I found this great blog post on another millinery website on a blocked beret made with a straw hood. They show a technique I had not seen before of using reed that is used for basket making to hold the hood in place on the block, this is particularly important in the block shown in [...]
I couldn’t go past this article last year Brad Pitt won best celebrity hat wearer of the year this year Hugh Jackman. Okay so maybe this article just caught my eye because it had Hugh Jackman and hats in the same article. I do wonder who judges these competitions and although the hat Hugh wore [...]
The Times Online have an interesting article on wearing hats for summer click here to read I thought I would share it with you as it has a good photo gallery connected to it. There is also a headband photo gallery as well that may be of interest. Enjoy!
The dates for the next millinery forum in 2011 have been announced so mark it in your diary now. From feedback given at the forum the organisers are committing to providing the following: Ensuring workshop material lists are appropriate and include essential items only; they will be looking into kits and methods of making this [...]
Gloria Swanson wearing turban based hat Image via Wikipedia I was recently lucky enough to attend the International Millinery Forum, a hat making spectacular, in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia. On the first night I actually had time to write a post… the rest of the nights I was too busy finishing hats or exhausted from [...]