An incomplete listing of classes available throughout the world. If you teach millinery, or are aware of a course in your area, please email us with the information. Please provide the name of the course, the instructor and school affiliation, along with a complete address, telephone number and person to contact for enrollment. Email and website addresses are helpful. Some classes run school term lengths requiring student registration, others are offered as shorter sessions i.e. day, week-end, 2 - week course.
If you can provide more complete information for any of the classes already listed please email it to us. We welcome your assistance in keeping this information current and accurate.
If you don't find a class listed near you, places to check are: local theatre groups, community colleges, senior centers, churches and adult education programs. A listing with us is not an endorsement. Our purpose is to link students with opportunities for instruction.
US - NorthEast
designer Holly Slayton creates hats for women and men. Also offers workshops. Visit her website for a schedule.
New York City
FIT is part of the State University of New York. The millinery program is part of Accessories Design.
Fashion Institute of Technology
7th Avenue and 27th Street
New York, NY 10001
212-760-7253 or 800-GO-TO-FIT
Contact: Ellen Goldstein, Accessories Design Department
Instructor: Nora Navarro
10104 King Edward Court
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
phone: 301-372-8575
Teaches through the Adult School of the Chathams, Madison and Florham Park and also offers private instruction.
Instructor: Monika Stebbins, Madison New Jersey
Contact: 973.930.8239 phone or text
monika@absolutelyhats.com
Millinery is part of Continuing Education, Fashion Design Department
20th and the Parkway
Philadelphia PA 19103-1179
215-568-4515
Contact: Fashion Design Department
777 Dedham Street
Newton Centre, MA 02459
phone: 617-928-4500
Nora Navarro New York
Millinery Trim Workshop
Silk Flowers, ribbon flowers, every kind of feather treatment and many other embellishment delights will be taught. Ms. Navorro is a long time instructor with FIT and is offering this on her own time. This gives students and anyone else a chance to learn from a master.
Date: Jan 8 - March 12, 4 hour sessions, $320.00 fee total
Location: 324 Canal Street, Floor 4
Manhattan NY
Contact Nora through her email or mailing address (see below).
PO Box 485
Tallman NY 10982-0485
Schoolhouse Lane and Henry Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19144
215-951-2765
Instructor: Anne Hand
136 Newbury Street
Boston MA 02116
Phone: 617-536-9343
Jim Hannon, Director
Instructor: Jan Williams email: jmillinery@aol.com
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford CT 06117
tel. 860-768-4436 fax. 860-768-4441
contact: Marla Perlstein
New York City, classes with FIT instructor Nora Navarro concentrating on trims.
US - South
Anita Powell
4469 Mapleleaf Drive
New Orleans LA 70131
504-433-0510
ongoing classes in studio
Handmade straw and felt millinery, silk velvet millinery, custom designed millinery. Also instructional DVDs on millinery and silk flower making.
Asheville, North Carolina
615 City Park Avenue
New Orleans LA 70119
504-483-4076
instructor: Anita Powell
Whether you are a beginner or advanced at millinery there will be something for you in what we offer.
Instructor: Camille Parham
Richmond, VA
a national center for craft education located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Penland offers one-, two-, and eight-week workshops
Sewing Lab
Clinton NC 28328
contact: Continuing Education
910-592-7176
instructor: Louise Norris
handblocked hats, veils, headpieces, and specialty millinery for your special occasions and also offers workshops.
See Public class schedule (US & international) on webpage; private (1-2 people) classes in NC studio--contact for available dates
Jan Wutkowski, Wilmington, North Carolina
US - Southwest
Custom Millinery Design - USA
Three day basic millinery class that includes blocking fur felt and parisisol straw.
Also offers custom made hats for women for all occasions.
Instructor: Jennifer Bartelt
247 E. Elmview Place
San Antonio, Texas 78209
Phone: (210) 832-8873
Millinery arts and workshops
Margo Nickel
Tucson, AZ
phone: (520) 877-8701
Millinery course for beginner and advanced students.
Houston, Texas
Instructor: Barbara Kile
Classes in LA area and southwest.
Instructor:Kay Durden
Courses on basic sewn hats such as berets and newsboy caps, as well as feather fascinators, blocked and wire-frame buckram hats, and blocked felt and straw hats.
All classes are held at the Stitch Lab, Austin, TX. Private lessons also available.
US - West
Workshops four times a year. Custom order hats anytime.
San Francisco, CA 94110
Instructor: DeAnna Gibbons
5212 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94618-1426
Contact: Extended Education Office/ Megan Amaral
Phone: (510) 594-3774
Fashion Design Department
Ronda Chaney: Department Coordinator
4200 Farm Hill Boulevard
Redwood City, CA 94061
650-306-3370
Instructor: Wayne Wichern
San Diego CA
800-474-HATS
-teaches at her own studio
Diana also does a lovely annual hat calendar for charity.
