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You can now buy Block Fest Millinery ribbons online to create your cockades and headpieces following workshops led by Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald, including Contemporary Cockades (online course at Hat Academy) and Ribbon Beret (live streaming course)

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Louise Macdonald Milliner featured in a film about Melbourne's Nicholas Building
Louise Macdonald Milliner opens her Melbourne studio for a garage sale
Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio is a hatmaking hub
See how Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald pulls apart an old hat from the 1960s and makes it into a new contemporary fedora
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald demonstrated her signature cockade application to contemporary headwear to British Millinery Association's members
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald was inducted into the Australian Millinery Association's Hall of Fame in recognition of her contribution to Australian millinery and her volunteer work for the Millinery Association of Australia (MAA) for more than 25 years
Louise Macdonald was invited to join the Boldly Different Millinery Exhibition, part of the Melbourne Fashion Week's events calendar
Louise Macdonald Milliner is thrilled to launch the Buntal Caps and Berets Deluxe Course, an online millinery workshop in partnership with Hat Academy
Louise Macdonald Milliner (Melbourne, Australia) talked to Lauren Ritchie about her career in an interview for millinery.info
Buy millinery ribbons online to create your own cockades and headpieces following workshops led by Louise Macdonald Milliner (Melbourne, Australia), including Contemporary Cockades (online course at Hat Academy) or Ribbon Beret (live streaming course)
Louise Macdonald Milliner is excited to launch the Contemporary Cockades Deluxe Course, an online millinery course in partnership with Hat Academy
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald partnered with Hat Academy to launch the Sinamay Brim Extensions Deluxe Course
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald now offers live streaming courses delivered via Zoom to millinery students all around the world; recent classes focus on ribbon folding techniques
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald launches her fourth online millinery workshop, Buntal Trims Deluxe Course
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald launches her third online millinery workshop, Saucer Buntal Hats Deluxe Course
The Hat Magazine set a challenge for Louise Macdonald to create a hat from deluxe ribbon provided by the French manufacturer Julien Faure; the headpiece, featured in the publication, will be at London Hat Week in April 2020
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald launches her second online millinery workshop, Classic Buntal Brims Deluxe Course
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald was featured in the January 2020 issue of the Dutch magazine Hatlines, in a chat with one of her successful millinery students Amanda Smith
Louise Macdonald Milliner's designer hat was a top 10 finalist in the Professional Millinery Competition at Flemington, Melbourne, in November 2019
Louise Macdonald Milliner was commissioned to make a giant designer hat for the Daydream exhibitions curated by Virginia Dowser as part of Melbourne Fashion Week 2019 (August 2019)
Louise Macdonald was invited to be a judge at the Melbourne International Millinery Competition and to teach at the convention (February 2019)
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald: top ten finalist in the Oaks Day Millinery Award 2018)
online course on sinamay by Louise Macdonald Milliner (Melbourne, Australia)
Louise Macdonald shared her knowledge with millinery students in Ireland and the Netherlands (photo) during her European tour in June 2018
Professional millinery photoshoot in Melbourne
Louise Macdonald's workshop brings together millinery students in Sydney
Louise Macdonald Milliner in the Oaks Day Millinery Award 2017: top 10 finalist
Louise Macdonald opens her millinery studio at Melbourne's Nicholas Building (December 2017)
Designer hats by Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald for Hugo Boss were featured in the November 2017 issue of Harper's Bazaar and Qantas's Spirit of Australia Inflight Magazine
Louise Macdonald will be a guest tutor at Hats Off to Adelaide Millinery Convention, organised by the Millinery Association of Australia, introducing students to her signature sinamay sculpting (Twist and Shape)
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald's entry in the Melbourne International Millinery Competition (MIMC); Seaspray was hand sculpted from sinamay, trimmed with crinoline and delicate and unusual sequins and beads at the back
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald's entry in the Professional Millinery Award at Oaks Day Flemington 2016; the designer hat was worn by Emily (makeup by Maren Holm; photo by Lee Sanders)
Fantastic millinery creations, including lace crowns, were made by those attending the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week workshops, under the direction of milliner Lauren Ritchie
Two millinery designs by Louise Macdonald were selected by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) to be displayed in the 200 years of Australian fashion exhibition
Ribbon Origami workshop featured in The Hat Magazine
Louise Macdonald's hat made into the Fashions on the Field finals at Hobart Cup
Louise Macdonald Milliner's designer hat was one of the ten finalists in the Professional Millinery Award on Oaks Day 2015 at Flemington
Model Morgane Hunt wore Louise Macdonald Milliner's cream and gold turban on Oaks Day 2015, one of the ten finalists in the Professional Millinery Award
Louise Macdonald Milliner's tuban was a finalist in the Melbourne Racing Club's inaugural professional millinery competition in the Mornington Peninsula Cup
Louise's entry for the Oaks Day 2014 professional millinery competition: selected for The Victorian Racing Club's Spring Racing Carnival 2015 advertising campaign and featured in the The Wall Street Journal
