Leather is a luxury product which adds class and quality to your millinery style that attracts a premium pricing. Leather headwear is trans-seasonal and suitable for year round fashion. In this Course your tutor, couture milliner Jane Stoddart, teaches all her techniques and practical knowledge for blocking and sculpturing leather, completed with complementary leather trims.…

Join Noeleen Kish on her millinery adventure to Royal Ascot!

Royal Ascot has been on my wish list for hat wearing events for such a long time and I was delighted to have the opportunity to attend ladies day this year. It just happened to be a relative's milestone birthday in London around the same time as Royal Ascot, making it a great…

The chill is in the air. Let's warm with a hot special to welcome in the Australian winter season. Discover the endless creativity of felting with talented tutor Wendy Bailye in the Handfelted Creations Course. Now receive a 15% discount on this course through the winter months. …

Mother’s Day is one of the most important days of the year – after all, where would we be without Mom? Hat Academy celebrates the achievements of all moms by saying it with flowers - an extra 10% discount on Handcrafted Flower…

Perfect for a complete cocktail piece or use as the perfect base for a flamboyant fascinator to wear at Kentucky Derby, receive this button block (retail $39) which is 130mm wide and 25mm deep with any Course during April. Sponsored by Blocks by…

The ultimate Course to kickstart your millinery business includes 30 fundamental lessons with over 15 hours of tuition plus receive 20% discount on any Blocks By Design hat blocks!…

Take advantage of the Australian dollar, calculate course price in your country with our new currency converter. 
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Countdown to Melbourne Cup and the Fashions on the Field finals is on! Milliners are frantically putting final touches to their headwear in a race against time with only one week to go. Hat Academy Tutor, Amanda Macor is pictured here with her daughters celebrating her win in Fashions on the Field in 2012.…

This course is designed especially if you wish to create a small straw or fabric covered shaped base or a button base on which to add your trim concepts including flowers, feathers, loops or bows. Techniques to create these trims for your unique fascinators or cocktail styles are included.…

Marianne Lewis shares: "I have constructed other cocktail hats based on sinamay shapes, but the construction techniques offered in the "Cocktail Hat" series lesson really helped me…

For the month of June receive a free hat block with any Course purchase! Includes free world wide shipping. Take a look at which Course suits your millinery learning requirements.

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In June only, 20% discount on Design Your Own Course plus receive a free button block delivered worldwide!

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When tilting a small headpiece or a brim, add flowers with depth and width to balance and complement the design. Lilies, Montville Roses and Chrysanthemums outlined in this lesson are ideal.

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Last week to take advantage of our Fab February offer!
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Pick and choose what you would like to learn with the updated Mixed Course. You can now select 10 or more lessons any order, and receive a 20% discount. Cater to your learning or complete lessons on your wish list. Plus receive a gift certificate for Fab Feb!…

Hat Academy is delighted to announce a Tutor Program for other artisans to teach their particular skills through the Hat Academy platform. Five tutors are committed and are in initial production stages. This will expand the lessons for new students and existing milliners who are keen to add to their skills at the Master Class level. 



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Discover the new way to explore the Hat Academy community visually with the Community Pinboard. Popular content, including Headlines, What’s Hot & Top Photos can now be viewed quickly via a wall of creative windows. Plus find all your favourite pages under Community in the main menu.…