The First Milliners Guild Runway Show at the Grace Hotel
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During Mercedes Benz Fashion Week The Milliners Guild held their first Millinery Runway Show at the Grace Hotel in Manhattan.
Cognac chats with Milliner Ellen Christine – Video by Mauro Botero
Cognac Chats with Hat Designer Guy Carsone and Milliner Lisa Shaub- video by Mauro Botero – Cognacscorner.tv is sponsored by g2Organics.com and Scenterprises.com
The Milliners Guild is an organization of small millinery business owners and milliners who specialize in the design, production and promotion of handmade headwear.
The group is committed to increasing the public profile of millinery as well as the public’s awareness and interest in millinery products.
The Guild is dedicated to working together to maintain and expand resources in order to ensure a steady flow of raw materials.
for more info please visit http://www.millinersguild.org
Through a collective website, special events and educational seminars the guild will provide consistent communication about this thriving and contemporary industry to the public, press and students of the craft.
I had the chance to chat with several wonderful milliners.
About Ellen Christine:
Earning a devoted East Coast following, Ellen Christine hand-constructs hats that have unique appeal. She mixed antique textiles and trims to capture the fanciful nature of the modern woman. As Ellen Christine sculpts velvet roses or an organza brim, each hat seems to take on a life of its own. She imagines each hat “starring in a little movie.” These movies are often interrupted by some matchmaking, as the milliner becomes stylist, transforming a browser into a buyer. “These are hats that are meant to be worn, not kept on a shelf.
There’s a dramatic character inside every person waiting to be dressed.”
For more info please visit www.ellenchristine.com
About Lisa Shaub:
Since I was a girl I always enjoyed sewing and making things for myself. After graduating from Mount Holyoke College with a B.A. in Fine Art, I studied Millinery with Ann Albrezio at New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology. Soon after I completed my degree I found myself with a Women’s and Children’s hat line selling to such stores as Barney’s, Henry Bendel and Fred Segal among others. But my dream was always to have a store of my own. In 1998 that dream was fulfilled when I opened my own boutique in Nolita, New York City.
I have learned a great deal in the seven years that I have had the store, and eighteen years that I have been in business. I have strived for excellence in fit and design, always remaining true to my inner voice. I feel satisfied that my work is well executed and inspires others to take fashion risks in a way that makes them feel better about themselves. I get many ideas from my customers, who come from all over the world to buy my product. A typical customer may be a schoolteacher, costume designer, professional athlete, architect, writer, artist or accountant. Some of the celebrities that have purchased my work include Clare Danes, Audrey Tautou, and Reuben Santiago Hudson.
The items found in the online store of this website are the styles that are most often chosen by my customers. They are designed with your comfort in mind and manufactured with love.
Thank you for shopping here! I would like to invite you to visit my New York boutique where I am always working on something new. There is a larger range of handcrafted and one-of -a kind products you will not find in the online store. Many of these may be custom ordered.
I look forward to meeting you!
For more info please visit www.lisastaub.com
I also interviewed Designer Guy Carsone who designs Bridal, Cocktail, Everyday hats.
Please visit his website at www.hatsbyguy.com
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