2025 STUDENT AWARD

About the event

The annual Millinery Australia student award is open to hat lovers worldwide.

The theme for this year’s Student Award is ‘STREET’

Whether you are a student of millinery, enrolled in a fashion-related course, a high school, college or university student, or taking workshops for your own enjoyment, you are still welcome to enter our competition, as long as you have completed an online or in-person millinery class in the past 12 months.

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Anyone can enter, regardless of skill level, materials experience or areas of interest, including costume, bridal, street fashion, couture fashion or racing millinery.

This year’s theme ‘STREET’ is a versatile theme that could be interpreted in many different ways and entrants are welcome to explore the theme as they wish.

Interpretation could include inspiration from a wide range of sources, such as art, culture, history and personal experiences and might also encompass, though not be limited to, these aspects:

• Street style
• Urban landscapes
• City streets
• Street wear
• Life on the streets
• Travelling the streets
• Streets of the world
• Beneath the streets
• Lost on the street

Each entry must: 

• have been created exclusively for this competition
• not have previously featured in any social media campaigns or print media
• be the student’s own original design            
• be made entirely by the student

Entry Guidelines: 

• one entry per student
• students are only eligible enter the competition three times in total
• student members of Millinery Australia will be offered the opportunity of a two hour online or phone mentorship with a Fellow Member of Millinery Australia which must be used within 12 months
• if you’re not a member of Millinery Australia you may join here to be eligible for a discounted entry fee
• terms and conditions and hat information form are binding and form part of the competition entry

Registration Opens: Saturday, March 8, 2025

Registration Closes: Saturday, May 10, 2025 by 5pm

Due Date for Entries: Thursday, May 15, 2025 by 5pm

(Please note that no entries will be accepted after the closing date/time and all entries must be mailed…no local drop off)

Judging: Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Photos: Week of judging

Mailing Address:

Judges: Phillip Rhodes, Irene Moore and Fiona Cooper with Michele Cameron (Mary Lock Encouragement Award)

Announcements: 

• Registration opens: March 8, 2025
• Registrations close: May 10, 2025 by 5pm
• Closing date for entries: May 15, 2025 by 5pm
• No entry will be accepted after this date/time

FIRST PRIZE

• $150 cash – donated by Millinery Australia 
• $300 cash – donated by Georgia Skelton Millinery
• Certificate
• First choice of education experience
• Professional photo of your winning design taken by Richard Shaw

SECOND PRIZE

• $100 cash – donated by Millinery Australia
• Certificate
• Second choice of education experience

THIRD PRIZE

• $50 cash – donated by Millinery Australia
• Certificate
• Third choice of education experience

MARY LOCK ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD

• $200 cash – donated by Michele Cameron of M & M Millinery
• Certificate

EDUCATION EXPERIENCES

• Private 90 minute zoom class/demo tailored for the student with Louise Macdonald
• A 12 month subscription to Studio+ courtesy of Elaine Mergard from Hat Academy
• Online video course and one hour 1:1 millinery mentor session with Rebecca Share from Hat Atelier

Registration: 

• Members $35 + pre-paid postage label for return of entry

• Non members $50 + pre-paid postage label for return of entry

Terms and Conditions

Tickets: HERE and Entry Form: HERE

G O O D  L U C K !