Dillon Wallwork has over 30 years in the industry and has created bespoke millinery for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the late Diana Princess of Wales. Having studied at Salisbury College of Art, Dillon moved to London to harness his passion of creating modern accessories at prominent milliner Mitzi Lorenz. Here he developed his skill at creating couture hats he went on to join one of London’s finest model millinery houses, Philip Somerville Ltd on Bond Street. Thank you to our current supp...
Jan 13, 2020•45 min
Lisa is an Australian milliner who is based in London. She creates pieces that have a classic style with a modern edge. Her pieces are stocked in Myer stores across Australia and she has been part of the Royal Ascot Millinery Collective that happens in partnership with Royal Ascot Racecourse and Fenwick of Bond Street. Thank you to our current supporters of Millinery.Info - Katherine Cherry Millinery, The Essential Hat, Louise Macdonald Milliner, The Hat Academy, Miss Haidee Millinery and The Mi...
Dec 12, 2019•30 min
Carle Rutledge, also known as Madam Hat won the Myer National Fashions on the Field competition in 2018. The final to the competition is held on Kennedy Oaks Day during Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington Racecourse. As the state finalist from Queensland Carle won the state final at Doomben Racecourse wearing a Roksanda dress, MNG shoes, self-made millinery, Mimco jewellery and a handbag from Bag Queen. She went on to represent the state in the Cup Week Final winning the national prize. Growing...
Oct 08, 2019•27 min
Rebecca Share won the 2018 Myer FOTF Millinery Award hosted a Flemington Racecourse on Oaks Day during Melbourne Cup Carnival. Rebecca began her career in 1995, when studying Fashion Design at RMIT in Melbourne. After completing a course at Melbourne School of Millinery taught by Waltraud Reiner Rebecca went on to launch her own label. She won the 2011 Myer FOTF Millinery Award and in the podcast she shares how the experience of the two wins was different and her approach to each piece. Thank yo...
Sep 16, 2019•28 min
Wendy Louise Diggles won the Masters of Millinery in 2018 with the piece Busy As A Bee under her label Belle Folie. The section is an invitational only section run by The Millinery Association of Australia. Having been selected as a finalist in the Design Award gave Wendy the confidence to enter the piece. With a background in bridal jewellery, headpiece and crowns Wendy came to learn millinery through TAFE when she returned to live in Brisbane. Currently running a shop front in Brisbane Arcade ...
Aug 13, 2019•28 min
Kate Betts is an Irish milliner based in Dublin. She works to produce a collection to present to her clients and collaborates with local dressmakers to create designs that align with the styles of the season. Building her business in the center of the city in Dublin over the last 10 years Kate looks to continue to expand and work with her clients to create unique pieces. Key events for her clients include weddings and race days both locally and internationally.
Jun 11, 2019•24 min
Beverley Edmondson is the owner and founder of Beverley Edmondson Millinery based in Farnham in the United Kingdom. Since opening the shop front boutique in 2010 the team has grown. They produce hats and headpieces for casual and special occasions with stock on hand for customers to try on. From making hats to sell at local stalls in her father's spare bedroom Beverley has grown her business and now features in the national press. Walking into the store the walls are an Aladdin’s cave of colour ...
May 13, 2019•22 min
Lina Stein is an Australian born milliner based in the West of Ireland. Creating unique pieces in straws and felts with beautiful gathered linings. Teaching from her studio she shares her skills with students from across the globe. Training at East Sydney Tech Lina then took classes around the local area in Sydney. She went on to work for Opera Australia before relocating to Dublin Ireland opening her own shop creating custom made pieces. With the philosophy that a piece is not finished without ...
Apr 15, 2019•26 min
Tracy Chaplin began her career making hats from offcuts of screen printed fabric at Camden Market. She is now know for her couture millinery with forms made from sinamay and parisisal. Learning from Rose Cory, Milliner to the late Queen Mother and Royal Warrant holder Tracy works from her studio in France. She designs for private clients and runs Millinery workshops from her home near Toulouse. After moving to France in 2008 Tracy has based herself out of a beautiful studio. She commenced teachi...
Mar 12, 2019•26 min
Sarah Marshall had been working for Mr Boyd for many years as the head of his production. When he passed away in February of 2018 at the age of 92 year-old he left her the business. We talk to Sarah about how she is continuing the legacy of John Boyd Hats and defining her own role and signature in the business. Developing iconic styles that speak to the face of each of their customers Sarah works with her team in the studio and showroom. The studio is located in Central London in Beauchamp Place...
Feb 11, 2019•20 min
Sandy Aslett is the award winning milliner behind the brand Hats by Sandy A. She is based in home studio on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast. Her love of hats started as a young girl wearing a boater style hat to Sunday school and came into full swing after attending at course with Louise Macdonald in Melbourne. She won the 2018 HATalk Hat Making Competition with the piece “Cosmic Concertina”. This was a piece Sandy developed through slicing and folding a waxed paper. Passionate about milli...
Jan 15, 2019•20 min
M&S Schmalberg has made silk flowers in the Garment District of New York City since 1916. Their flowers are hand-made in Manhattan for apparel, bridal, accessory, millinery and home furnishing products Adam Brand is the 4th generation of his family involved in this business. The business was first started by brothers, Morris and Sam Schmalberg. The business was inherited by their nephew, Harold Brand and he passed it onto his children Warren and Deborah Brand. Adam joined the business after ...
