Issue 110 - May 2015 Next Issue: May 20th, 2015 This month... London Hat Week Monica Feher HATWALK 2015 Leather Tutorial And More... the e-magazine for those who make hats Issue 110 May 2015 Contents: London Hat Week 2 Over 40 pictures from London Hat Week 2015. Hat of the Month 16 HATWALK Design Award winner Monica Feher’s leather creation. Make a Leather Rose - Part 1 20 A step-by-step tutorial by Svetlana Faulkner of PresentPerfect Creations. Sara Snood’s 365 Day Headgear Challenge 26 Using hats to fight cancer. Letter to the Editor 28 Advice on securely attaching a hat to fine hair. The Back Page 29 Royal Ascot Style Guide and how to contact us. Cover Page: Hat by Philip Treacy Back Page: Hat by John Paul 1 www.hatalk.com Images by McLaren Photography The second London Hat Week took place from March be having an amazing time. People were enthused about 26th to April 1st 2015. With over 50 hat-centred events hats, loving being in London and genuinely enjoying taking place across the English capital and hundreds meeting other like-minded hat lovers - what more could of visitors travelling from around the UK and at least 16 we have possibly asked for?” other countries to attend, the week was a real triumph for hats and hat makers. London Hat Week 2015 was sponsored by Bates Hats, Lock & Co, the Riverina Millinery Association, Chateau “It is absolutely amazing to think that what began as Dumas, Judith M and Company Jedrzejko. Like last a grain of an idea less than two years ago has become year, events were organised by a number of different such a successful event so quickly,” says HATalk Editor individuals and organisations. Some of the world’s most Becky Weaver, who co-founded London Hat Week in renowned milliners taught workshops on a variety of 2014 along with Georgina Abbott of Atelier Millinery. “It different subjects and there were also exhibitions, talks, has taken a lot of work and time, but it has been so worth social and informational events and supply sales. it. We love seeing people from all over the world coming together to make and wear hats. As the saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words,” so the following pages are packed full of images from Throughout the week, everyone we talked to seemed to London Hat Week... 2 www.hatalk.com Image by Paul Lee Photography Above: London milliners Martine Henry, Georgina Blyth and Harvy Santos pose for a selfie with Anna Mott (in blue), Racing Fashion Australia’s global millinery ambassador. The Official Launch of London Hat Week was held in the atmospheric St Cyprian’s Church near Baker Street and was attended by around 200 people. The event was sponsored by Lock & Co Hatters or St James’s Street and included live musical performances from the Marylebone Rock Choir and Elaine Buckle. 3 www.hatalk.com Images by Paul Lee Photography Lee Paul Images by Top Left: London Hat Week Founders Becky Weaver and Georgina Abbott. Top Right: Irish milliner Suzanne Ryan. Bottom Left: A launch guest looking dapper in a red bowler. Bottom Right: Anna Mott in a striking hat by Australian milliner Richard Nylon. 4 www.hatalk.com Images by Paul Lee Photography Lee Paul Images by Top Left: #LHW was the official London Hat Week hashtag - check Facebook and Twitter to see the latest posts. Top Right: Milliner Katherine Elizabeth shows off her new hairstyle at Duck & Dry’s pop-up blow dry bar, where launch goers were treated to complimentary hairdos to go with their hats. Bottom Left: American milliner Laurie Carlson Steiger. Bottom Right: The Marylebone Rock Choir performing in Lock & Co bowlers for a real London look. 5 www.hatalk.com Images by Paul Lee Photography Lee Paul Images by Above: Guests, including Duck & Dry founder Yulia Rorstrom (top right) and burlesque performer Immodesty Blaize (bottom left), came dressed in a wide range of styles and everyone looked fabulous. People stood taller with their hats on, feeling confident and ready to enjoy themselves as they caught up with old friends, met new ones and prepared for the fantastic week ahead. Launch goers were served complimentary drinks and given a personalised notebook from printers Barnard & Westwood and a goodie bag from Lock & Co Hatters containing Sylvia Fletcher’s book, Headfirst. 6 www.hatalk.com Image by Elly Stemerdink Image by Top Left: One of the main reasons people travelled to London Hat Week was to learn new millinery skills. These turbans were made by students in a draping workshop taught by London College of Fashion tutor Chloe Scrivener. Top Right: Jane Fryers taught a fish leather class at Atelier Millinery in Carnaby. Bottom Left: Chloe Haywood of Hatastic! held a fascinator making course which was suitable for all skill levels. Bottom Right: The Bailey Tomlin Sinamay Techniques courses were some of the first to sell out. 7 www.hatalk.com Top Left: Judy Bentinck (right) with a student at her velvet flower making class at Cockpit Arts in Holborn. Top Right: Jane Taylor, milliner to the Royals, held straw cocktail hat workshops at her studio. Bottom Left: Sally Harper-Kenn demonstrated flower making techniques from her book - Silk Flowers. Bottom Right: Emi Suzuki taught students new feather flower making skills at Siggi Hats in Fulham. London Hat Week classes were also taught by Dillon Wallwork, Edwina Ibbotson, The British School of Millinery, Natasha Moorhouse, Tina Giuntini, Katherine Elizabeth and Joy Scott. 