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Celebrate Melbourne Cup at Home

This year for the first time in its history, the Melbourne Cup Carnival is going ahead without crowds. Whilst we can’t go to Flemington this year, many traditions continue, and we can all still enjoy the Carnival by celebrating at home. Since March, I have been dressing up and making an event of following the races at home. Along the way, I have learnt a few tricks I can share with you to help…

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Rosemary Kanko Arthur Interview

Milliner Rosemary Kanko Arthur truly believes “Through simplicity comes great Beauty” as she designs intricate and delicate headwear for customers in Ghana. Her love of nature, plants and flowers is reflected in all her designs with added sparkle and brilliance.



What do you love most about Millinery?


Making hats brings out my creativity and are simpler to…

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New Veiled Brim Perchers Course

Discover creative and practical millinery techniques to create a stunning headpiece that suspends gracefully over the face.
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Meet Your Tutor: Waltraud Reiner

Waltraud Reiner has inspired countless students to discover their own millinery passion.
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Theatrical Millinery With Margaret Gill

For Master Milliner, Margaret Gill an opportunity was given to diversify from Fashion Millinery to Theatrical Work. Read about the challenges and delight she experienced with this transition.…

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BOATER HATS COURSE

Capture Sophie Allport's passion for leather in your own millinery styling as you learn new techniques for modern materials.
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Christopher Julian Garner Interview

UK Milliner Christopher Garner has the ability to create headwear that is delightfully demure or fantastically whimsical, all of which delight the beholder. 

What do you love most about Millinery?

There are so many things that I love most about millinery so this is such a difficult question to answer (laughs out loud). I love the…

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New Course: Buntal Trims

Manipulate robust buntal straw to create showstopping trims with a concealed sinamay edge on a blocked buntal beret.
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Behind The Hat: Angela Menz

Very few milliners are given the chance to exhibit their headwear in a National Museum. Melbourne milliner and designer Angela Menz was so excited to be asked to exhibit her creation, rewarding her for her passion for Fashion on the Field. 

Photos: @ontrackontrend

How did the Winx outfit idea develop?

Winx was racing at…

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Milliner: Amy Jo Traylor

Amy Jo Traylor of Florida, US is on a mission to see women wearing hats. Like many milliners she started making for herself and soon people were asking, “Where did you get that Fantastic hat from?” ….and so she established her business 'Amy Jo Original Hats’  in 2014. Her love of colour and bold trims and…

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Hat Hints with Louise Macdonald

Spend time with Master Milliner and International Educator Louise Macdonald and gain practical hat making tips gained from 25+ years in the Millinery industry.
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M&S Schmalberg Interview

Adam Brand is known globally as 'The Flower Man' and rightfully so as he manages the family business in New York to produce the most exquisite flowers to adorn milliners headwear and fashion designers creations. 

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NEW: Saucer Hats Course

Saucer Hats are a popular millinery style as they suit all face shapes. Through mastering the flexibility and strength of the buntal straw, Master Milliner Louise Macdonald teaches you how she has innovated a technique to create saucer styles with out using traditional blocking methods.…

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Ana Pribylova Interview

'Ana Bella Millinery' is now a well recognized brand globally, with a defining signature styling that readily catches the eye of judges and the media. Discover Ana Pribylova's millinery journey from small beginnings in Australia to featured in the Royal Ascott Style Guide.



What do you love most about Millinery?


I love that there are so many different facets of…

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Milliner: Isobel Robinson

Isobel Robinson is the tireless milliner behind the label 'Lillibets Millinery' in West Yorkshire, UK. She commenced her creative journey making unique jewellery but once she discovered the synergy between jewellery and millinery she took the courageous step away from her corporate job to venture full-time into this wonderful world of never ending creativity.



Most of her headwear or jewellery is…

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Millinery Award Process With Louise Macdonald

Master Milliner and Educator, Louise Macdonald shares the inspiring process to create this magnificent hat that reached the Finals of the Oaks Day Millinery Award 2017. There is always a fascinating story behind the hat.

Photo: Richard Shaw



All your hats have an imaginative title, what did you label…

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KRISTIN SILVERMAN INTERVIEW

Kristin Silverman started millinery out of a personal love of wearing hats. With a passion for yesteryear styling she has embraced the saying “study the past if you would define your future”. 



How you would describe your designs?


I like to say my style is vintage-inspired hats for everyday wear.

What is your ideal…

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New Classic Buntal Brims Course

Create elegant wide brimmed hats by shaping woven buntal straw without the need of hat blocks.
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Behind The Hat: Cynthia Jones-Bryson

Congratulations to Cynthia Jones-Bryson who received the Top Award in the coveted Melbourne Oaks Day Millinery Award 2019, with this strikingly beautiful hat. As a second time winner of this Millinery Award, Cynthia is an affirmed master of feather finesse with her millinery styling.

All your hats have an imaginative title, what have you labelled this…

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Swiss Straw Course

New to Hat Academy Studio subscription. Learn how to work with with Swiss braids to create contemporary or vintage millinery styles including Pillbox, Cloche, Dior and Boater Hats.

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