Dec 10, 2018•24 min
The Hatworks Museum celebrates the history of Stockport’s once thriving hatting industry which specialised in the production of fur felt hats. We speak with museum officer Bronwen Simpson (who you will recognise from the podcast on her own hat making) and hat works team member Gordon as we explore the displays. There are around 250 hats that can be seen in thematic displays in the museum. There is also an approximately equal but ever-growing number of hats in store, waiting to take their place o...
Nov 27, 2018•20 min
Bridget Bailey is a milliner and textile artist based at the Clockwork studios in London. Bridget's work explores the natural world through exploration with textile and millinery techniques to maker her pieces. Training in textiles at Farnham Bridget went on to explore millinery as a medium. Bridget is known her one-off pieces that extend the mind as to what materials and techniques can be used to create a piece of art. Working in her London studio surrounded by dyes and materials Bridget works ...
Oct 08, 2018•26 min
This is a special little episode for International Podcast Day. We wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for your support of our podcast series so far. All of the podcasts are available for you to listen to through our Soundcloud profile or on our website. We have had a wonderful time speaking with those who have taken part. Our series has included; Louise Macdonald, Bundle MacLaren,MIMC,AnaBella Millinery,Hats Off to Adelaide, Vlad Straticuic, Bonnie Evelyn, Katherine Cherry, Rachael Hens...
Sep 29, 2018•3 min
Bronwyn Shooks first started making hats in 2000 when, thanks to a grant from the Australia Council for the Arts, she began her millinery training with the renowned theatrical milliner Jean Carroll OAM. Bronwyn’s work can be seen across theatre, film and television; most notably the stage musicals My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, War Horse, Love Never Dies, the Lion King and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. TV and film credits include: Gods of Egypt, The Water Diviner, Deadline Gallipoli, I Will Survi...
Sep 10, 2018•33 min
Millinery Meet-up will be hosted again in September 2018. The event was founded by Jan Wutkowski and Diane Shagott in 2014 and this year returns with four days of extraordinary millinery instruction from leading milliners around the world held on the campus of Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. The teaching line up includes Edwina Ibbotson, Galina Kofod, De Hoedenmaker with Dirk-Jan Kortschot and Marcel De Leeuw, Louise Macdoanld, Phillip Rhodes and Lina Stein. All based within the beautiful T...
Aug 13, 2018•19 min
Hat Week Australia will be taking place this July throughout Australia for the very first time. The week will be filled with new and exciting workshops from some of the most aspiring Milliners in Australia. In this podcast we speak with founders Kim McMillan owner of House of Adorn and Carole Maher an International Millinery Tutor about the event.
Jun 03, 2018•9 min
Bronwen Simpson is a Stockport based Millinery who was recently awarded best up and coming milliner in the Hatwalk competition run by Hatwalk Ireland. She shares her process for developing designs from or inspired by vintage materials and how she discovered her passion for millinery through her background of Textile and Museum studies.
May 06, 2018•16 min
Felicity Northeast is an award winning milliner based on the Mornington Peninsula of Victoria in Australia. She shares her process for designing her collection and drawing concepts from her scientific background and the inspiration for her winning pieces for the Caulfied Cup Millinery Award and Millinery Association Design Award. Mt Eliza, Melbourne, Australia Felicity Northeast is an award winning milliner based on the Mornington Peninsula of Victoria in Australia. She shares her process for de...
Apr 09, 2018•24 min
Julie Knox is the owner and head milliner at East Village hats located in the East Village in New York City. The store is a hub of casual hats constructed from vintage materials for everyday wear to special occasion pieces made for some of New York's finest events.
Mar 12, 2018•21 min
Rachael Henson is a Canberra based milliner who created a stunning black and silver piece that was awarded runner up in the MAA Design Award in 2017. She shares with us about the experience that changed the away she look at making hats and the magic a hat can have.
Feb 13, 2018•22 min
Katherine Cherry was the winner of the 2017 MIMC Competition. She share with us the process of creating this detailed piece, the moment she decided to push through and complete the painstaking beading and the importance of being happy with your own quality. The MIMC Competition is in the final stages of planning, all entries must be received by 6pm on Monday 29 January 2018. You can find out about the competition, register your entry or book your tickets to the Labassa event here.
Jan 09, 2018•18 min
Bonnie Evelyn is a Melbourne based Milliner who is a specialist when it comes to using Jinsin to create stunning hats and headpieces. Millinery.Info chatted with Bonnie in Adelaide about how she has developed these techniques and how she like to arrange her studio for the ultimate work space.
Oct 08, 2017•21 min
Vladimir Straticiuc is a Spanish milliner who recently visited Adelaide as a tutor at the Hats Off to Adelaide Millinery Conference. We speak to Vlad about his steps of being asked to make a headpiece for a bride to printing 3D tools to assist in his workroom.
Aug 30, 2017•14 min
The Hats off to Adelaide Millinery Convention hosted by The Millinery Association of Australia will be held between July 9th-15th at TAFE SA in Adelaide. It will be a week full of opportunities to learn new skills, see some unique materials and meet other who are interested in making hats. Take a listen to our discussion with organiser Lorraine Gill.
Jun 20, 2017•19 min
AnaBella Millinery - Millinery. Info by Millinery.Info
May 02, 2017•19 min
Millinery.Info speaks with Catherine Ellen the founder of MIMC - Melbourne International Millinery Competition about the development of the competition, the entries and partnerships of the competition. Entries for MIMC must be received by 6pm on Friday 27 January 2017 to The Essential Hat, 507 High Street, Prahran East, Melbourne. Find the entry form and registration details on the MIMC website
Dec 28, 2016•20 min
