HAT EVENTS
Seven. Hugh Adams from the Brain Tumour Research charity presented the prize which was a hat designed by Stephen Jones, a symbol of creativity, as it was made only from materials bought in Hobbycraft, and therefore easily accessible by all.
Milliners and Hatters Open Competition
First prize winner Louise Clark with her hat ‘In an English Country Garden’.
Another more serious side to the festival comes, of course, from the Milliners and Hatters Open Competition. This year there were more entries than ever before, including entries from as far afield as Canada, the Netherlands and Australia, with 25 getting short-listed and displayed in the Town Hall. The judges were: Denise Innes-Spencer (Creative Director of the British School of Millinery) and Graham Eckersley (Managing Director of the UK hat designers and manufacturers, Whiteley Fischer).
2nd Prize 3rd Prize People’s Choice Prize Shared Bronze Prize
First Gold prize (£500 donated by T Snook) went to Louise Clark for her exquisite hat entitled In An English Country Garden. Louise: “I was inspired to make this hat by my love of nature and gardening. All of the elements are handmade, using beads and wire, or cut from metal or fabric. I wanted to create a show-stopping hat, which combined traditional millinery techniques with model-making and which was elegant and quirky at the same time.” Second Gold prize (£250 donated by Porter Dodson) went to Rebecca Cantrell for her hat entitled Posies of Persuasion. Rebecca says: “My aim is to capture the decadent side of the Regency period in a way which is fun and also draws inspiration from the English Countryside.” Third Gold prize (£125 donated by Aspect Counselling Services) went to Jennifer Rowley with her hat Fairground. Jennifer’s inspiration was taken from rollercoasters and the hall of mirrors at the fairground. The hat is made from natural pinok pok, mirror tiles and wire. The People’s Choice prize (a year’s subscription to The Hat Magazine, donated, I am pleased to say, by us) went to Natasha Mobey with her stunning hat Scarlett Twist. This is a black and white jinsin headpiece on a black sinamay base. It is finished with biotechnology feathers that she curled over. Silver prize was awarded to Elizabeth Hurst with her Modern Edwardian hat. This hat was beautifully finished and made with extraordinary care for detail. Bronze prize was awarded to Sheri McCoy for her Cocktail Top Hat which emulates traditional paper weaving techniques and also to Alison Tutcher for her parasisal cloche hat The Elves and the Milliner.
Shared Bronze Prize Silver Prize
For an update on this year’s festival and for next year’s events and dates, go to
www.bridporthatfest.org
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