The Milliner from Tim Fok on Vimeo.
Happy to announce the launch of the short film, 'The Milliner', featuring me and my hats, directed and produced by the talented Tim Fok.
Tim and I met in the park while he was walking his adorable pooch, Ernie. We got chatting about what we do and serendipitously Tim was in the market for a new passion project. Lucky me!
Moral of the story - people with dogs are awesome!
Hope you enjoy the video x
I had a great time at MakeGood Festival the last few days, lots of inspiring people with great start-up businesses. Funny how the last 10 months or so have whizzed past and it was only at MakeGood, the final event, that I finally got to talk to most of them and see what their businesses actually are. For those that haven't been following MakeGood is the end of year festival for the graduates of the School for Creative Startups 2013. 200 start-ups set up shop for 4 days at the Old Selfridges Hotel in Central London, and it was a fantastic meeting of energy and creativity. To get a small taste of what it was like check out the short...
Came across this British Pathe video about making hats from 1938. Not much has changed in the process of making a felt hat. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/hats-issue-title-reads-heads-and-tails