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👒👒👒NEW BLOG POST👒👒👒 Head to the

👒👒👒NEW BLOG POST👒👒👒

Head to the Millinery Australia blog to read about Karen's year of winning and placing in several competitions and exhibitions. You can find her at @kb_millinery (click link in bio to read)

Award-winning milliner Karen Bailey has been designing hats for over 30 years. Karen’s hats have been worn at weddings and functions around the world, including national and international race meetings. Her hats have been featured in films, theatre productions, and an international millinery exhibition.

Karen trained with celebrated Brisbane milliner, Elizabeth R where she learned traditional model millinery techniques.
Opening her millinery store in Oxford Street Bulimba in the 1990s, Karen’s collections also sold through selected independent boutiques, David Jones and Myer department stores.

Karen is renowned for her meticulous attention to detail. All designs are handmade using the finest materials to create a flawless finish that is both classically elegant and timeless. As well as offering ready-to-wear collections, Karen offers a bespoke couture service where designs are customised to complement each client’s specific outfit.

After thirty years in Brisbane, Karen recently relocated to the beautiful Northern Rivers Region of N.S.W. She continues to focus on providing beautifully crafted hats for clients and her seasonal collections.

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Join us tomorrow (20th October, 8 pm Syd/Melb) on

Join us tomorrow (20th October, 8 pm Syd/Melb) on zoom for our evening International Stitch and Chat - Hosted by John

Started during Lockdown, Millinery Australia invites you to connect with the international millinery community via this informal online virtual gathering. Bring your stitching if you like, and chat with others. There is an alternative event that may suit your time zone better, or join both to connect every other week.

This event is hosted on Zoom. All are invited to join, you do not need to be a member, and there is no fee. (IG users, use the linktree link in bio)

Zoom Meeting: 913 5160 7714
Passcode: MA_INTSC

https://zoom.us/j/91351607714?pwd=cnV6V3hMUHBpb0h2Y0tvN0hYdXBGQT09

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Thanks for having me! I’ve enjoyed taking over t

Thanks for having me! I’ve enjoyed taking over the MAA socials this week. I’ll leave you with one last post. A snippet (🔊) from my video diary for last year's Myer Millinery Award, and my tips on making a video (a frequent question asked of me this week). I hope you are all thinking about or busily making your entries, and I can’t wait to see all my millinery comrades at Flemington for the 2022 Melbourne Cup Carnival.

MY TOP TIPS:
🎬 Shoot your video in landscape and a well lit area.
🎬 Have a tripod that is only set up for filming as you work. That way, when you take your camera off to film some other angles, you can return the camera to its original position.
🎬 Start strong. Captivate your audience early to make your video memorable and grab the viewer's attention. There’ll be time to get to all the other parts of your making story.
🎬 Don’t forget to outline your creative inspiration, construction techniques and overall design process.

Belinda x
@peacockmillinery

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FEATHER LOVE ❤️Belinda here again! I love work

FEATHER LOVE ❤️Belinda here again! I love working with feathers. They are such a light and versatile material. Like this giant feathered rose seen here paired with some serious custom stitching, feathers can make a big impact on your millinery. I've been creating with feathers for over a decade now and they still bring me joy. You can learn how to make this feathered rose and some of my other feathery delights in my online millinery course, ‘Feathered Florals’ available at Hat Atelier

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Hello! Belinda here. For me, Saturdays are for hea

Hello! Belinda here. For me, Saturdays are for heading to the track. I may have started as a milliner, but now I am a member of my local race club @darwinracing, a member of Women in Thoroughbred Racing NT, and a racehorse owner to a few GGs local and interstate🏇

I love spending the day at the races or heading to the stables to give some cuddles to the horses. Getting involved and supporting your local race club and industry in all aspects can be rewarding. And I find the support tends to go both ways. We are all in this amazing industry together. May as well enjoy the ride x

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Thought I'd share a snippet of what I get up to in

Thought I'd share a snippet of what I get up to in @peacockmillinery studio ✂️ for this week's MAA member takeover. Belinda x

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IT’S A TAKEOVER 📣 Hello! Belinda here and I’m taking over the MAA socials this week! So, get ready to learn a little more about me and my milliner life. And I’d love to hear from you too! Send me a comment below or head to our stories, where you can ask me anything! How fun!!

I’m a Darwin girl born and bred. I’ve called the Northern Territory home all my life. I love its rugged beauty and it never ceases to amaze and inspire me.

I made my first hat for the races in 1999 and have been making millinery under my label @peacockmillinery since the mid-2000s. In 2020, I made the shift to ditch the day job and became a fulltime milliner. It has been both challenging and rewarding. Now I spread my time between making millinery, tutoring, mentoring, and writing for my blog, The Milliner Life.

I am 2nd gen trained, with further training in a few specialty focus areas. My mum, who was a milliner for Myer and Milliner Andersons in the 50s and 60s in Adelaide, South Australia, really instilled the fundamentals early in me. I try to pass on these skills whenever I can with workshops, demonstrations, and online learning.

I love to promote the art of millinery. However, most of my time is spent in my studio designing and making couture millinery. I work with clients all over the world, making millinery moments with them, as well as a limited collection of ready-to-wear pieces. Some fun facts about me are, I was born on Melbourne Cup Day; I have played tennis almost my whole life; and I won a world UNICEF art competition when I was in school from over 80,000 entries.

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//NEW GUEST BLOG// Belinda Osborne @peacockmilline

//NEW GUEST BLOG// Belinda Osborne @peacockmillinery winner of the 2021 Myer Millinery Award & 2022 Millinery Australia Design Award shares with us how she approaches designing for the Myer Millinery Award and other competitions

See link in bio 👆

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