Wies Mauduit is the designer and milliner of the label La Plus Belle based in The Netherlands. She began her career in millinery at a young age studying at Charles Montaigne Fashion Academy. After moving to Paris she worked for Jean Barthet at The House Barthet before a long standing role at Comédie Française, the French National Theatre. With the opportunity for her family to return to the Netherlands Wies established her brand La Plus Belle. Located in Oegstgeest Wies works from her home studi...
Jul 13, 2022•58 min
Faye Partridge was the winner of the 2022 MIMC Competition with her aqua blue piece Wedding Heaven. The award piece was designed in response to the theme Mother of the Bride and Bridegroom of course. This year the MIMC Competition saw entrants make a piece to be worn with a Vivienna Lorikeet Designs dress that were chosen for their colour and style diversity. Coming to millinery as a second career Faye shares with us her journey of beginning her millinery career learning from Waltraud Reiner and...
Jun 14, 2022•39 min
Maja Svensson was the winner of the Millinery Section of the 2021 Hattermber Competition hosted by Hatters Millinery Supplies. Based in Sweden, Maja attended her first millinery course in 20214 at The Academy of Cutting and Tailoring in Gothenberg. Taking the next step in her millinery career Maja formally started her business in 2022 under the label “Maja S. Milliner”. See full article on Millinery.Info website https://millinery.info/2022/05/maja-svensson/ Thank you to our podcast sponsors - Ju...
May 10, 2022•36 min
Allison Lyndes is the winner of Bes-Ben: Humor and High Design Competition hosted by the Milliners Guild. The piece titled Roll for Initiative! Was inspired by the game Dungeons & Dragons, with inspiration drawn from Bes-Ben motifs and techniques. With a background in theatre studies, Allison completed a bachelor’s degree in Theatre from the University of Vermont and now works on a range of different millinery pieces including Cosplay, theatre, historic reproductions and custom work. See ful...
Apr 18, 2022•45 min
Lauren Martin, also known as Vintage Milliner is an expert in the history of millinery and milliners in 1830s England having just completed her MA by Research at the University of Huddersfield. After taking a class with Louise Macdonald, Lauren went to work at The Essential Hat before moving to London and working for Philip Treacy. After working on major projects with Philip Lauren moved into her current area of expertise in historic millinery. See full article on Millinery.Info website https://...
Mar 19, 2022•49 min
Martine Henry is a milliner and designer who creates headwear that will crown your day. An avid wearer of headwraps and hairbands Martine uses traditional craft techniques and frequently draws on her Afro Caribbean heritage for her design muse. A graduate of London College of Fashion and Kensington and Chelsea College Martine has had pieces stocked in Fenwick’s of Bond Street and Atelier Millinery. She has designed hats and headpieces for award-winning bridal label Eliza Jane Howell and has coll...
Feb 14, 2022•47 min
Suzanne Jonker is the maker and milliner behind the label Zoo Creatief where she teaches dressmaking and creates millinery. She won the 2021 Nederlandse Hoeden Vereniging competition with her piece titled Connection. The competition’s theme was ‘Waste not, want not’ and was supported by The Panama Hat Compan who provided seconds from which each entrant created their entry. See full article on Millinery.Info website https://millinery.info/2022/01/suzanne-jonker-of-zoo-creatief/ Thank you to our p...
Jan 17, 2022•23 min
Belinda Osborne is the milliner and designer behind the award-winning brand Peacock Millinery. Belinda was awarded first place in the prestigious 2021 Myer Millinery Award Fashions on your Front Lawn 2021 hosted by Victoria Racing Club (VRC). Her winning piece Forever Bound was constructed of over 450 cut feather segments and inspired colours of her Darwin backyard. See full article on Millinery.Info website https://millinery.info/2021/12/peacock-millinery-with-belinda-osborne/ Thank you to our ...
Dec 13, 2021•42 min
Georgia Skelton is the winner of the 2021 Millinery Association of Australia Design Award with her piece Fantasy Flight. She is a skilled dressmaker and textile artist with a natural draw to materials. Georgia joins us for the latest podcast to talk about transforming materials and not being afraid to unpick. See full article on Millinery.Info website https://millinery.info/2021/11/georgia-skelton/ Thank you to our podcast sponsors - Judith M Millinery Supply House www.judithm.com/ B Unique Mill...
Nov 09, 2021•42 min
Shandana de la Rivière was the winner of the NHV Hat Competition in 2020. Her piece Celestial Dimensions was in response to the theme of Heavenly hats and explores alternative materials. Shandana joins us for the latest podcast to talk about exploring new materials and their influences on her design. See full article on Millinery.Info website https://millinery.info/2021/10/shandana/ Thank you to our podcast sponsors - Judith M Millinery Supply House https://www.judithm.com/ B Unique Millinery w...
