Millinery

Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirement or pre-requisite for this course.

Curriculum

• Blocking, cording, steaming, stiffening.
• Basic skills of hand blocking and moulding a cocktail hat, a fur felt, a casual summer straw and free form sinamay.
• Wiring, lining and binding.
• Hat box storage and presentation
• Fabric covered shapes.
• High fashion headwear in fur, felts, sinamays and straws.
• Trimmings – assembling, line and balance, draping, netting, hand finishing.
• More complicated moulding skills.
• Client liaison, fitting and presentation of bespoke work.