A collection of hats designed exclusively for Hugo Boss were sold at its Melbourne stores again in 2014, and Louise's own range and made to measure hats were available from her Melbourne studio and this website
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald attends Festivales du Chapeau in Caussade (France)
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald attended the Ladies Day (Third Day) at England's Royal Ascot in June 2014
Take a behind-the-scenes look at Louise Macdonald's 2014–2015 fashion collection (2014)
Six Designer hats by Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald were selected for the international calendar 365 Days of Hats (2014)
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald was a judge of Fashions on the Fields at the Mornington Cup (Mornington Peninsula), hosted by the Melbourne Racing Club
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald ran a full season of 3 week-long millinery workshops in her studio; students came from all around Australia and the world
Melbourne's Oaks Day 2013 and Louise Macdonald's entry in the professional millinery competition: model Jodie Fiala wore a sculpted sinamay piece trimmed with flowers and berries (the bird was made of fabric and feathers)
Melbourne's Derby Day 2013 style award winner, Alison Spence wore a designer hat by Louise Macdonald made from sinamay and lace, with floating feathers
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald presented tips on finding a hat that suits you for race day to the Melbourne Skybus team
Designer hats by Louise Macdonald Milliner were available in all the Hugo Boss stores in Melbourne for the 2013 Spring Racing Carnival; the launch at the Collins Street store included champagne, macarons and a DJ, and Louise filmed a segment for channel Ten; click or touch to enlarge
Louise Macdonald Milliner's 2013-2014 collection photo session in Melbourne
Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival 2013: Hugo Boss (Edward Street) sold exclusive designer hats (like the headpiece above) by Louise Macdonald Milliner (Melbourne, Australia)
Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival 2013: Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald created exclusive designer hats for Hugo Boss; they were available from Hugo Boss Bondi Junction and Hugo Boss Sydney
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald was invited to judge the Fashions on the Field entries at Caulfield Blue Diamond Stakes Day 2013
Millinery students made beautiful designer hats in the 2013 Summer Schools at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio
Designer hat by milliner Louise Macdonald was a finalist in the Professional Millinery Competition at Melbourne Oaks Day 2012
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald attends the Caulfield Millinery Evening 2012
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald and TV presenter Shelley Craft featured tn the Australian Women's Weekly
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald (with model Livia De Sanctis) won third prize in the Professional Millinery Competition on Oaks Day 2011
Designer hat Monte Carlo Creme was featured in the invitation of Millinery Retrospective, Louise Macdonald (Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne, 2011), which celebrated 20 years dedicated to millinery
The Hat Magazine highlighted Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald's 20 years of millinery in 2011
Korean TV crew visited Louise Macdonald Milliner's studio in Melbourne in 2011
Designer hat by Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald for the Professional Millinery Competition on Oaks Day 2010
Milliners Louise Macdonald and Stephen Jones at the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival 2010 - Oaks Day
The Boss Woman collection inspired Louise Macdonald's millinery for Melbourne Spring Fashion Week 2010; sophisticated pieces from Boss Woman were complete with directional headpieces and displayed at Hugo Boss Collins Street (Melbourne)
Hat designed by a student of Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald at Swinburne TAFE
Designer hat by Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald presented at Dubai's BurJuman Centre (2010)
The Hat Magazine featured Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald in 2010
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald was a finalist in the Professional Millinery Competition at the Spring Racing Carnival 2009
Designer hat by Louise Macdonald won third prize in the Professional Millinery Competition at the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival 2008; the hat was made from parisisal straw, sinamay and tinted feathers
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald's designer hat Pink Whimsy was selected by stylist Anika Walker for a photo shoot for San Pellegrino mineral water
Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald was featured in the ABC Arts video Creative Spaces: Nicholas Building (where Louise has her studio) in 2009
Designer hats Miss Moneypenny (photo) and Bibi Cap, by Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald, were purchased by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in 2008
Designer hat Brighton, by Louise Macdonald Milliner (Melbourne, Australia), on I Just Love That Hat
Melbourne Oaks Day Luncheon 2007: TV presenter Shelley Craft wears designer hat by Louise Macdonald Milliner (Melbourne, Australia)
Melbourne Cup Fashions on the Fields 2007 contestant wearing designer hat Bibi Cap by Louise Macdonald Milliner (Melbourne, Australia)
Actress Melissa George wearing mini beret by Louise Macdonald Milliner (Melbourne, Australia) on Derby Day 2007
Designer hat Barbarella, by Louise Macdonald Milliner, at the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week Millinery Parade 2007
Designer hat Jeannie Turban, by Louise Macdonald Milliner, at the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week Millinery Parade 2007
Ruth Jackman, wearing a designer hat by Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald, and Carson Kressley at the Melbourne Cup 2005

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