Millinery Class final projects, part one!
Dec. 8th, 2010 03:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
My millinery class presented their final projects yesterday, so i've got some great hats to share pictures of!

Kaitlin Fara created this straw fedora with a single divot and a crown fold from polka-dot-knotted straw...

...inspired by this vintage research image of a 1970s fedora variation.

Kaitlin carved this block from blue roofing foam to make the hat.
The hat's band is made from a printed silk jacquard.

This gibus (collapsible opera top hat) was made by Adrienne Corral, who was...

...inspired by this contemporary hat by Topsy Turvy.
Adrienne's still collapses, even though it's got that giant trim element on the front, by use of a baby snap hidden behind it. Check it out!
Fun stuff! More to come, too...!

Kaitlin Fara created this straw fedora with a single divot and a crown fold from polka-dot-knotted straw...

...inspired by this vintage research image of a 1970s fedora variation.

Kaitlin carved this block from blue roofing foam to make the hat.
The hat's band is made from a printed silk jacquard.

This gibus (collapsible opera top hat) was made by Adrienne Corral, who was...

...inspired by this contemporary hat by Topsy Turvy.
Adrienne's still collapses, even though it's got that giant trim element on the front, by use of a baby snap hidden behind it. Check it out!
Fun stuff! More to come, too...!
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Date: 2010-12-08 08:17 pm (UTC)Of course, I'm particularly a fan of the collapsible top hat. You are the perfect costuming "friend" (I put that in quotes as we don't actually know each other in real life, not because you aren't friendly!) to put a video of the mechanism up! You know just what we all want to see!
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Date: 2010-12-08 08:26 pm (UTC)She salvaged the mechanism from a modern hat marketed toward stage magicians, and cited as "child size." It came with a plastic brim and covered in some sleazy poly jersey, which is fine for a stage magician's purposes, but Adrienne pulled all that off and rebuilt the hat.
She used the plastic brim to block a new buckram one, then covered the hat in silk faille and trimmed it in silk crossweave bias and satin ribbon. Super cute!
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Date: 2010-12-08 08:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-08 08:38 pm (UTC)Great
Date: 2010-12-10 05:28 am (UTC)I love hats, b/c they really change your look. It's like getting a new hairdo every day. Now that I am getting older, my face is getting thinner so I actually look 1/2 way decent in hats
Hats off to you!
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Date: 2010-12-10 12:47 pm (UTC)And, thank you! Glad to know you are doing your part to bring hatwearing back. It's true, it's very much like getting a new hairstyle or color or whatever every day, if you have a collection of good hats!
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Date: 2010-12-08 08:25 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-12-08 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-08 08:44 pm (UTC)I'd still like to transfer into your program.
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Date: 2010-12-08 08:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-08 08:59 pm (UTC)http://www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.com/