The annual vintage market was held this weekend here  in Lyon . We went yesterday morning, we got there at about 10.30 am (it opened at 10am)  and there was already a really long queue, luckily it moved quite quickly. The market was great to go around, even if there was a lot of [...]

At the moment I’m working on some cycling caps for some polo bike players. I’ve made the first batch of prototypes for them to try on but I’m not quite satisfied with the result so far. Being a non-cycle cap wearer it’s hard to judge how the hat should exactly be on the head. Will [...]

I was walking about town the other day and I came across an arts and crafts store  that  will be  closing down soon, so they were having a big  promtion on most of their products. I never knew this place existed, it doesn’t even have a storefront!! I love going through arts and crafts stores, you never [...]

The other day I went to see a fashion exhibition held at the Musée de la Marine (the navy museum) in Paris. The exhibition ‘Sailor Chic in Paris’ (in french it’s called ‘Les Marins font la Mode’ – Sailors create fashion) was divided in two parts. The first part showed various navy unifroms and in [...]

I’ve recently opened up a page on Facebook to show my work. If you want to have a look and add me to your profile here’s the link, Lucy Chalk Designs As you may know, I sell on Etsy (http://www.chalkiesbazaar.etsy.com), I’ve been trying to spruce up my shop. I’ve redone nearly all the photos and have generaly [...]

I work as an apprentice, this means that I divide my time between my work place and my school. It’s really great being able to learn in a professional environment and yet still have classes to learn other techniques aswell. I don’t have many classes, I only have two days of school every two weeks. I go [...]

I’ve added a new piece of headwear to the ‘Gallery’ section. It’s a turban of african fabric. The turban is in fact sewn onto a hard base and not a ‘loose’ wrapped turban. The base is in fact a ‘helmet’ made out of millinery buckram (I’ll do a post about this fabric soon). Please have [...]

  I’ve been busy the past few days making a hat pattern. As you can see it’s a small brimmed hat with a six sectionned crown. It is quite a simple pattern to draw up but you can only see the final result after actually stitching the actual hat together!! I find this hat really cute, [...]

I recently went to London to see the hat exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Stephen Jones, a world famous milliner (who works for fashion designers such as John Galliano), is the curator, he has chosen over 300 hats to be on display! The hats are from various periods, in different materials and styles. I found the [...]