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Jun. 2nd, 2009 10:14 amJust a quick post collecting a few hat-related topics of potential interest...
First off, Queens-Hat.com is sponsoring a hat design contest with the somewhat cheesy title, "Who Wants to Be a Milli-naire?" The prize is 2500GBP, and it seems to be open to international entrants (so, you don't need to be a UK milliner to enter a design). You can enter a design rendering/sketch or a photo of a finished hat, and the deadline is June 7th at midnight.
Speaking of the UK millinery community and hats in general, the BBC online has a great article about the decline of men's hats in the late 20th century and its potential impending resurgence. It's a really thorough, well-researched article which thankfully posits more contributing factors than the oft-repeated claim that "JFK destroyed the hat industry."
And, a couple more blog links!
Australian milliner Candice Herne has a blog featuring her hat designs. Can't tell how active it is though--seems to be possibly on hiatus. Regardless, she's got some lovely designs and the styling of her photoshoot(s) is fairly striking as well.
Ung farbror is a blog written by (as best i can tell) a milliner in Stockholm, Sweden. The link goes to his posts tagged for hats--he writes about other topics as well, all in Swedish. You can run the test through a translator site if you don't speak Swedish, but the photography is illustrative enough that you can get a good idea of what his posts are about, even without the translation. He appears to specialize in blocked felt hat styles, mens and womens both.
First off, Queens-Hat.com is sponsoring a hat design contest with the somewhat cheesy title, "Who Wants to Be a Milli-naire?" The prize is 2500GBP, and it seems to be open to international entrants (so, you don't need to be a UK milliner to enter a design). You can enter a design rendering/sketch or a photo of a finished hat, and the deadline is June 7th at midnight.
Speaking of the UK millinery community and hats in general, the BBC online has a great article about the decline of men's hats in the late 20th century and its potential impending resurgence. It's a really thorough, well-researched article which thankfully posits more contributing factors than the oft-repeated claim that "JFK destroyed the hat industry."
And, a couple more blog links!
Australian milliner Candice Herne has a blog featuring her hat designs. Can't tell how active it is though--seems to be possibly on hiatus. Regardless, she's got some lovely designs and the styling of her photoshoot(s) is fairly striking as well.
Ung farbror is a blog written by (as best i can tell) a milliner in Stockholm, Sweden. The link goes to his posts tagged for hats--he writes about other topics as well, all in Swedish. You can run the test through a translator site if you don't speak Swedish, but the photography is illustrative enough that you can get a good idea of what his posts are about, even without the translation. He appears to specialize in blocked felt hat styles, mens and womens both.
