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Millinery Australia Design Award Gala

Join us to celebrate Australia’s Premier Millinery Design Event and our 30th Anniversary.

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A curated gallery of professional millinery, handcrafted by members of The Millinery Association of Australia Inc. Celebrating 30 Years in 2024.

2024 Design Award Top 10 ALFRED, HAVE YOU SEEN MY

2024 Design Award Top 10

ALFRED, HAVE YOU SEEN MY PEARLS?

Legend has it that Alfred Hitchcock introduced Grace Kelly to Cartier Pearls.

As Grace prepares to walk the red carpet, she's in a state of panic. Her treasured pearls are nowhere to be found.

The tension builds, reminiscent of the masterful suspense of Hitchcock's cinematic thrillers. Has someone snatched the pearls from under her nose, or has she simply misplaced them in the chaos of her preparations? The mystery remains unsolved, leaving only one question: where have the cartier pearls gone?

This piece by Sarah Mensforth represents the empty boxes that have been thrown across the dressing table as she searches.

Millinery @mensforthmillinery
Photography @wendellt
Makeup @thehomesalonsydney

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2024 Design Award Top 10 MOTHER OF PEARL Robynne

2024 Design Award Top 10

MOTHER OF PEARL

Robynne Dowd's design 'Mother of Pearl' has been inspired by her mother who's passion for Millinery was lovingly passed down to her. The central luminous pearl was created by using traditional blocking in leather over fosshape, and hand painted with a pearlescent leather paint. It represents a precious gift from Robynne's mother to her, reflecting her guidnace wiht millinery design.

To create contrast and illustrate artistic growth, a more modern technique combining foil and blended inks to create the shell surrounding the pearl was employed. The sinamay back and silk bow represent the ocean where new and old techniques combine. The pearls on the quills complete the passage of wisdom.

Millinery @robandbek_hats
Photography @wendellt
Makeup @thehomesalonsydney

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2024 Design Award Top 10 FEATHER IN YOUR HAT 'Fe

2024 Design Award Top 10

FEATHER IN YOUR HAT

'Feather in your Hat' pays tribute to the milliners who have journeyed with the Millinery Association of Australia. Drawing inspiration from the timeless elegance of pearls, Rebecca Share designed every detail of this hat, beginning with the custom percher hat block, to achieve a distinctive silhouette.

The hand-blocked Sinamay base beautifully captures the sophistication and lustre of pearls, sewn together in unison. The meticulously crafted wirework feather, adorned with twisted bugle beads, symbolizes the exceptionsl individual milliners who shine through their creative talents.

Millinery @rebeccashare
Photography @wendellt
Makeup @thehomesalonsydney

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2024 Design Award Top 10 RUTH’S ROSE Pearls al

2024 Design Award Top 10

RUTH’S ROSE

Pearls always remind Lisa Watt of her maternal grandmother, Ruth.

Her nana’s pearls were almost a permanent fixture around her neck, she suspects they had been a staple fashion accessory well before grandchildren were born. So, when they came along, the pearls had lost their lustre and taken on the scent of her signature rose perfume.

It seemed fitting to create a Design Award entry that combined pearls with Ruth’s love of roses.

Ruth favoured vibrant colour and big bold blooms in her garden. Creating a stylised, full bloomed red rose was heartfelt and an obvious choice to make.

Millinery @lisahughesmillinery
Photography @wendellt
Makeup @thehomesalonsydney

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2024 Design Award Top 10 LADY PENELOPE "PEARL" BR

2024 Design Award Top 10

LADY PENELOPE "PEARL" BRIDGERTON

Lady Penelope "Pearl" Bridgerton was inspired by season 3 of Bridgerton. The story of a young woman finding her voice, her sense of style and all round self confidence.

Kathryn Lee wanted to do a modern take on a Bridgerton style 19th century hat, incorporating vintage viscose straw and recycled jewellery elements. Sculpted in a way as to look like a floral creeping vine magically working it's way around a floating wreath.

Lady Pearl can be seen elegantly floating around "the ton" under the watchful eye of many an admirer.

This piece is made almost entirely of vintage and recycled materials.

Millinery @kathrynleemillinery
Photography @wendellt
Makeup @thehomesalonsydney

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2024 Design Award Top 10 MOTHER Joanne Cooke's M

2024 Design Award Top 10

MOTHER

Joanne Cooke's Mum loved the ocean.

Mother of Pearl evokes in her cherished childhood holiday memories of creating Jewellery trays (and ash trays!!!) from beautiful shells, their inner layers a dance of glimmering pastels.

