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Learning how to use the thimble, an essential item of millinery equipment at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio

Learning how to use the thimble, an essential item of millinery equipment! (January 2017)

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Students were back at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio to learn basic traditional millinery techniques and create hats of their own design (March 2022)

Student shows the result of her work during the Thursday Millinery Class at Louise Macdonald's studio in Melbourne (March 2022)

Millinery students create their ribbon halo during Melbourne Fashion Week course (November 2021)

Millinery student Maya loves 1940s fashion and created this cheeky headpiece in the January Summer School in Melbourne (January 2020)

Designer hats made by students in the 5-day Beginners Millinery Autumn School course (April 2018)

Millinery students model their hats in the Twist and Shape Sinamay Manipulation course (March 2018)

Beautiful results from the Freeform Parisisal millinery course taught by Louise Macdonald in Sydney (February 2018)

Sydney millinery students learnt Louise Macdonald's signature techniques (February 2018)

Beginners Millinery Summer School participants made hats from straw, using traditional millinery techniques (January 2018)

Millinery student creates a designer hat made from straw at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio during a 5-day Summer course (January 2018)

Student creates a hat of her design in the Millinery Intensive course, during which participants were introduced to 'must know' millinery techniques (July 2017)

Millinery students joined a 5-day intensive course with tutors Louise Macdonald and Lynn Lim in Melbourne (July 2017)

Students creating designer hats in the Buntal Mats workshop at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio (March 2017)

When creating buntal straw hats, shapes are manipulated by hand, without expensive equipment required, resulting in classic and contemporary headpieces (March 2017)

Putting the finishing touches on a turban made in the Millinery Summer School (January 2017)

Learning how to use the thimble, an essential item of millinery equipment! (January 2017)

Draping silk abaca for a turban during a millinery course (January 2017)

Making a lace boarder with milliner and tutor Lynnette Lim in the Millinery Summer School (January 2017)

Cloche hats made by students during the Millinery Summer School in January 2016

Millinery students show off their birdcage veils at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio

Lauren Ritchie preparing to teach the birdcage veil course at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio

Ribbon cockades made by millinery students in the Ribbon Origami 2015 course at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio

Designer headpieces created by millinery students of the Sculpting and Blocking Straw workshop; a new way of making structured and freeform hats without blocks

Buntal straw hats being made during the Millinery Summer School 2014 at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio

Carole Maher, a visiting tutor in the 2014 Millinery Summer School, introduced students to new materials being used in millinery: thermoplastics

Maria, a millinery student from Ireland, made this silk abaca and leather hat in the Millinery Summer School 2014, then won the Millinery Fashion Award with her creation at the Hobart Races

Leather can be a transeasonal millinery material; these leather headpieces were made by students in the Millinery Summer School 2014

Student works on her textured designer hat during a millinery course at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio (2013)

At Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio (2013), a millinery student makes a sculpted felt hat (a great option for the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival)

Millinery students show their designer hats at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio (2010)

Millinery students creating their designer hats during Louise Macdonald's Summer Schools in Melbourne (2010)

Millinery students create their designer hats during workshop at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio (2010)

Student wearing her designer hat created during millinery workshop at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio (2009)

Designer hats created by millinery students during workshop at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio (2007)

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