Australian Milliner Andrea Cainero wowed the judges with her stunning ‘Sweet Fontange’ design that explored the ruffle in modern fashion. Rebecca Share caught up with the Andrea to find out more about her winning entry and her hat making journey to that moment.              Award Winning Design – ‘Sweet Fontange’ Drawing inspiration from historical references to ruffles from the 17th century, Andrea’s winning design explored the ruffle and its representation in modern fashion of femininity using traditional millinery techniques, artisan couture embellishmen ..read more

If you are anything like me, designing a spring millinery collection can be mighty challenging. Where do you start?  What will be the colour trends?  What are the fabric and prints? We have taken the guess work out and are giving you a massive head start for this year’s spring carnival! Fresh from my trip to Italy, I reveal the Top 10 biggest fashion trends for Spring Summer 2023. ~ Rebecca Share x   # 1 – Metallic Boy oh boy there were A LOT of metallics featured in just about every store, from shoes to handbags, accessories and shop window displays, get ready for a lot of shin ..read more

An Introduction into Millinery Wire: Millinery wire is recognized as one of the basic types of tools or pieces of equipment used in hat-making, and the wore itself has a number and multitude of uses. Millinery wire comes, ready to use, in a range of sizes and differential materials, so entirely understanding what type of wire to use for a specific style of hat or particular project may be pretty confusing when you first begin your millinery journey. The millinery academy at Rebecca Share Millinery is here to share our expertise and understanding about millinery wire, seeking to assist all oth ..read more

The usage of hats within the world of fashion and elegance has been around for decades, providing beautiful examples of women wearing delicate and hand-crafted headpieces within popular films and aged novels. Although hats served as a way to keep individuals warm during the cold and chilly winter season, their usage has transformed into an indication of class status, permitting sophisticated and stylish women to wear hats as a type of adornment to make themselves more comfortable attractive in the eyes of onlookers. Hats have taken on the mood and spirit of the individual wearer, reflecting ho ..read more

Glue can be a pretty touchy topic to discuss when it comes to using it for millinery purposes. As hat makers and milliners, we want our hats and headpieces to be entirely made from our hands, meaning that they are entirely hand-sewn together without using glue or alternative adhesives. The intense level of detail and handwork that is put into each hat is what sets our products apart from the ones that are mass-produced in factories far away from the store that is actually selling and distributing them. These ideas and notions leave milliners questioning ‘when is it okay to use glue and what ki ..read more

Millinery is a practice that has been around for hundreds of years. This age-old art and craft hold a sense of reward for the individuals who practice it. A milliner, a word that initially referred to an individual who resided in Milan, Italy, is a person who specializes in making beautiful headpieces and hats for women to adorn and wear to special occasions, events, and parties. At Rebecca Share Millinery, millinery is a specialized art form highlighted throughout every piece directly crafted by Rebecca’s hands. Her technical and signature designs have been showcased in several differential a ..read more

As you begin to expand your millinery skills and the different techniques that you apply to your hat-making repertoire, it may be incredibly useful to learn how to make custom dyes and various colors for your clients to enjoy. Famous and experienced milliners will often offer to dye their clients the option of having their handmade headpieces dyed a specific color of their liking, allowing patrons to purchase a hat that will match a particular outfit that they may be wearing to a special event. Like all millinery methods and techniques, dyeing your handmade hats will take lots of practice, and ..read more

The art craft and practice of millinery, better known as specialized hat making for women, hasn’t changed much within the last hundred years or so. This includes the many unaltered tools and materials that are utilized by milliners to create beautiful headdresses and fashionable caps for young girls and women of all ages to enjoy and wear to elegant and stylish events. Although certain hat-making equipment pieces and millinery tools have slightly evolved as new technological devices and processes have emerged, many of the techniques that are utilized today are, in a sense, the same as they wer ..read more

Make More Sales On The Hats That You Produce After you begin working hard to master the art of millinery and create a wide array and variety of incredibly fashionable and classy headpieces, it’s only natural that you want to promote your millinery business and attract more clients towards purchasing your handmade treasures. Most individuals know how to promote their hats for meager sales amongst their family members and friends. However, they don’t understand how they can promote their business and the pieces they have worked so hard in crafting to the masses or groups of people outside of th ..read more

Hat makers usually need to utilize a wide variety of fabrics, tools, accessories, trimmings, and blocks in order to create a well-made hat. This wide assortment of millinery tools and supplies can be confusing for beginners and can become extremely costly. Thankfully, there are a number of materials that you already own within your house that can easily be used as substitute supplies that can be used to create beautiful and elegant hats for various individuals to purchase and wear. Milliners are incredibly crafty and creative individuals, meaning that they can quickly figure out how to use in ..read more