Sarah Marshall had been working for Mr Boyd for many years as the head of his production.  When he passed away in February of 2018 at the age of 92 year-old he left her the business.  

We talk to Sarah about how she is continuing the legacy of John Boyd Hats and defining her own role and signature in the business. Developing iconic styles that speak to the face of each of their customers Sarah works with her team in the studio and showroom. 

The studio is located in Central London in Beauchamp Place, Knightsbridge with a showroom and studio.  The pieces are made on site with clients selecting from the range on show.

Best wishes to Sarah for the continued success of the John Boyd Hats brand.

Thank you to our current supporters of Millinery.Info The Essential Hat and Louise Macdonald Milliner.

We hope you have enjoyed listening to this podcast today. We have a full series of them to keep you company in the workroom. View the rest of the series on our Soundcloud channel. There a few ways in which you can support us to continue to bring milliners making content for milliners. The future of Millinery.Info looks to continue to provide quality industry relevant information and discussions.

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Sandy Aslett is the award winning milliner behind the brand Hats by Sandy A.  She is based in home studio on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast.  Her love of hats started as a young girl wearing a boater style hat to Sunday school and came into full swing after attending at course with Louise Macdonald in Melbourne. 

She won the 2018 HATalk Hat Making Competition with the piece “Cosmic Concertina”.  This was a piece Sandy developed through slicing and folding a waxed paper.  

Passionate about millinery training Sandy hosted classes in her studio to the students from across Queensland and beyond.

M&S Schmalberg has made silk flowers in the Garment District of New York City since 1916. Their flowers are hand-made in Manhattan for apparel, bridal, accessory, millinery and home furnishing products

Adam Brand is the 4th generation of his family involved in this business.  The business was first started by brothers, Morris and Sam Schmalberg. The business was inherited by their nephew, Harold Brand and he passed it onto his children Warren and Deborah Brand.  Adam joined the business after offering to help his father Warren out for a Summer after College.  He now works in the business full time managing the online presence as one of this key projects. 

They make all the pieces in house using a collection of vintage flower making cutters, presses, molds and tools.  Their team construct each flower by hand and the pieces are packed and distributed.  You can purchase from their stock, ask for a specific design or as you will hear in the podcast send in your own fabric.

With much change having occurred within the garment district since the company first began in 1916 they have become a one of a kind business within the industry.  They continue to focus on specialty work, custom and large production orders working with local and international brands.  They are looking forward to sustaining the business, in hopes for the next generation and beyond.

Thank you to our current supporters of Millinery.Info – The Essential Hat and Louise Macdonald Milliner

We hope you have enjoyed listening to this podcast today. We have a full series of them to keep you company in the workroom. View the rest of the series here. There a few ways in which you can support us to continue to bring milliners making content for milliners. The future of Millinery.Info looks to continue to provide quality industry relevant information and discussions.

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The Hatworks Museum celebrates the history of Stockport’s once thriving hatting industry which specialised in the production of fur felt hats. We speak with museum officer Bronwen Simpson (who you will recognise from the podcast on her own hat making) and hat works team member Gordon as we explore the displays.

There are around 250 hats that can be seen in thematic displays in the museum. There is also an approximately equal but ever-growing number of hats in store, waiting to take their place on display.

The museum is based in Wellington Mill a previous home of Christys’, the last local hat factory. Opening on Easter Monday 2000, the display is spread across two levels with ground floor providing an introduction to fur felt hat-making and the second the hat display.

Exploring this history of the Stockport area Hat Works explores the mechanisation of the hatting industry. The space also include a recreation of a hat block maker William Plant and Co. of Great Ancoats Street that was based in neighbouring Manchester.

Thank you to our current supporters of Millinery.Info – The Essential Hat and Louise Macdonald Milliner

We hope you have enjoyed listening to this podcast today. There a few ways in which you can support us to continue to bring milliners making content for milliners. The future of Millinery.Info looks to continue to provide quality industry relevant information and discussions.

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Bridget Bailey is a milliner and textile artist based at the Clockwork studios in London.  Bridget's work explores the natural world through exploration with textile and millinery techniques to maker her pieces.

Training in textiles at Farnham Bridget went on to explore millinery as a medium.  Bridget is known her one-off pieces that extend the mind as to what materials and techniques can be used to create a piece of art.  Working in her London studio surrounded by dyes and materials Bridget works to make one-off pieces for exhibitions and commissions.

Bridget will have work on display at the Made London Marylebone The Design and Craft Fair from 18th to the 21st Oct open 10.30am – 5.00pm each day.

Made London Marylebone is an annual contemporary craft and design fair where the very best of national and international designer-makers present and sell their work to the public. Over 120 exhibitors across all media showcase their original, unique and exceptional work to the capital. The event is held at One Marylebone, 1 Marylebone Rd, London NW1 4AQ.

Thank you to our current supporters of Millinery.Info - The Essential Hat and Louise Macdonald Milliner

We hope you have enjoyed listening to this podcast today.  There a few ways in which you can support us to continue to bring milliners making content for milliners. The future of Millinery.Info looks to continue to provide quality industry relevant information and discussions.

