Melbourne Carnival 2011: overseas celebrities and home grown talent
This year's races welcomed celebrity guests, including Phillip Treacy and burlesque star Dita Von Teese (photo), and celebrated local talent, awarding Melbourne designers Rebecca Share, Mandy Murphy and Louise Macdonald in the Professional Millinery Competition. Read the
article about the event and view photos of
Derby Day and
Oaks Day
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Milliner Louise Macdonald celebrates her 20-year career
To mark this major milestone, a retrospective exhibition was staged at the Stephen McLaughlan Gallery in Melbourne this September. The main focus was hats on loan from long standing clients, all carefully handmade one-off creations. There were also drawings, picture references, photographs and materials swatches from the theatrical millinery portion of her career.
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Abacca – A plant (Musa textilis) grown in The Philippines that produces the fiber used in the production of sisal and sinamay (learn more from the millinery dictionary)
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