2018 HATalk Competition Entry
Stanka Mihaleva
Stanka Mihaleva – Kuwait
“Starry night”
Category: Traditional
Description
“Starry night” – this hat is very precious to me, because it celebrates the 4 very exciting years in my life, the ones I found my great passion in millinery. I am very grateful to the LHW organizers, all teachers and inspiring milliners, the Hatalk community also for introducing me into the fine art of making hats! The fusion of knowledge and skills I’ve got during LHW classes made possible the creation of my “Starry night” hat that reached the Buckingham palace at the investiture of my very special client, the actress Alisson Shan Price last April and the finest palaces of Dubai royal family the past year during International Fashion Week Dubai I participated! Thank you very much one more time!
Materials
- Sinamay
- velvet
- feathers
Techniques
- Blocked on sphere molds and after manipulated to the desired shapes as Denise Innes-Spencer thought me.
- The velvet flowers I made as Judy Bentinck taught me at the first LHW class.
- The feathers manipulation as I learned from Jane Taylor.