Oct 11, 2021•38 min
Louise Green Millinery launched in 1987 and quickly became known for its romantic and beautiful, vintage-inspired creations made in West Los Angeles. Moving from Britain with a young family to the United States in 1984 Louise drew on her fine arts studies in her university education as she launched her millinery career. The business grew to work with an elite West Los Angeles clientele, fine boutiques, and department stores across the United States and the world. Expanding from a small workroom ...
Sep 14, 2021•40 min
Elly Stemerdink is owner and Editor in Chief of The Hat Magazine, Editor in Chief of Hatlines and President of The Dutch Hat Association. She is a skilled milliner with the brand Hats by Elly, graphic designer leading the redesign of The Hat Magazine and photographer who captures images of hats around the world. See full article on Millinery.Info website https://millinery.info/2021/08/elly-stemerdink/ Thank you to our podcast sponsors - B Unique Millinery www.buniquemillinery.com/ House of Adorn...
Aug 09, 2021•54 min
For almost 30 years, Louise Macdonald has worked as a milliner creating leading fashion hats that are considered the ultimate in beauty and style. She works from her studio in the iconic Nicholas Building in Melbourne's CBD. Louise is a well-respected international millinery tutor. She hosts classes in her studio and presents techniques she has developed on Hat Academy. See full article on Millinery.Info website https://millinery.info/2021/07/louise-macdonald-milliner/ Thank you to our podcast s...
Jul 13, 2021•48 min
Lauren J Ritchie is a Melbourne-based milliner who you will recognise as the host of the Millinery.Info Podcast series. She is the President of Millinery Association of Australia and Editor at The Hat Magazine with editor-in-chief Elly Stemerdink. This episode is hosted by Lisa Watt of Lisa Hughes Millinery with contributions from Felicity Northeast and edited by James Christie. See full article on Millinery.Info website https://millinery.info/2021/06/lauren-j-ritchie-millinery/ Thank you to our...
Jun 14, 2021•48 min
Kathy Anderson is the designer and milliner behind the label Hats by Kat. She produces both hand blocked custom hats for women and men from a variety of materials including upcycled items of clothing. After a long career in the Fashion Industry Kathy studied millinery at FIT in New York City before launching her own label. See full article on Millinery.Info website https://millinery.info/2021/05/hats-by-kat-with-kathy-anderson/ Thank you to our podcast sponsors - Hats by Leko www.hatsupply.com/ ...
May 10, 2021•43 min
Contempromental was created by Melbourne based milliner, costume designer and photographer Laura Dunnington. Laura won the 2021 MIMC Competition with her piece XOX and the Master’s of Millinery Section at the Royal Melbourne Show in 2019. With a background in fine art Laura discovered a passion for millinery through completing a costume course and undertaking a unit taught by Rose Hudson. From there she went onto undertake work experience at the Essential Hat and go on to be offered a position i...
Apr 12, 2021•22 min
Laura Del Villaggio is the designer and milliner behind the label Milli Starr. Her studio is located in Austin, Texas where she works to create two seasonal collections each year and custom orders for clients. Her career began when she completed a Certificate in Millinery from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York in 1999. This training with Janet Linville set Laura up as a skilled and knowledge milliner. Compelting her Master's Degree in Museum Studies: Costume & Textiles at the s...
Mar 08, 2021•37 min
Waltraud Reiner is a milliner and driver behind Hatmobile. She fell into work with Melbourne milliner Magda Urban and discovered her passion for the trade in the 1980s. She trained in Magda’s studio and began her path to millinery after time spent studying Fashion Design in Austria. Her passion for the hat trade has taken her across the globe. Following time spent overseas with her young family Waltraud launched her own millinery studio in 1990 in Melbourne. Hear about her career in Millinery in...
Feb 15, 2021•57 min
Stephanie Spencer is the winner of the 2020 Myer Millinery Award. The winning piece was a nod to surrealism taking the form of parisisal ballet shoes that were mounted on the head. Stephanie had come up with the idea and then created the piece during the lockdown period in Melbourne. In the podcaset she shares about the process and the consideration of construction techniques she undertook. See full article on Millinery.Info website https://millinery.info/2021/01/stephanie-spencer/ Thank you t...
Jan 11, 2021•29 min
Christine Waring is a Canberra based millinery who has decades of experience in Millinery. She has created award winning pieces for local Canberra hat wearers having started her career develop relationships with her clients while stocking at makers fairs in the local community. Christine has taught in the TAFE training program for millinery. She has a great ability to adapt techniques from fellow millinery tutors to form her own approach to the skills. Over her millinery career so far Christine ...
