th, 2008 | Posted in workshops | No Comments
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