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Travels with my hat… to Luton, the British ‘Town of the Hat’
Royal Ascot… Are you ready for the off? asks Avril Groom
A conversation with… Movie milliner and king of theatrical hat design Sean Barrett
Designer Showcase Introducing Japanese-born London milliner Misa Harada and Lucy Davies from Mad Hatters & Friends
Hatband Looks at the role of hats in the making of an ‘eighties’ pop icon
Retail Experience The HAT takes a visit to MacCulloch and Wallis, London’s one stop haberdashery shop, open since 1902
Hat History Museums from around the world tell us about their hat collection. This issue we hear from Luton Museum & Art Gallery and Bath Museum of Costume
Designer Sketchbook Take ideas from The HAT Magazine’s millinery sketchbook themed ‘millennium shapes for SS2000’
Workroom Technique Dawn Bassam and Dillon Wallwork have a way with feathers, teaching the techniques for trimming and using clipped Ostrich quills
European Fashion Fair Reports The hats and the looks for AW99
Looking Ahead The colours and fabrics for SS2000
The HAT Directory Source those suppliers here
News, Views and Events The latest hat trade news with coverage of: the Crafts Council Exhibition ‘Satellites of Fashion’; news that Wilson & Stafford to close and celebrations for 1999 ‘The Year of the Hat’
