Teal Mad Hatter

Award Millinery Design

This is from my collection of hats I made on hat blocks I carved myself to get my signature shapes. It’s a cross between a top hat and a mad hatter. I dyed the straw this unique shade of aqua teal. It’s made with parisisal straw, which takes a master weaver 7 days to weave by hand. It’s the finest straw there is. Then it takes me 3 days to dye, dry steam, block, dry,shape, size and trim a hat. I love the ripped sash to which I added an antique pocket watch face for whimsy.

My hats have been featured in British Vogue and British Brides magazines and worn at the Royal Weddings, Royal Ascot, Buckingham Palace Garden Parties, Kentucky Derby and Melbourne Cup.