The new issue of ‘Télérama’ has come out today (Télérama is a french cultural magazine as well as a TV guide), which has a special round up of the special craft courses/schools in France – in areas such as art restoration, ceramics, glass-making, wood crafts, fashion and jewelry. It’s really interesting, I sure wish I’d had this sort of information a few years ago! I was approached by the magazine a couple of months ago to talk about the millinery course I did, and sure enough those  are my words printed on page 190!! Ok, so they’ve misspelt my name but it is sort of cool to see my it in print with ‘milliner’ written next to it! I think I’m going to have to put it in a frame hehehe!!
Here’s a quick translation of my fine words : “I’ve always been interested in sewing and design. I like working with material, seeing it take shape and turn into an object. In my opinion, hats have more to offer than clothes, creatively speaking.  After a fashion course in Tours, I signed up to a millinery course at the ‘Chambre Syndicale de la Couture’ school in Paris. I enjoyed the very tangible way we were taught, with two days of class per week. The only downside is that you’re taught to be more of an employee than as a future employer. Also, hats are an accessory  from another time, work is scarce. Luckily, after my apprenticeship course I was offered work at ‘La Tribu des Oieseaux’, a hat workshop in Lyon.”

Le nouveau numéro du magazine ‘Télérama’ est sorti aujourd’hui et il comporte un dossier spécial sur les formations/écoles des métiers d’art en France – des métiers dans les domaines de la restauration d’oeuvre d’art, la céramique, la verrerie, le travail du bois, la mode et de la joaillerie. C’est franchement intéressant, j’aurais bien voulu avoir toutes ces infos il y a quelques années! Le magazine m’avais contacté il y a deux mois pour parler de la formation que j’ai effectué en chapellerie, et en effet, ce sont mes mots sur la page 190!! Certes, ils ont malorthographié mon prénom mais ça fait comme chouette de le voir imprimé avec ‘modiste’ écrit juste à côté! Il va falloir que je mette ça dans un cadre hihihi!