Millinery

During my second year at university, we are given an opportunity to explore another course that we would not normally have been able to do as well or instead of our own course. It gives you a chance to incorporate the skills you have learnt in your speciailism to use them within your elective, this is exactly what i did. I wanted to create a head piece that was worthy enough to wear to Ascot Races, I wanted to create something beautiful but not conventional to that of Ascot.

My headpiece was basic yet it looks exactly how I envisaged it when I was initially thinking about the concept. I created it using my own knitted wool, which i used a double bedded Dubied knitting machine to create, some organdie, raw silk and gold sequins. Whilst the shapes are basic circles, I feel the layering of these really helped to bring in different textures and tonal varieties, which in not doing so could have made the final creation somewhat plain.