Hats in the Media week ending June 27

Image via Wikipedia This week has been quite a busy week for hats in the news. With the last of the coverage from Royal Ascot to a story on recycled plastic bag hats. There was a free hat give away in Lancaster county and a few stories on the millinery and milliners behind the hats [...]

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Hats and millinery prowess in the media this week.

Image by Getty Images via Daylife I have decided to start a regular blog post with news on hat in the media. This is a good source to see what people are wearing, where and when. With the Royal Ascot in progress this week it was sure a week for hats in the media. There [...]

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International Millinery Forum – Wagga, January 2009

Image via Wikipedia The organisers of the International Millinery Forum to be held in Wagga Wagga from 17 to 22 January 2009 released an update of when information will be released. Registrations are set to open in six weeks time so mid-late July on their website http://internationalmillineryforum.com.au (please not this site is still under construction). [...]

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Book Review: 1,000 Hats, by Norma Shephard

If you are looking for hat making or millinery inspiration this book is for you. When I ordered it from Amazon I must admit I didn’t expect it to be quite so good. It is sort of a visual history of hats and millinery. The pictures in this book are extremely well taken; this makes [...]

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My favorite website for Millinery information…

Image via Wikipedia I just thought I would put up a quick post to share with you my favorite website for Millinery information. This is a vintage sewing: http://vintagesewing.info This site contains a number of different vintage millinery books. The books have been copied and indexed onto the site. These books are from the 1920′s, [...]

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