Project: Straw tricorne!
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labricoleuseThe current topic in millinery class is straw as a medium. Coincidentally, Anna Sui's spring/summer 2007 collection includes a number of straw tricornes and bicornes! I really hope these are the next big thing, personally. As such, i decided to do my sample straw for the class in a tricorn...
...and it's awesome.
Here are some images from the Anna Sui collection,
featuring the straw tricornes and bicornes.
Pretty cool! This better be the must-have summer hat.
Mine is made from a sinamay straw cartwheel, which is a very open-weave airy type of straw. As such, i wanted all the rest of the trim on the hat to be similarly lightweight, transparent or translucent. The brim is bound with a bias organza strip, and the hat features garnitures of a burnt black ostrich plume and a horsehair cocarde:
two other views
close-up of the exterior garniture
I plan on wearing it to the next opening night party with a cream and black outfit. I also plan on making a more casual one to wear this summer, and when i do, i'll write it up as a step-by-step how-to, just in case the straw tricorne is the new trucker cap. Or something.
In related news, here is a fascinating page on the waterproof straw sailor hats in the film Master and Commander.
Enjoy your weekend, folks!
...and it's awesome.
Here are some images from the Anna Sui collection,
featuring the straw tricornes and bicornes.
Pretty cool! This better be the must-have summer hat.
Mine is made from a sinamay straw cartwheel, which is a very open-weave airy type of straw. As such, i wanted all the rest of the trim on the hat to be similarly lightweight, transparent or translucent. The brim is bound with a bias organza strip, and the hat features garnitures of a burnt black ostrich plume and a horsehair cocarde:
two other views
close-up of the exterior garniture
I plan on wearing it to the next opening night party with a cream and black outfit. I also plan on making a more casual one to wear this summer, and when i do, i'll write it up as a step-by-step how-to, just in case the straw tricorne is the new trucker cap. Or something.
In related news, here is a fascinating page on the waterproof straw sailor hats in the film Master and Commander.
Enjoy your weekend, folks!
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Date: 2007-03-26 02:23 am (UTC)