With retirement has come a wonderful new experience for Karen Hawes - a new career in millinery has begun. In her designing Karen loves to capture the personality of her customer. She has a passion for fashion and loves her customers to glow with delight at what she has created for them to co-ordinate…

Novelty Hats always attract attention as they are so unique to the creative thinking of the milliner. This one is the result of thinking outside the box! Using the black & white theme with a touch of red, Tiffany Arey of Pennsylvania has arranged each individual box in a topsy turvy fashion with mini…

Luscious leather is now the real passion of Melbourne milliner Sophie Allport. Just to meet Sophie you will recognise her high energy and passion for millinery which she first discovered at USQ summer…

Award winning milliner Marisa Groom of York, UK offers a refreshing approach to millinery. How delicious is this piece titled ‘Cherry Slice’ trimmed with wired sinamay slices and loops. She creates both classic and contemporary ‘one off’ hats and headpieces. Nature and wildlife, art, sculpture and…

We all love coffee and cream – can’t you visualise the swirls of the coffee art in the design of  this sinamay and silk abaca headpiece. Milliner Ruth Connor of Silvan, Victoria never…

Unique racing fashion, handmade hats, headwear and fascinators from Melissa Barnes.

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Worried you live in an outlying village or town away from sufficient customers to set up a millinery business? Imagine living in outback Queensland, Australia and 1500 kms from the capital city of Brisbane. Such was the challenge for Sherilee Honnery of Hughenden. She made a decision to risk all…

In collaboration with master block maker Darryll Osborne of “Blocks by Design”, Hat Academy is offering every student

who purchases a Course in the month of October a free mini block valued at $35…

When Hat Academy tutor Elaine Mergard saw the beautiful clutch bags made by Bellinda Haase of Toowoomba she encouraged Bellinda to use her design and sewing skills in Millinery.  As a…

Many Hat Academy members recall their grandmother making hats and now it is their time to learn this Heritage trade. Miss Lauren has been wearing hats all her life and several years ago asked her grandmother to teach her. She loves going to church these days and…

Gabriela Zapponiis the Creative Collection Director for the label ‘Casa Calto’ based in Argentina. Her Luxury handmade jewellery is now incorporated in unique headpieces whether for the discerning bride or for the latest feature for a New York Fashion and Lifestyle magazine. Together with Visual Art Director Matias Kritz they are building a…

Erica Mitchell loves hats because ….“It’s the expression of a women’s soul!” She has been making hats since she was a little girl. Her family wore hats to church so it became a natural hobby. She would sit in her room for hours and would often take apart old hats to make something new but years later she…

Leighanne Crocker makes couture and ready to wear hats of her own design as seen in this stunning garden party piece. She wants to inspire women of today to indulge in beautiful hats that ooze elegance and style. So if you're seeking to stand out from the crowd, embrace your unique features and style…

A touch of pink is all that is needed to make a simple picture hat into something that co-ordinates with the outfit for a mother of the bride. Note the use of a fine straw piping in pink sinamay to add to the eye catching touch of colour. The basic brim is given a sharper look with a series of pleats on one side. USA milliner…

Millinery is the perfect way ‘Victoria Jane Millinery’ can express a love of art into craft and design. Using print and embroidery and often inspirations from architecture, each headpiece is uniquely embellished. The unusual shapes chosen for blocking or hand sculpting are often based on the 1940s era…

Creating a hat wearing culture in your own country is the challenge ahead of Sviatlana Bahdanava of Belarus in Eastern Europe. Not only is she helping clients to learn how to wear hats and fascinators but also where to wear them. This pillbox features one of her hand felted flower trims. Now…

‘Mind Your Bonce' milliner Karen Geraghty of UK decided to enter the Milliners of Etsy competition with the style she loves mostly –…

Appreciate the unique vibrancy and styling by UK milliner Lottie Sparks. Every piece is hand made with hand blocked felt, soutache beading, folded roses, knitted leaves, and cut feathers. Creating her own trims means the possibilities are limitless. This mask hat is titled “Fantasy Garden” and…