Seeing that my last post was about my mini top hat and that I do have a rather soft spot for toppers (I scour ebay regulary for a good one but to no success), so I thought it would be good to do a quick post about them. Top hats first appeared in the second half of [...]

Here’s a photo of myself wearing that mini top hat I made! Voici une photo de moi portant le petit chapeau haut de forme que j’ai fabriqué!

Got round to making a small topper this week! It didn’t actually take me that long to make, the pattern still needs a bit of tinkering but it’s pretty good! I made the base out of millinery buckram (in french ‘toile gomée’), a thick stiffened fabric, in France they use hessian fabric. I covered up [...]

  For today, here are some photos of Tavi (famous young fashion blogger, http://tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com) from one of my favorite magazines, ‘Pop’. She got to wear some pretty cool headwear in her photoshoot! I especially like the shape of the hat (Giorgio Armani) bottom right. And I must admit the umbrella one (by Alexander McQueen) is just [...]

Lots of pics today but i wanted to show you this great mirrorball ‘helmet’ that I finished friday and I thought you guys would be interested in seeing the different stages… Beaucoup de photos aujourd’hui mais je voulais vous montrez ce ‘casque’ boule à facettes que j’ai terminé vendredi et je me suis dit que [...]

I designed these army inspired caps and I sewed together a batch in all different fabrics, I think they look rather cool! I”ve put a couple in my Etsy shop (http://www.chalkiesbazaar.etsy.com) and will be adding more soon!! Check them out! J’ai conçu ces chapeaux d’inspiration militaire et j’ai cousu tout un petit tas dans des [...]

I’ve been busy sewing this doll together for a contest set by Momiji (http://lovemomiji.com/couture/). Momiji make cute message dolls, all different styles. I’ve almost finished, I just need to neaten up her hair and deal with the neckline! I’m afraid my photos aren’t that great, the colors are alot brighter in real life. Of course, I made [...]

At the moment the fashion week is being held in Paris (Spring/Summer 2010). I spent a good deal of last night looking at photos from the shows (www.style.com), something I’ve always  love to do and I’d like to share with you my four favorite collections! So, clockwise starting top left: Alexander McQueen – I was completely blown away [...]

Here are a couple of pics of a hat I finished this week, a sort of large fascinator. The base is made out of felt and I jazzed it up with some bright hand stitching. The flowers are made out of sinamay, I blogged about them a while ago (http://www.lucychalk.com/?p=389). I really like the colors I’ve [...]