Hats Have It: Phillip Rhodes

Sunday, 24 March 2013

Phillip Rhodes

Ahh, there is something very humbling when making Easter Bonnet for my daughter and learning millinery so I can better understand and constructively talk about the subject, I am quickly humbled from my Easter Bonnet mayhem taking day to see the work of Phillip Rhodes.
Phillip Rodes hats are almost painstakingly perfect, in thinking, how long and tedious each stitch has been. In fact one of the stand out hats in last years Melbourne Cup Millinery Award for 2012 was Phillip's of which I have just learnt. It was beyond magnificent.
As I toy with felt and sewing like an infant, I am learning, but the word 'Milliner' should never be used loosely, there is something between a Master Hatmaker and a Hat Decorator.
Clearly Phillip Rhodes, you are simply a master of your craft. A x