8 www.hatalk.com Image by Elly Stemerdink Image by Top Left: As well as coming to learn, many visitors came to London Hat Week to shop - both for millinery supplies and for hats. Hat shops across the city joined in the LHW Hat Trail by decorating their windows for the occasion. Top Right: Owen, of Guy Morse-Brown Hat Blocks, spent time meeting milliners and answering their questions. Bottom Left: The team from Parkin Fabrics had plenty to offer shoppers at their London Hat Week Road Show. Bottom Right: Many workshops and other London Hat Week events sold out in record time this year. 9 www.hatalk.com Top Left: World class milliners Edwina Ibbotson, Rachel Trevor-Morgan and Noel Stewart at Milliners’ Question Time, where Leanne Fredrick of Hattin’ Around interviewed them in front of a live audience. Top Right: Leanne (2nd from left) also collaborated with HATalk to organise an information sharing session. Bottom Left: Cutting edge milliner Laura Apsit Livens opened her studio for seminars and visits. Bottom Right: London Hat Week sponsors Bates Hats held an evening talk on the history of the Panama hat. 10 www.hatalk.com Images by BethanImages Eccles by Above: An exciting addition to the London Hat Week 2015 schedule was hat designer Carrie Jenkinson’s collection launch at department store giant House of Fraser’s flagship Oxford Street store. It was wonderful to see hats become the focal point of the store’s womenswear department for an evening. 11 www.hatalk.com Above Left: 2015 also saw the introduction of some great new hat exhibitions during London Hat Week, including the UglyLovely Millinery Exhibition at Craft Central in Clerkenwell. Top Right: UglyLovely Creative Director Sahar Freemantle wore one of her signature macabre headpieces to the exhibition’s press night. Bottom Right: Swing band Minnie’s Henhouse performed at the opening, which was sponsored by Dalston Cola. 12 www.hatalk.com Top: The 21st Century Hat Exhibition was another exceptional LHW event, showcasing over 75 unique millinery creations by designers from 15 different countries and curated by Monique Lee and Anna Mott. The exhibition was organised by X Terrace Fashion and was sponsored by Coventry University London Campus. The graphic design sponsor was Art and Design Ways Ltd and the launch party was catered by pastry chef Theodora Tsaveli. Bottom Left: Some rare pieces by the late Australian milliner Paris Kyne were on display at East India House. Bottom Right: Monique Lee (right) with wearable technology expert Paul Gough from Lab Alpha 7. 13 www.hatalk.com Image by Alena Kobylkova Alena Image by Images by Debbie Annette Images by Top: Despite disappointingly British weather, the second annual London Hat Walk was very well attended. A number of Red Hat Society chapters joined in, adding to the crowd of hat wearers who walked through Central London. Bottom Left: HATalk Editor Becky Weaver, London Hat Walk organiser Liz Waldy, Georgina Abbott of Atelier Millinery and Carole Denford of The HAT Magazine strolled down The Mall towards Buckingham Palace together. Bottom Right: Many hat wearers ended the walk with a meal at a restaurant in Trafalgar Square. 14 www.hatalk.com This year, London Hat Week was intentionally scheduled who won a Stephen Jones hat, Miles Rochford, who won to coincide with Wear a Hat Day, an annual fundraising a hat by Rachel Trevor-Morgan, Amanda Loiselle, who campaign held by Brain Tumour Research, LHW’s official won two places on a fascinator making course at Atelier charity partner. A number of events raised money for Millinery and Sarah Burnett-Moore, who won a one year Brain Tumour Research and there was even a London Hat subscription to HATalk e-magazine. Through the prize Week pop-up for Wear a Hat Day in the Piccadilly Circus draw and other London Hat Week fundraising initiatives, branch of Barclays Bank (above left). over £1000 was raised for Brain Tumour Research. The LHW Charity Prize Draw was announced on Wear a As with all good things, London Hat Week 2015 came Hat Day - the first full day of London Hat Week - so people to an end and people made their way home, travelling could give to the charity online in return for the chance back to the far corners of the world full of fresh to win some outstanding prizes, including couture hats inspiration and enthusiasm for making hats.