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CAPS WITH CLASS

Is it possible to make a Baseball cap look feminine? Stephanie Dickey has mastered this by using fabulous fabric combinations and special trims. Enjoy her creativity.

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CAULFIELD CARNIVAL PREVIEW DAY

Faces of Caulfield Hetty Kate and Evan Spargo, and finalist Kate Hopkins, take us to all the sights and sounds of Carnival Preview Day at Caulfield Racecourse.

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FLIRTY FASHION - VINTAGE STYLE

When you peruse the Gallery of Award winning Chicago Milliner, Sonia Caceres you feel you are walking down a city street in the 1920's, an era of flirty fashion. Each piece is individual with exquisite vintage like trims.
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MILLINERY FASHION SHOOT

Marilyn Van den Berg gives us a sneak peek into her spring collection. "Our goal for this shoot was to create some beautiful images using our millinery and accessible fashion. We wanted the images to be soft & sweet reflecting the pastels and structured lines of Spring 2012/13."

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FEATHERS FOR THE BRIDE

Every bride wants to be the bride of the moment. Due to minimal colour options Bridal headwear requires renewed creativity to make that difference.Learn to create your own feathers using bridal fabric. Make matching headpieces for bridesmaids in their fabric to create a stunning bridal ensemble.
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Crinoline Creation

Dianne Barbour lives in rural Australia but has taken the opportunity to learn Millinery at classes in her local Community Centre. This example of Dianne's work, a crinoline and hand tooled rose would look amazing as a Bridal Headpiece.
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Richness of fur felt

The feel and look of deep rich fur felt engages the eye as we view this luxurious Aubergine fur felt Fedora created by New York Milliner, Janet Sikirica. Inspired by her mothers love of hats, Janet now specializes as a felt fibre artist.
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COLLECTOR PASSION

Hat lover Vanessa Gore shares her passion shows us her favourite hats in her collection and why she loves them. She also presents how to to wear a variety of headpieces for different hairstyles and occasions.

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HEADWEAR ARTIST

London based Milliner Linda Mirembe makes creative headwear which sells internationally. She loves colour and uses everyday items to theme her creativity.

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SELLING HATS

Kathleen Gaffey asks "Where does everyone sell their hats? I do have an Etsy store which has been nice, but I haven't found any other niche. Opening my own store is out of the question for many reasons."

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Imagination with emotion

"Soy Como Soy" milliner Christiane of Germany has an international market for her simply stunning headwear. "My mission is to create something that is worth to possess, a project that is able to generate a level of attention based on emotion"
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HAT HINTS - TRIM BALANCE

Keep your eye out for a new regular feature to hit the Headlines called "Hat Hints". Informative video clips containing all tried & proven Milliner's tips. This weeks hint is "Trim Balance" being a clip from the upcoming lesson on Headpieces.
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