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September 2018
Mastering Millinery
London College of Fashion’s 30-week Mastering Millinery course takes place on Saturdays at their specialist Millinery studios in London, fitting around your commitments. Students will learn the art and craft of millinery and each term will focus on a new skill or technique, building to a collection of five hats. Students will also create a folder of couture techniques and develop their understanding of millinery history and how millinery sits within the current fashion industry. The course includes a 1-day master class on starting…
Find out more »January 2019
Contemporary Millinery (Wednesday evenings)
What you will learn Learn the techniques required to produce stylish and contemporary hats for both men and women. Each term will focus on different materials and methods: felt in the autumn, straw and woven materials in spring and in summer, the development of patterns for both soft and structured hats will be in focus. Each course will cover a wide range of techniques to enable you to produce beautiful modern hats with a professional finish. Attendance on all three…
Find out more »PROFESSIONAL HAT MAKING: STRAW AND SINAMAY
Weekly What you will learn For high fashion or everyday hats, this course will introduce you to professional hat making from straw and sinamay. Materials made from plant fibres have been used to make hats for many thousands of years and the techniques used to create beautiful shapes are relatively simple to learn. This course will enable you to produce your own stunning creations for both men and women, trimmed to perfection. Beginners to the subject will be introduced to…
Find out more »March 2019
Wool Felt Pillbox Hat (2 days)
£195 (inc all materials) – Level: Intermediate
Find out more »4 day Millinery Workshop
with Judy Bentinck
Find out more »Jinsin & Silk Abaca Explored
Jinsin & Silk Abaca Explored This course is aimed at: Those who want to explore working with Jinsin and silk Abaca. The course will involve: Exploring and experimenting with Jinsin, a material renowned for its sculptural quality. It creates incredible shapes when curved and flexed. The fabric can be stripped away to create a wild spray of fibres. Exploring and experimenting with Silk Abaca, a material which is fine and smooth and can be free-shaped, blocked or used for draping. …
Find out more »LEATHER ROSE & FLOWERS
WITH GALINA KOFOD Participants will go through all the stages of the process of creating a rose and a flower of your choice from the leather. This will include the preparation of materials, making patterns, dying materials, assembling and finishing techniques. During this class students will learn in detail how to make a beautiful realistic looking rose from leather. In addition, students will learn how to work with a wide range of Japanese style flower making tools. From this class you will…
Find out more »April 2019
Millinery 2
Monday – Thursday 40 Lime Grove, London W12 8EA £595 A follow-on from 'Introduction to millinery,' this millinery course will help to develop your understanding of design, proportion, balance and the application of colour, taking your millinery knowledge a stage further. You'll learn how to select from a wide range of woven and knitted fabrics, felts and straw for millinery, and how to apply these to your designs. The selection and use of foundation materials is also covered.You'll also be…
Find out more »LONDON HAT WEEK
Visit London and connect with milliners and hat lovers from around the world to learn, shop and socialise in this now annual event! See the full schedule here
Find out more »The Brim is Back- Derby Hats Workshop
The brim is back and there’s no better place to celebrate than the Kentucky Derby! Laura Whitlock will guide this three-day class as we re-acquaint ourselves with creating track-worthy larger-scale chapeaux. Working with buntal mats and pinokpok, we’ll learn to create these beauties with and without hatblocks, and how to use stenciling techniques to give them one-of-a-kind patterns and designs. Instructor: Laura Whitlock
Find out more »Whimsy Workshop
"Make a whimsical hand blocked felt or straw hat" This workshop will be a fast moving two-day introduction to the world of millinery. Students will learn to hand block a mini to medium size self-trimmed special occasion hat. The emphasis will be on learning how to manipulate the materials to the fullest with techniques including blocking, draping, cutting and wiring millinery straw and felt. An emphasis on good design and professional sewing techniques will give students the ability to walk…
Find out more »LHW Masterclass: Asymmetrical Fish Leather Headband with Jane Fryers
April 5, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm £195 Learn to make an asymmetrical fish leather headband trimmed with salmon leather roses. This course is a great introduction to working with fish leather. You will make an asymmetrical headband and then create salmon leather roses to decorate it with. This class is suitable for all skill levels, including beginners, as Jane will teach all the necessary techniques. Most students will be able to create a finished headpiece to take home. Jane Fryers…
Find out more »Felt or Straw Hat making Workshop
Louise Pocock
Find out more »Feather flowers and headpieces
Tutor: Carole Maher
Find out more »Silk Flower Making
Learn to create beautiful flowers using silk. On this workshop you will learn to paint, use flower tools and wire to create beautiful handmade silk flowers for millinery or corsages.
Find out more »Feather Headpiece
During this one day workshop learn how to make Feather Headpieces. These are so much nicer and more professional than fascinators. Cover a base or pad with feathers and learn to curl, cut and manipulate feathers to make a stunning headpiece.
Find out more »Felt or Straw Hat making Workshop
Louise Pocock
Find out more »Millinery Open Studio – weekly
Saturdays, over 8 weeks 40 Lime Grove, London W12 8EA £750 Come and develop your Millinery skills over 8 weeks while working on your own projects, under the close guidance of our experienced Millinery tutor. Further develop your own Millinery style, experiment with a variety of materials, make maquettes and prototypes for your final designs and receive one-to-one guidance from our specialist Millinery tutor, all while having full use of our well-equipped studio. To find out more and book…
Find out more »CONTEMPORARY MILLINERY
What you will learn Learn the techniques required to produce stylish and contemporary hats for both men and women. Each term will focus on different materials and methods: felt in the autumn, straw and woven materials in spring and in summer, the development of patterns for both soft and structured hats will be in focus. Each course will cover a wide range of techniques to enable you to produce beautiful modern hats with a professional finish. Attendance on all three…
Find out more »PROFESSIONAL HAT MAKING: BUCKRAM/PARIS NET FOUNDATION FABRIC HATS
Weekly What you will learn This course will encourage you to develop your own style whilst learning different techniques. You will be taught the various techniques necessary to create stunning headpieces. Using a variety of blocks, materials and finishes, learn professional techniques to bring your own ideas into reality. For high fashion or everyday hats for men and women, this course will introduce you to hat making at its very best. Beginners to the subject will be introduced to basic…
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