Titivate: The Art of Hat-Making - Hardcover

Peach, Hilary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849638306 ISBN 13: 9781849638302

Verlag: Austin Macauley Publishers, 2015

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Reseña del editor:

How do you make hats? Where do you start? Hilary Peach, who taught millinery (hat-making) for thirty years in colleges in and around the Hampshire area, is the ideal person to tell you!Titivate begins with an introduction telling how the author became interested in millinery. This includes the successes of some of her students and many diagrams and photographs to illustrate the wonderful hats created.The main part of the book is a comprehensive but easy-to-follow guide to the world of millinery, with instructions for making a soft sculptured hat, a gentleman's cap and blocked hats for special occasions.Hat-making can be fun and exciting when you learn all the processes!

Biografía del autor:

Hilary Peach was born in Berkshire in 1942. She left school at 15 and, comingfrom a family of seamstresses and needlewomen, desired a career in the creativeworld. Her first work was in a highly reputable fashion department whereexpensive gowns were sent to the alteration work room, to be adjusted tocustomer requirements. This gave her the insight to see how the sewing workshopsoperated and encouraged her to obtain qualifications in both subjects.Subsequently, she began formal training, City & Guilds, at a fashion college,which included a further education teacher's certificate. On completion Hilarytaught crafts, dressmaking and millinery for 30 years in a part-time capacity,alongside taking on private commissions for fashion and millinery. Her workhas been seen at Buckingham Palace, New York Sailing Club, Claridge's andmany society weddings.

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• Verlag: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1849638306
• ISBN 13: 9781849638302
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 180