Your support helps bring more content of this quality.  We are working towards growing a larger international coverage through images of millinery events and podcast interviews with leaders within the industry.  Donate through Patreon to become a supporter or share this page with a friend via email or on social media.

This is a special little episode for International Podcast Day.  We wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for your support of our podcast series so far.  

All of the podcasts are available for you to listen to through our Soundcloud profile or on our website.  We have had a wonderful time speaking with those who have taken part.   Our series has included; Louise Macdonald, Bundle MacLaren,MIMC,AnaBella Millinery,Hats Off to Adelaide, Vlad Straticuic, Bonnie Evelyn, Katherine Cherry, Rachael Henson, East Village Hats, Felicity Northeast, Bronwen Simpson, Hat Week Australia, Millinery Meet-up and Bronwyn Shooks.

To support us for International Podcast Day we invite you to share you favourite podcast using #internationalpodcastday 

Which has been your favourite?  Let us know who you might like to hear from in a future episode.  

You can support the future of these podcasts through Patreon.  Becoming a supporting allows us to keep bringing these great discussions.  If you would like to have your business name mentioned in the podcast you can become a sponsor of the series.  This perfect for a teaching milliner, supply business or an upcoming event to share your name with the wider millinery community. 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.  We look forward to bringing you more wonderful hat talk soon.

Bronwyn Shooks first started making hats in 2000 when, thanks to a grant from the Australia Council for the Arts, she began her millinery training with the renowned theatrical milliner Jean Carroll OAM.

Bronwyn’s work can be seen across theatre, film and television; most notably the stage musicals My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, War Horse, Love Never Dies, the Lion King and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. TV and film credits include: Gods of Egypt, The Water Diviner, Deadline Gallipoli, I Will Survive, Underbelly Squizzy and Underbelly Razor. Bronwyn has also worked with a diverse range of Australian theatre companies including Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Opera Australia, Theatre of Image, Ensemble Theatre and Big hART.

She currently teaches theatrical millinery at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA); and has previously taught Certificate 2 and 3 in Millinery, Theatrical Millinery (as part of the Theatre Costume course), and Millinery (as an advanced subject) to Floristry students at TAFE NSW Sydney Institute.

In 2017 she was the winner of the Master Millinery section at the Royal Melbourne Show.  This section is invitational only for Members of The Millinery Association of Australia.  Bronwyn won the section with a black straw braid tricorn style with a fine pink edge and crinoline veil.

The 162nd Royal Melbourne Show runs from 22 September until 2 October 2018.  The Art, Craft and Cookery sections including the millinery awards can be found at the The Spotlight Makers Pavilion.

We hope you have enjoyed listening to this podcast today.  There a few ways in which you can support us to continue to bring milliners making content for milliners. The future of Millinery.Info looks to continue to provide quality industry relevant information and discussions.  Your support helps bring more content of this quality.  We are working towards growing a larger international coverage through images of millinery events and podcast interviews with leaders within the industry.  Donate through Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/millineryinfo or share this page with a friend via email or on social media.

Millinery Meet-up will be hosted again in September 2018.  The event was founded by Jan Wutkowski and Diane Shagott in 2014 and this year returns with four days of extraordinary millinery instruction from leading milliners around the world held on the campus of Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.

The teaching line up includes Edwina Ibbotson, Galina Kofod, De Hoedenmaker with Dirk-Jan Kortschot and Marcel De Leeuw, Louise Macdoanld, Phillip Rhodes and Lina Stein.  All based within the beautiful Tennessee campus the Millinery Meet-up market place will bring together millinery suppliers from across the globe including Judith M Millinery Supplies, Lily M Millinery Supplies, Hat Blocks Australia, Hat Boxes USA, Lisa Farrell Millinery and Hatmaker Millinery Supplies.

With a full immersion experience Millinery Meet-up provides the opportunity to live and play amongst hat making for the week. Dorms are conveniently located to dining and class rooms.  The teaching friendly classrooms are surrounded by beautiful fall foliage with a short walk for saltwater taffy. For full details visit the Millinery Meet-up website at http://www.millinerymeetup.com/

We hope you have enjoyed listening to this podcast today.  There a few ways in which you can support us to continue to bring milliners making content for milliners. The future of Millinery.Info looks to continue to provide quality industry relevant information and discussions.  Your support helps bring more content of this quality.  We are working towards growing a larger international coverage through images of millinery events and podcast interviews with leaders within the industry.  Donate through Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/millineryinfo or share this page with a friend via email or on social media.

Hat Week Australia will be taking place this July throughout Australia for the very first time. The week will be filled with new and exciting workshops from some of the most aspiring Milliners in Australia. In this podcast we speak with founders Kim McMillan owner of House of Adorn and Carole Maher an International Millinery Tutor about the event.

Bronwen Simpson is a Stockport based Millinery who was recently awarded best up and coming milliner in the Hatwalk competition run by Hatwalk Ireland.  She shares her process for developing designs from or inspired by vintage materials and how she discovered her passion for millinery through her background of Textile and Museum studies.