Dec 14, 2020•34 min
Rebecca Read is the Milliner for Opera Australia. She is based in their Sydney workroom and constructs pieces for their various productions. The projects she undertakes can be wild and wonderful and involve transforming a designers sketch into reality. See full article on Millinery.Info website millinery.info/2020/11/rebecca-read-opera-australia Thank you to our podcast sponsors - Hat Mags https://www.hatmags.com/ Lifted Millinery liftedmillinery.com/ Hatters Millinery Supplies www.hattersmillin...
Nov 09, 2020•46 min
Awon Golding is an award-winning London-based milliner who specialises in fun and fresh hats and headpieces for modern women. She is the founder of the Haute Dogs Calendar which is in its third year. In addition to her own label Awon has also been appointed Head Millinery Designer at prestigious British heritage brand Lock & Co, the world’s oldest hat shop. See full article on Millinery.Info website https://millinery.info/2020/10/awon-golding/ Order your Haute Dog Calendar in support of Wild...
Oct 12, 2020•35 min
Justin Smith is the milliner and creative that leads the brand J Smith Esquire. After graduating from the Royal College of Art, he launched the brand J Smith Esquire following the success of his 2007 graduation show. From there Justin has been involved with fashion weeks all over the world featuring his hats and headpieces. He has made pieces that have featured in major motion pictures such as Star Wars, and the Man from U.N.C.L.E, and the iconic Maleficent headpiece worn by Angelina Jolie. The ...
Sep 07, 2020•45 min
Marianne Jongkind began her career in millinery in 1961. Over the course of her career which so far has spanned nearly 60 years, she has become renown for her distinct designs and quality of work. Marianne makes piece that include traditional concepts but also pushes to explore and progress new technique and materials. In 2020 Marianne launched her book "Hat Couture". The project was a collaboration with milliner and editor of The Hat Magazine, Elly Stemerdink. The book is published in English a...
Aug 11, 2020•44 min
Hat Atelier was founded by award winning Master Milliner Rebecca Share. Hat Atelier offers online Millinery courses that focus on Rebecca’s signature style and the latest hat making techniques that allows students to learn remotely from anywhere in the world. The courses are available in a variety of instruction with ‘Online video courses’, ‘Virtual live courses’, ‘PDF courses’ and a growing video library of free ‘Millinery Tips and Tricks’. Rebecca has been making hats for over 24 years and is ...
Jul 14, 2020•28 min
Angela Menz is the editor of On Track On Trend and milliner behind the label Angela Menz Millinery. On Track On Trend began as a collaboration between Angela Menz and Lisa Tan. The team met through their shared interest in horseracing and Fashions on the Field (FOTF). Over time the site developed and has featured blog posts and social media coverage of the track side fashions of horse racing events. Angela's style and millinery is focused on creating her own unique look and her aesthetic is vari...
Jun 15, 2020•29 min
Hattember is a competition that was founded by Milliner and Business Owner Catherine Kelly. Entrants of the Hattember Competition are sent a curated bag of materials supplied by Hatters Millinery Suppliers in which to create their entry from. The piece are received and judged by a panel of industry experts. The competition aims to raise funds for the John Skipper Kelly (JSK) Fund to create leadership opportunities for disadvantaged youth; promote wearing hats #hatsarenotjustfortheraces and to pr...
May 11, 2020•28 min
Bethany Braykavich who is part of the team that founded Virutal FOTF. COVID19 has brought on a time of uncertainty around the world. Many events and business have been impacted by the physical restrictions that have been put in place that are aiming to help prevent the spread of the virus. The Fashions on the Field community has found a way to continue to connect and share their style and outfits through a new platform in the form of Virtual FOTF. A lover and passionate supporter of Fashion on t...
Apr 06, 2020•22 min
Cynthia Jones-Bryson won the Myer Melbourne Cup Carnival Millinery Award in 2019 with a striking red feather piece. Hear about how Robert Palmer's Simply Irresistible influenced the piece. Working from her studio in Jerrabomberra Cynthia has been making hats for 16 years. She originally studied Fashion Design at Canberra Institute of Technology that included a component of Millinery. Thank you to our podcast sponsors - Katherine Cherry Millinery, The Essential Hat, Louise Macdonald Milliner, The...
Mar 16, 2020•19 min
Elaine Mergard made her first hat in 1964 while training as a Home Economics Teacher. After graduating she went on to teach Millinery classes for Adult Education in Brisbane and at TAFE colleges in Central Queensland & Sunshine Coast during the 1980's & 1990's. Moving to the Sunshine Coast in 1990 with her family Elaine established "Hatrageous Headwear" as a home based business making and selling millinery pieces. The concept of Hat Academy started as a series of DVDs and during the deve...
Feb 10, 2020•31 min
