- Students who want to expand their knowledge of making crown shaped headpieces
- Students who want be able to cover headbands with leather and learn how to block a birdcage veil
- Those who want to expand their flower making skills and how to use dyes in their work. This course is suitable for all levels
- Students who want expand their knowledge and techniques with felt blocking and trims
- Students who want be able to cover headbands with leather and learn how to block a birdcage veil
- Students who want to expand their knowledge of making crown shaped headpieces
- Those who want to learn the couture techniques involved in creating a button crown and brim hat. This is an advance course and would only be suitable for a milliner who has had a lot of of blocking perchers experience.
- Create a collection which is aligned with what fashions their clients are wearing
- Ensure their designs are cutting edge and up to date
- Enable them to show clients that their designs are directional
- Ability to draw inspiration from trends to feed design work
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- Students interested in how culture has affected fashion over the last 100 years
- Those wanting to deepen there background of the history of hats
- Those wanting to find inspiration from the past in their design
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- Those who would like a deeper understanding of how colour can be used in their design
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NEW – Illustrating your Hats – 1/2 Day Course – Tuesday 9th November 2021 – 1.30pm – 5pm (UK Time)
£55.00-
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- Those who lack confidence in drawing hats or headpieces to either communicate their ideas or to design on paper
- Those interested in creating their own signature style when drawing their hats
- Those interested in learning about prolific illustrators
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NEW – Millinery Module: The Business Of Millinery – NEW COURSE STARTING JANUARY 2022
- Those wanting to learn how feathers can enhance their designs and understand how to use different methods to dye and burn feathers.
- Those wanting to learn how to create trims from sinamay - perfect for absolute beginners
- An introduction to sinamay and its properties
- Creation of various trims including
- Bows
- Loops
- Bias strips
- Lilies
- Roses
- An understanding of how to attach trims to your base
- An understanfing of how to attach your hairband to your base
Gift Voucher For Our Millinery School
£35.00 – £175.00
Virtual Veiling Brims – 1/2 day – No current dates please enquire
£45.00
- Those who want to expand their knowledge of millinery techniques and create headpieces using any fabrics.
Bows, Bows, Bows – 1 day course – no current dates please enquire
£75.00-
- Those wanting to explore the world of bows and abstract loops within different materials to be used as trims
Silk Abaca Turban Headband 1/2 day – no current dates please enquire
£45.00-
- Those wanting to make a light versatile turban headband in this exciting fabric.
Virtual Buntal Mats Techniques Workshop – 1 day – no current dates please enquire
£75.00- Those wanting to explore this innovative material and push the boundaries of its capabilities to create a truly unique design.
Virtual Silk Abaca Peony – 1/2 Day Course – please enquire for new dates
£45.00- Those who want to expand their flower making skills. This course is suitable for all levels
- How to manipulate the silk into petals
- How to put petals together to form the flowers and create the centre of the flower
Silk Abaca Turban Headband – 1/2 day
£45.00-
- Those wanting to make a light versatile turban headband in this exciting fabric.
Virtual Sinamay Trims Explored – (1 day) – please enquire for dates
£75.00- Beginners or those who want to further explore sinamay
Virtual Silk Abaca Chrysanthemum – 1/2 Day – no current dates please enquire
£45.00- Those who want to expand their flower making skills. This course is suitable for all levels
- How to manipulate the silk into petals
- How to put petals together to form the flowers and create the centre of the flower
Virtual Silk Abaca Chrysanthemum – 1/2 Day- please enquire for current dates
£45.00- Those who want to expand their flower making skills. This course is suitable for all levels
- How to manipulate the silk into petals
- How to put petals together to form the flowers and create the centre of the flower
Virtual Signature ‘Guirpure Lace Headpiece’ – 1 Day Course – no current dates please enquire
£100.00
Virtual Introduction to Blocking Sinamay – Beginners- 1/2 Day Course – please enquire for dates
£35.00 – £105.00- Those wanting to learn how to block using sinamay, perfect for beginners.
- Step by Step tuition on blocking a button shaped percher in sinamay
- How to get your sinamay percher off the block
- How to wire the inside of your percher
- How to curve petersham ribbon
- How to sew in petersham ribbon
Virtual Introduction to Beaded Hair Vines – 1/2 Day Course – please enquire for dates
£35.00 – £47.50
Virtual Different Hat Linings -1/2 Day Course – No current dates please enquire
£45.00
Virtual Parasisal Straw Explored – (2 day)-No current date, please enquire
£175.00- Those who want to explore working with Parasisal straw and experiment with the many possibilities it brings. Previous experience of blocking sinamay is needed and experience of sewing.
Virtual Silk Poppy – 1/2 Day – No current dates please enquire
£45.00- Those who want to expand their flower making skills. This course is suitable for all levels
- How to manipulate the silk into petals
- How to put petals together to form the flowers and create the centre of the flower
Virtual Wool Felt Pillbox Hat (2 days) – No current dates please enquire
£175.00- Those wanting to understand felt and its application in creating an Auturn/Winter Pillbox.
Virtual Vintage Style Headpiece (2 day) -9.30am – 3.30pm (UK Time) – please enquire no current date
£175.00- Those who are interested in vintage inspired materials. Also those who want to incorporate lace, veiling and beadwork onto their designs to give a vintage or bridal inspired feel.
Virtual Bias Brim Headpieces (2 days) please enquire no current date
£175.00- Those wanting to explore a different brim technique. This is an advanced course and students need to be experienced with sinamay.
Virtual Leather Orchid Vine – 1 Day – No current dates please enquire
£75.00- Those who want to expand their trimming knowledge to leather roses, buds and leaves. This course is suitable for all levels
- Preparing the leather ready to mould into shapes.
- How to manipulate the leather into petals and leaves.
- How to put petals together into flower and buds.
- How to vine all the flowers, buds and leaves together into one flower vine.
Painted Silk Abaca Flowers – 1 Day Course – no current dates please enquire
£75.00-
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- Those wanting to explore flower painting and flower creating with silk abaca and learn how to create different delicate stamens
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Virtual Sculptured Crin and Lily Headpiece – 1 Day – No Current dates please enquire
£45.00
Virtual Silk Rose, Buds and leaves – 1/2 Day – No current dates please enquire
£45.00- Those who want to expand their trimming knowledge to roses, buds and leaves. This course is suitable for all levels
- How to manipulate the silk into petals
- How to put petals together into a rose, buds and leaves
Virtual Silk Lily – 1/2 Day – No current dates please enquire
£45.00- Those who want to expand their trimming knowledge to lilies. This course is suitable for all levels
- How to manipulate the silk into petals
- How to put petals together into flower
Virtual Ombre Painted Petal Headpiece – 1 day – No current dates please enquire
£75.00
Virtual Leather Rose Vine – 1 Day – No current dates please enquire
£75.00- Those who want to expand their trimming knowledge to leather roses, buds and leaves. This course is suitable for all levels
- Preparing the leather ready to mould into shapes.
- How to manipulate the leather into petals and leaves.
- How to put petals together into flower and buds.
- How to vine all the flowers, buds and leaves together into one flower vine.
Virtual Orchid and Lily Beaded Hair Comb with Leaf Vine – 1 Day – No current dates please enquire
£75.00 – £87.50
Jinsin & Silk Abaca Explored (2 day) – No current dates please enquire
£175.00- Those who want to explore working with Jinsin and silk Abaca.
Advanced Crown & Brim Hat Blocking (2 day) – No current dates please enquire
£175.00- Those who want to learn the couture techniques involved in creating a sinamay crown and brim hat. This is an advance course and would only be suitable for a milliner who has had a lot of of blocking perchers experience.