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Louise Green Millinery launched in 1987 and quickly became known for its romantic and beautiful, vintage-inspired creations made in West Los Angeles.  Moving from Britain with a young family to the United States in 1984 Louise drew on her fine arts studies in her university education as she launched her millinery career.  The business grew to work with an elite West Los Angeles clientele, fine bou...

Elly Stemerdink is owner and Editor in Chief of The Hat Magazine, Editor in Chief of Hatlines and President of The Dutch Hat Association. She is a skilled milliner with the brand Hats by Elly, graphic designer leading the redesign of The Hat Magazine and photographer who captures images of hats around the world. See full article on Millinery. Info website https://millinery.info/2021/08/elly-stemer...

For almost 30 years, Louise Macdonald has worked as a milliner creating leading fashion hats that are considered the ultimate in beauty and style.  She works from her studio in the iconic Nicholas Building in Melbourne's CBD.  Louise is a well-respected international millinery tutor.  She hosts classes in her studio and presents techniques she has developed on Hat Academy. See full article on Mill...

Lauren J Ritchie is a Melbourne-based milliner who you will recognise as the host of the Millinery. Info Podcast series.  She is the President of Millinery Association of Australia and Editor at The Hat Magazine with editor-in-chief Elly Stemerdink. This episode is hosted by Lisa Watt of Lisa Hughes Millinery with contributions from Felicity Northeast and edited by James Christie. See full article...

Kathy Anderson is the designer and milliner behind the label Hats by Kat.  She produces both hand blocked custom hats for women and men from a variety of materials including upcycled items of clothing. After a long career in the Fashion Industry Kathy studied millinery at FIT in New York City before launching her own label. See full article on Millinery. Info website https://millinery.info/2021/05...

Contempromental was created by Melbourne based milliner, costume designer and photographer Laura Dunnington. Laura won the 2021 MIMC Competition with her piece XOX and the Master’s of Millinery Section at the Royal Melbourne Show in 2019. With a background in fine art Laura discovered a passion for millinery through completing a costume course and undertaking a unit taught by Rose Hudson. From the...

Laura Del Villaggio is the designer and milliner behind the label Milli Starr.  Her studio is located in Austin, Texas where she works to create two seasonal collections each year and custom orders for clients. Her career began when she completed a Certificate in Millinery from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York in 1999.  This training with Janet Linville set Laura up as a skilled and...

Waltraud Reiner is a milliner and driver behind Hatmobile. She fell into work with Melbourne milliner Magda Urban and discovered her passion for the trade in the 1980s. She trained in Magda’s studio and began her path to millinery after time spent studying Fashion Design in Austria. Her passion for the hat trade has taken her across the globe. Following time spent overseas with her young family Wa...

Stephanie Spencer is the winner of the 2020 Myer Millinery Award.  The winning piece was a nod to surrealism taking the form of parisisal ballet shoes that were mounted on the head.  Stephanie had come up with the idea and then created the piece during the lockdown period in Melbourne.  In the podcaset she shares about the process and the consideration of construction techniques she undertook. See...

Christine Waring is a Canberra based millinery who has decades of experience in Millinery.  She has created award winning pieces for local Canberra hat wearers having started her career develop relationships with her clients while stocking at makers fairs in the local community.  Christine has taught in the TAFE training program for millinery.  She has a great ability to adapt techniques from fell...

Rebecca Read is the Milliner for Opera Australia.  She is based in their Sydney workroom and constructs pieces for their various productions.  The projects she undertakes can be wild and wonderful and involve transforming a designers sketch into reality. See full article on Millinery. Info website millinery.info/2020/11/rebecca-read-opera-australia Thank you to our podcast sponsors - Hat Mags http...

Awon Golding is an award-winning London-based milliner who specialises in fun and fresh hats and headpieces for modern women. She is the founder of the Haute Dogs Calendar which is in its third year. In addition to her own label Awon has also been appointed Head Millinery Designer at prestigious British heritage brand Lock & Co, the world’s oldest hat shop. See full article on Millinery. Info webs...

Justin Smith is the milliner and creative that leads the brand J Smith Esquire. After graduating from the Royal College of Art, he launched the brand J Smith Esquire following the success of his 2007 graduation show. From there Justin has been involved with fashion weeks all over the world featuring his hats and headpieces. He has made pieces that have featured in major motion pictures such as Sta...

