Suzanne Jonker originally trained as a goldsmith and through a lifelong passion for textiles, she launched her label Zoo Creatief where she teaches dressmaking and creates millinery. Following her success being selected as part of the top 10 in the Nederlandse Hoeden Vereniging competition in 20...

Belinda Osborne is the milliner and designer behind the award winning brand Peacock Millinery. Belinda was awarded first place in the prestigious 2021 Myer Millinery Award Fashions on your Front Lawn 2021 hosted by Victoria Racing Club (VRC). Her winning piece Forever Bound was constructed of o...

Georgia Skelton is the winner of the 2021 Millinery Association of Australia Design Award with her piece Fantasy Flight. The piece is a take on the Aviator hat dating from the 1920’s and with a modern winter race event for the 2020’s. Constructed using upcycled material it showcases the skilled...

Shandana de la Rivière was the winner of the NHV Hat Competition in 2020. Her piece Celestial Dimensions was in response to the theme Heavenly hats and explores alternative materials to showcase a combination of art and millinery exploring inspiration from Dutch Designer Rachel Ruysch and Parall...

Louise Green Millinery launched in 1987 and quickly became known for its romantic and beautiful, vintage-inspired creations made in West Los Angeles. Moving from Britain with a young family to the United States in 1984 Louise drew on her fine arts studies in her university education as she launc...

Elly Stemerdink is the owner and Editor in Chief of The Hat Magazine, Editor in Chief of Hatlines and President of The Dutch Hat Association. She is a skilled milliner with the brand Hats by Elly, graphic designer leading the redesign of The Hat Magazine, and photographer who captures images of ...

For almost 30 years, Louise Macdonald has worked as a milliner creating leading fashion hats that are considered the ultimate in beauty and style. She works from her studio in the iconic Nicholson Building in Melbourne’s CBD. Louise is a well-respected international millinery tutor. She hosts ...

Lauren J Ritchie is a Melbourne-based milliner who you will recognise as the host of the Millinery.Info Podcast series. She is the President of Millinery Association of Australia and Editor at The Hat Magazine with editor-in-chief Elly Stemerdink.

Lauren discovered her passion for Millinery whe...

Kathy Anderson is the designer and milliner behind the label Hats by Kat. She produces both hand blocked custom hats for women and men from a variety of materials including upcycled items of clothing. After a long career in the Fashion Industry Kathy studied millinery at FIT in New York City befo...

Contempromental was created by Melbourne based milliner, costume designer and photographer Laura Dunnington. Laura won the 2021 MIMC Competition with her piece XOX and the Master’s of Millinery Section at the Royal Melbourne Show in 2019.

With a background in fine art Laura discovered a passion...

Laura Del Villaggio is the designer and milliner behind the label Milli Starr. Her studio is located in Austin, Texas where she works to create two seasonal collections each year and custom orders for clients.

Her career began when she completed a Certificate in Millinery from the Fashion Insti...

Waltraud Reiner is a milliner and drive behind Hatmobile. She discovered her love of hats when she moved from Austria to Australia in the early 1980s. As a graduate of a Fashion Design Degree in Austria she had a love of textiles. She fell into work with Melbourne milliner Magda Urban and trai...

Stephanie Spencer is the winner of the 2020 Myer Millinery Award. The winning piece was a nod to surrealism taking the form of parisisal ballet shoes that were mounted on the head. Stephanie had come up with the idea and then created the piece during the lockdown period in Melbourne. In the po...

Christine Waring is a Canberra based millinery who has decades of experience in Millinery. She has created award winning pieces for local Canberra hat wearers having started her career develop relationships with her clients while stocking at makers fairs in the local community. Christine has ta...

Rebecca Read is the Milliner for Opera Australia. She is based in their Sydney workroom and constructs pieces for their various productions. The projects she undertakes can be wild and wonderful and involve transforming a designers sketch into reality.

She studied at Charles Stuart University ...

Awon Golding is an award-winning London-based milliner who specialises in fun and fresh hats and headpieces for modern women. She is the founder of the Haute Dogs Calendar which is in its third year. In addition to her own label Awon has also been appointed Head Millinery Designer at prestigious ...

Justin Smith is the milliner and creative that leads the brand J Smith Esquire. After graduating from the Royal College of Art, he launched the brand J Smith Esquire following the success of his 2007 graduation show. From there Justin has been involved with fashion weeks all over the world featur...

Marianne Jongkind began her career in millinery in 1961. Over the course of her career which so far has spanned nearly 60 years, she has become renown for her distinct designs and quality of work. Marianne makes piece that include traditional concepts but also pushes to explore and progress new...

Angela Menz is the editor of On Track On Trend and milliner behind the label Angela Menz Millinery. On Track On Trend began as a collaboration between Angela Menz and Lisa Tan. The team met through their shared interest in horseracing and Fashions on the Field (FOTF). Over time the site develope...

Hattember is a competition that was founded by Milliner and Business Owner Catherine Kelly. Entrants of the Hattember Competition are sent a curated bag of materials supplied by Hatters Millinery Suppliers in which to create their entry from. The piece are received and judged by a panel of indu...

Cynthia Jones-Bryson won the Myer Melbourne Cup Carnival Millinery Award in 2019 with a striking red feather piece. Hear about how Robert Palmer's Simply Irresistible influenced the piece. Working from her studio in Jerrabomberra Cynthia has been making hats for 16 years. She originally studied...

Elaine Mergard made her first hat in 1964 while training as a Home Economics Teacher. After graduating she went on to teach Millinery classes for Adult Education in Brisbane and at TAFE colleges in Central Queensland & Sunshine Coast during the 1980's & 1990's. Moving to the Sunshine Coast in 19...

Dillon Wallwork has over 30 years in the industry and has created bespoke millinery for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the late Diana Princess of Wales. Having studied at Salisbury College of Art, Dillon moved to London to harness his passion of creating modern accessories at prominent millin...

Lisa is an Australian milliner who is based in London. She creates pieces that have a classic style with a modern edge. Her pieces are stocked in Myer stores across Australia and she has been part of the Royal Ascot Millinery Collective that happens in partnership with Royal Ascot Racecourse and ...