Millinery Class final projects, part one!

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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...!

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Re: Great

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The class is a graduate level class, with a maximum enrollment of six. So, slots are guaranteed to any costume production grad student in our program, and then any remaining ones i always have a waitlist for! This year i over-enrolled millinery by one student and had a class of seven.

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!