These brilliant colours became her Mum's chosen wardrobe palette and were always accompanied with matching shoes, beads and clip on earrings of course. Many of the beads, crystals and pearls embellishing this shell are her Mother's.

In recent years, Joanne's Mum suffered dementia, and was often trapped in her shell, but now, her family's matriarch pearl is free to shine bright onece again.

Millinery @joannebuchanancooke
Photography @wendellt
Makeup @thehomesalonsydney

#millineryaustralia #madesignaward24 #pearl #millinerycouture

2024 Design Award Top 10 KIMBERLY Cynthia Jones

2024 Design Award Top 10

KIMBERLY

Cynthia Jones Bryson was immediately drawn to pearl jewellery design from the Kimberly region.

"The pearls gathered in the warm waters near Broome grow to the largest size known to man, and their magnificent lustre is unmatched the world over."

The designs she pied are truly magnificent- the pearl/s sitting proudly as the centre of attention in each design. Truly inspirational.

Millinery @cynthiajonesbrysonmillinery
Photography @wendellt
Makeup @thehomesalonsydney

#millineryaustralia #madesignaward24 #pearl #millinerycouture

2024 Design Award Top 10 PEARL DIVER Pearl Diver

2024 Design Award Top 10

PEARL DIVER

Pearl Diver is inspired by a traditional copper and brass diving helmet worn by divers searching for pearls.

The heart motif is taken from the protective grills on the helmet's windows. While usually viewed as two crossed, curved long rectangles, heart shapes can also be seen in the grills.

The geometric design was created firstly on paper using a protractor and Pi calculations. It then came to like with Swiss braid wrapped millinery wire. The wide base headband provides a stable platform for the circular heart structure and the central circular motif.

Millinery @catherine_storm_millinery
Photography @wendellt
Makeup @thehomesalonsydney

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2024 Design Award Top 10 A GALAXY OF WISDOM As t

2024 Design Award Top 10

A GALAXY OF WISDOM

As the Millinery Association of Australia celebrates its 30th anniversary, this piece takes the concept of 'Pearls of Wisdom' and expands the idea to encompass the Millinery Association as a whole. It celebrates all the generations of milliners who have provided pearls of wisdom with each other that have ultimately created a galaxy of knowledge and support.

At times, some stars (or pearls) shine brighter than others, but this is an everchanging roster. Everyone has their turn to shine brightly. There are always new pearls of wisdom to discover.

Millinery @millinerydept
Photography @wendellt
Makeup @thehomesalonsydney

#millineryaustralia #madesignaward24 #pearl #millinerycouture

2024 Design Award Top 10 GIRL WITH A PEARL Anit

2024 Design Award Top 10

GIRL WITH A PEARL

Anita Marshall wanted to create a piece of millinery that evoked a sense of connection and familiarity to the theme of pearl.

Vermeer's painting, Girl with a Pearl Earring, could possibly be the most iconic pearl of all time. The curiosity and wonder that surrounds this work is something Anita wanted to bring to life in her finished piece.

Her intention was to create something that was outside the box, with that in mind, she wanted to seemingly free the girl from her frame. The embroidery painting technique used to create the girl took over 60 hours to complete.

Millinery @anita.marshall.millinery
Photography @wendellt
Makeup @thehomesalon

#millineryaustralia #madesignaward #pearl #millinerycouture

TOP 10 ANNOUNCEMENT: Each year @millineryaustrali

TOP 10 ANNOUNCEMENT:

Each year @millineryaustralia invite fellow and hall of fame members to participate in our annual Design Award. This year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of our association, we selected the theme of Pearl.

Entries arrived in an array of colours and interpretations on the theme and each one was scored by the members of our judging panel made up of Rick McGill @kerriestanley @donnygalella and Andrea Cainero @somewhere_here_now

Marks were given for Design and interpretation of the theme, technicality and wearability. The scores were collated and we are proud to announce our top 10 (in alphabetical order)

Anita Marshall @anita.marshall.millinery
Bronwyn Shooks @themillinerydept
Catherine Storm @catherine_storm_millinery
Cynthia Jones Bryson @cynthiajonesbrysonmillinery
Joanne Cooke @joannebuchanancooke
Kathryn Lee @kathrynleemillinery
Lisa Watt @lisahughesmillinery
Rebecca Share @rebeccashare
Robynne Dowd @robandbek_hats
Sarah Mensforth @mensforthmillinery

#millineryaustralia #madesignaward24 #pearl #millinerycouture

Photography @wendellt
Makeup @thehomesalonsydney

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