Class projects: buckram forms, part two!
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labricoleuseHere are a few more images of some of my millinery class' buckram foundation hat projects.
Fascinator by second-year grad Kaitlin Fara of hand-dyed guinea and biot feathers.
Low-crowned ladies riding topper by PRC props artisan Elizabeth Moss.
Left: Pillbox by second-year grad Samantha Greaves, of vintage 1960s boucle and feather spray.
Right: Crossdyed dupioni pillbox with vintage dotted silk veiling by first-year grad Adrienne Corral.
Left: Fascinator of grey figured sateen and antique lace by continuing education student Jennifer Mohrman.
Right: Faille and ultrasuede fascinator by first-year grad Adrienne Corral.
Complex buckram hat by millinery class graduate Candy McClernan. Candy took millinery two years ago and can't get enough, so she's doing some of the projects along with us just for the excuse to make more hats. This hat, a reproduction of a hat worn in the Ascot scene in the film version of My Fair Lady, is covered in black brocade and trimmed in wide white ribbon and horsehair braid, a black corded tassel, and vintage jewel garnitures.
Fascinator by second-year grad Kaitlin Fara of hand-dyed guinea and biot feathers.
Low-crowned ladies riding topper by PRC props artisan Elizabeth Moss.
Left: Pillbox by second-year grad Samantha Greaves, of vintage 1960s boucle and feather spray.
Right: Crossdyed dupioni pillbox with vintage dotted silk veiling by first-year grad Adrienne Corral.
Left: Fascinator of grey figured sateen and antique lace by continuing education student Jennifer Mohrman.
Right: Faille and ultrasuede fascinator by first-year grad Adrienne Corral.
Complex buckram hat by millinery class graduate Candy McClernan. Candy took millinery two years ago and can't get enough, so she's doing some of the projects along with us just for the excuse to make more hats. This hat, a reproduction of a hat worn in the Ascot scene in the film version of My Fair Lady, is covered in black brocade and trimmed in wide white ribbon and horsehair braid, a black corded tassel, and vintage jewel garnitures.
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Date: 2010-09-29 03:53 pm (UTC)I was wondering if, in cases of large hats like the last one, does one take into account balance? As in will the hat stay on someone's head without 40 bazillion pins.
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Date: 2010-09-29 04:39 pm (UTC)Balance is definitely taken into account! In that last hat, Candy basically did some physics experiments with her mockup, adjusting it on her own head til she figured out what shape the brim needed to be to counterbalance that tall section. We all tried it on and it's incredibly well-balanced, structurally speaking.
For stage, almost all hats have horsehair inserts or combs on elastic or toupee clips or other means of anchoring them to help with their stability and keep them on the head, but first and foremost the milliner has to make sure to balance the hat structurally.
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Date: 2010-09-29 09:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-30 01:19 pm (UTC)