Now to be honest I wouldn't say that I was a die hard Stephen Jones fan. Yes he has done some stunning work and is very talented but I guess it just comes down to a question of personal taste. However he has been in the business for a long time so if I wanted to read a hat anthology he would be the man I'd want to hear it from. The book has some beautiful pictures and a very sweet forward from John Galliano (whose work I absolutely love).
I have pulled back a bit on my own hat collecting lately because it was just getting too much. In fact I should probably still have a clear out and sell some soon before they take over my room completely and I am left sleeping outside (because trust me when I say that this isn't even the half of it)!
All my hats are ones which I have found on Trade Me, in second hand stores, or have made. However there are some current Milliners whose work I admire a great deal including Kim Brown-Dye's who owns Topsy Turvy design, as well as Fiona Timantti (who was recently featured on The Freelancer's Fashionblog). It is definitely a dying art but I am so glad to see that there are still some talented people carrying the torch and keeping the art of millinery alive.
Okay that's all I wanted to say about that. x
P.S on a completely different note, check out this creepy fog I had to drive home in last night...
You have a good collection, I'd say. I only own two hats (one inherited and one vintage that I bought), and I'm unsure about getting more since I'm unsure about using them. But I got also so inspired by Fiona's hats that I'm now thinking of getting one...
ReplyDeleteare the last hats all yours? love them - I think I should buy them more...
ReplyDeleteYup the last hats are mine, although I have to admit I didn't make these ones from scratch but merely added to them.
ReplyDeleteI love that book, really keeps me going.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking that someof my hats are OTT but after I read that book my style seems so modest. :))