News from Imogen’s Imagination! There’s always something exciting happening here in the studio. Whether it’s designing and making new hats, fascinators and hair accessories for my ready to wear in house collections, appearing at events, exhibitions and pop up shops, or collaborating with my fellow milliners, I’m always busy!
All the important news updates from Imogen’s Imagination are gathered here so you can make sure you stay up to date with everything that’s happening in my Sheffield studio and beyond. From general news updates to specific updates regarding my shop and events, you’ll find the information on this page.
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I was thrilled that Dame Sara Thornton chose Imogen’s Imagination as her milliner in advance of her investiture at Buckingham Palace. As a milliner, it’s always wonderful to be chosen by a client to create a design for their special occasion. However, to be chosen by a Dame is an even greater honour. Dame Sara
Brand new for Christmas 2019 are these little pieces of millinery history; I bring you the Nautilus brooches and they are in stock now! If you’ve been following my blog series on the Nautilus technique so far, you’ll have seen I’ve been having a lot of fun with it. And these brooches are no exception!
In my first blog about my Nautilus Journey I told you how it all started…so what happened next? My next, very exciting stop was a trip to Hat Works in Stockport to start researching the nautilus! Museums Officer Bronwen (aka Bronwen Simpson, award winning Stockport-based milliner) arranged for me to have access to museum’s research
Back in March last year, I attended a workshop at London Hat Week to learn how to make Nautilus trimmings. It was run by the brilliant Leanne Fredrick of Hattin Around and I was very excited to be attending. Many moons ago, when I first started using Pinterest, I kept seeing the most amazing ribbon
What happens when you take one Sheffield based milliner and an LA based photographer? A fabulous retro beret chic photoshoot that’s what! Kalie from Cosmic Romantics approached me to shoot some of my berets. Her concept for the shoot was “dreamy retro ad” style images…and I think she met that brief fantastically I adore the
