2018 HATalk Competition Entry
Kristina Dragomir
Kristina Dragomir – Romania
Horse Race Double Topper
Category: Traditional
Description
The brand’s design philosophy starts with a deep understanding and dedication to technique and detailed millinery processes. The fusion of all this materials contribution to the fantastic image of this hat, specific for the contemporary fashion. The hat is a very important accessory for the nonverbal communication repertoire and the execution is always unexpected being the result of a continuous creative researching process and various techniques that lead to all kind of natural pressed leaves, printed piece of wood, natural horse hair, in the pursuit of the absolute aesthetic harmony of materialising the idea, like a painting. I developed my unique patented techniques such us sculpting, embossing or overlapping of two crowns and decorating them with pressed natural flowers, leaves, etc.The exquisitely crafted designs range from cool to whimsical, encapsulating the fashion mood of the moment.
Materials
- White Sinamay
- Green Tangle
- Characters Printed on Wood
- Natural Horse Hair
- Pressed Natural Leaves
- Steel staple
Techniques
- Traditional millinery – blocking & hand sewing
- Overlapping of two crowns which form a single own crown
- Horse hair dyeing
- Characters printed on natural wood
- Pressed natural leaves for decorate the interior of crown