My Favourite Hats from Derby Day @ Melbourne Cup Carnival

Melbourne Cup Carnival we are really spoiled for choice and perusing the crowd with precision trying to focus in on a favourite hat is difficult. Working with tones of Black and White it is hard to find something that is going to compliment an outfit well as well as having depth and interest.

This year, when talking to a few people and 'The Hat' Magazine, there was allot of 'Hobby Milliners' which is fantastic, but attention to detail, aesthetic and balance were lacking in the 2013 line up of Derby Day.

The Hobby Milliner is fantastic for ladies wanting to purchase many a hat for the week of festivities and most of the finalists I would personally not picked on the day alone for 'Millinery Alone' although that is just my opinion and we are all welcomed to 'opinion'.

I really enjoy looking back at the day of photos that have been captured as during the day, I am interviewing and producing so I cannot get into the nitty gritty of hats on the day.

Being the International Millinery Ambassador for Riverina Millinery Convention 2014, I could not take my position more seriously. These are just not hats, these accessories are as far as I am concerned that are making history. They are going to tell a story about how we lived as a society during out time. Hats have been pivotal more that anything else throughout History.

These hats are the ones I enjoyed looking at most on the day, and I must admit, I adored my own with hints of Swarovski Red. For the Full Line Up, Click Here and seewhat you think???

Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

 Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

 Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

 Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

 Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.
This had a wonderful story behind it.

 Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.
Rebecca Share

 Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.
Philip Treacy

 Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

 Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

 Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

 Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

 Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.
Louise Macdonald

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.
Rebecca Share

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.
Loved Loved Loved THIS! x

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.
Love the line of this. x

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.
Rebecca Share

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.
Loved the difference of this hat

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.
My Favourite Hat of the Day.

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.
Love the incorporation of hardware and the bit around the neck,  I am wondering how long it will take others to catch onto this.  Really loved this simplistic look, but forward thinking without too much costume . 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.
Pure Millinery Elegance by Louise Macdonald

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.
Love the Silk Abaca to lighten the texture of the fabric and hat.

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day. 

  Racing Fashion looks at Hats, Fashions on the Field Derby Day.



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Loving Lotus, Lynette Lim, teaching basics, learning appreciation.

The weekend gave me a new perspective of the life of a milliner and the love of the craft.  I was headed to the Nicolas Building in Melbourne, which is a hub for everything artistic, crafty and creative.  With Lynette Lim, the Winner of the coveted Millinery Title, 'Winner, Myer Millinery Award at Melbourne Cup Carnival 2012' judged by Philip Treacy OBE as well as other distinguished Milliners and Designers, I had the pleasure of spending 12 hours of crafting my way to a Parasisal Fedora.
This is a task that after 12 hours, I did not complete and did come out with a less than fabulous hat; although I am happy with my achievement and challenged myself, I do not feel like I am a failure, more that I have better understanding of what a milliner goes through to reach perfection and know what makes a 'Master Milliner' a 'Master'.  It is not simply decorating a pre blocked base with frill and frou frou, it is pain staking ours of hand stitching and often the work machine is frown upon not to mention, GLUE GUN!
One Student did mention a glue gun, which was soon told, that everything should be stitches.
Yesterday I wrote a post on Facebook, and many were overwhelmed with gratitude of the appreciation of this craft.
I loved the engagement of mind, soul and preparing a hat although it shall take a week of tweaking before I deem it wearable, and I am sure even when 'Tweaked' Paris Kyne, shall shun me to have the ability to put such an unwearable piece on my head, but I thank my teacher, Lynette, and Louise Macdonald for giving me insight always into this craft and I thank myself for giving myself the time and patience to put myself in an others shoes or hat and learn.

Below is some of the beautiful hats by Lynette Lim from Love Lotus Millinery, not to mention her Winning Millinery for 'Melbourne Cup Carnival Millinery Award 2012'

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery
Winning Hat from 2012, Melbourne Cup Carnival Millinery Award

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Lynette Lim Centre, with Tenille from VRC on left and fellow Milliner Kim Fletcher on right.

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Millinery by Lynette Lim, Love Lotus Millinery

Lynette Lim from Love Lotus Millinery with Anna Mott of Racing Fashion wearing Luke Song Millinery

To contact Lynette Lim from Love Lotus, Click Here.

Facebook Post,
I am always aghast at how many hats looks fantastic. To make a hat is incredibly difficult and time consuming. Milliners are more than people that stitch and sew something on your head. They are truly amazing artists that have been given a gift to adorn our heads with hats. This weekend I challenged myself to make a hat. So incredibly difficult. Next time i am asked what is the difference between paying $50 for a piece of crap and much more for a piece of wearable art. I will just put the ingredient of a hat in front of them and instructions and say, that is WHY! X


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