All Ella Gajewska designs are handmade and hand-shaped with enormous passion and love.
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“Gorgeous and Glorious” is the label brand name chosen by UK Milliner, Alison Bull and every piece she makes defines the ultimate statement of any outfit!  How stunning would this hat look at Royal Ascot, Kentucky Derby…

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…