Marianne Jongkind began her career in millinery in 1961.  Over the course of her career which so far has spanned nearly 60 years, she has become renown for her distinct designs and quality of work.  Marianne makes piece that include traditional concepts but also pushes to explore and progress new technique and materials. In 2020 Marianne launched her book "Hat Couture".  The project was a collabor...

Hat Atelier was founded by award winning Master Milliner Rebecca Share. Hat Atelier offers online Millinery courses that focus on Rebecca’s signature style and the latest hat making techniques that allows students to learn remotely from anywhere in the world. The courses are available in a variety of instruction with ‘Online video courses’, ‘Virtual live courses’, ‘PDF courses’ and a growing video...

Angela Menz is the editor of On Track On Trend and milliner behind the label Angela Menz Millinery.   On Track On Trend began as a collaboration between Angela Menz and Lisa Tan.  The team met through their shared interest in horseracing and Fashions on the Field (FOTF). Over time the site developed and has featured blog posts and social media coverage of the track side fashions of horse racing ev...

Hattember is a competition that was founded by Milliner and Business Owner Catherine Kelly.  Entrants of the Hattember Competition are sent a curated bag of materials supplied by Hatters Millinery Suppliers in which to create their entry from.  The piece are received and judged by a panel of industry experts.  The competition aims to  raise funds for the John Skipper Kelly (JSK) Fund to create lea...

Bethany Braykavich who is part of the team that founded Virutal FOTF.  COVID19 has brought on a time of uncertainty around the world.  Many events and business have been impacted by the physical restrictions that have been put in place that are aiming to help prevent the spread of the virus.  The Fashions on the Field community has found a way to continue to connect and share their style and outfi...

Cynthia Jones-Bryson won the Myer Melbourne Cup Carnival Millinery Award in 2019 with a striking red feather piece.  Hear about how Robert Palmer's Simply Irresistible influenced the piece. Working from her studio in Jerrabomberra Cynthia has been making hats for 16 years.  She originally studied Fashion Design at Canberra Institute of Technology that included a component of Millinery. Thank you t...

Elaine Mergard made her first hat in 1964 while training as a Home Economics Teacher. After graduating she went on to teach Millinery classes for Adult Education in Brisbane and at TAFE colleges in Central Queensland & Sunshine Coast during the 1980's & 1990's.  Moving to the Sunshine Coast in 1990 with her family Elaine established "Hatrageous Headwear" as a home based business making and selling...

Dillon Wallwork has over 30 years in the industry and has created bespoke millinery for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the late Diana Princess of Wales. Having studied at Salisbury College of Art, Dillon moved to London to harness his passion of creating modern accessories at prominent milliner Mitzi Lorenz. Here he developed his skill at creating couture hats he went on to join one of London’...

Lisa is an Australian milliner who is based in London. She creates pieces that have a classic style with a modern edge. Her pieces are stocked in Myer stores across Australia and she has been part of the Royal Ascot Millinery Collective that happens in partnership with Royal Ascot Racecourse and Fenwick of Bond Street. Thank you to our current supporters of Millinery. Info - Katherine Cherry Milli...

Carle Rutledge, also known as Madam Hat won the Myer National Fashions on the Field competition in 2018.  The final to the competition is held on Kennedy Oaks Day during Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington Racecourse.   As the state finalist from Queensland Carle won the state final at Doomben Racecourse wearing a Roksanda dress, MNG shoes, self-made millinery, Mimco jewellery and a handbag from...

Rebecca Share won the 2018 Myer FOTF Millinery Award hosted a Flemington Racecourse on Oaks Day during Melbourne Cup Carnival. Rebecca began her career in 1995, when studying Fashion Design at RMIT in Melbourne. After completing a course at Melbourne School of Millinery taught by Waltraud Reiner Rebecca went on to launch her own label. She won the 2011 Myer FOTF Millinery Award and in the podcast...

Wendy Louise Diggles won the Masters of Millinery in 2018 with the piece Busy As A Bee under her label Belle Folie. The section is an invitational only section run by The Millinery Association of Australia. Having been selected as a finalist in the Design Award gave Wendy the confidence to enter the piece. With a background in bridal jewellery, headpiece and crowns Wendy came to learn millinery th...