French Room Millinery
Los Angeles, CA
213-626-4044
Jill Pfeiffer
Los Angeles, California
Instructor: Kay Durden
offer felt and straw blocking, frame making (buckram and wire), hat block carving, straw braid (hand sewn and machine sewn), silk flower making and many other hat making and trim techniques.
Instructor: Lee Duncan
Los Angeles area, CA
sculptural headwear
San Francisco, California
415-730-4666
Weekend classes in 'Sculptural Freeform Hatblocking' and 'Patternmaking for cut & sewn hats'
Classes in LA area and southwest.
Instructor:Kay Durden
Manual Arts – Crenshaw Community Adult School
Hat Making class
Manual Arts – Crenshaw Community Adult School
4131 S. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90037-1918
Tel no. (323) 846 – 3000
Instructor: Mrs. Eloise King, Master Milliner and Teacher.
The class is offered on Thursdays from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
Maria Ishiguro
28471 Klondike Drive
Trabuco Canyon CA
92679-1169
949-888-5056
Teaches private lessons and small groups
That's Yvonne
Los Angeles, CA
323-766-1364
Instructor: Yvonne Lewis
2115 Harding Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94062
650-369-4336
Studio Classes/Workshops
West Los Angeles College
Los Angeles, California
Instructor: Kay Durden
Fashion Design Department
7500 North Glenoaks Blvd
Burbank CA 91504
818-767-0888
contact: Anita Hopkins
US - Northwest
Portland, Oregon
Phone: 503-231-0547
Millinery Design Workshops and Shoemaking Classes - beginning through advanced
Contact Jeanne for schedule.
8245 SW Barnes Road
Portland, OR
Instructor: Jeanne Bjorn
Introduction to Millinery classes in her new (much larger) studio. During the course students will learn how to steam and block felt and straw hats using traditional millinery techniques on vintage hat blocks.
Instructor: Dayna Pinkham
Portland, Oregon
US - Midwest
Fashion Design Department
Wheaton IL
630-942-2619
Contact: Sharon Scalise
Instructor: Veronica Chin
Fashion Design Department
623 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago IL 60605
contact: Lynda Roddy
Historical Administration Program
216B Coleman Hall
Charleston IL 61920
217-581-7272
instructor: Debra Reid
Eia Radosavljevic
Chicago IL 60657
Phone: 773-975-5959
Couture millinery arts
-Beginners and intermediate millinery evening classes plus specialist weekend / by appointment
Mart Center
350 North Orleans Street
Chicago IL 60654-1593
312-280-3500 ext 6839
contact: Natalie Swindell, Academic Director of Fashion
Instructor: Veronica Chin
One North State Street
Suite 400
Chicago IL 60602-9736
877-222-3369 ex.223
Contact: Kathleen Embry, Fashion Design Dept.
104 South Detroit Street
LaGrange IN 46761
260-499-4407 or 877-499-4407
2-day workshops throughout the year with guest instructors, see website for current list
Department of Theatre
149 Auditorium Buidling
East Lansing MI 48824
517-353-9219
instructor: Gretel Geist
Hat Workshops (Saturdays)
Registration info MCA box office: 312.397.3841
Instructor: Eia Radosavljevic
millinery, corsetry, clothing ( ready-made and custom) drygoods and classes
Patterns for hats and gloves, buckram hat frames. Also has classes.
Fiber Supplies for felting, instructional booklets and classes on felting techniques, making felt hats and
flowers.
Pufpaffs Fiber Processing
5038 E M79 Hwy
Nashville, MI 49073
Instructor: Suzanne Pufpaff
University of Chicago
5535 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago IL 60637
773-834-1951
Contact: Mark Botelho
Fashion Department
37 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago IL 60603
312-899-5168 (for more info)
312-899-5117 (to register)
Instructor: Eia Radosaljevic
2135 North Kenmore Avenue
Chicago IL 60614
773-325-7955
Instructor: Laura Whitlock
Tammy L. Deck & Brian Maley
26 E. Quincy St.
Westmont, IL 60559
630-963-9573
11724 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood OH 44107
216-221-8584 or 800-473-4350
Contact: Dennis Marti, Admissions
Instructor: Doni Wasson
Fashion Department
1200 West Algonquin College
Palatine IL 60067-7398
847-925-6800
contact: Kathy Wright
Instructor: Eia Radosaljevic
Canada
Fashion Design Program, Algonquin College, Woodroffe Campus
1385 Woodroffe Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario Canada K2G 1V8
613-526-1724
Continuing Education
Centre for Continuous Learning
George Brown College
P.O. Box 1015, Station B
Toronto, ON M5T 2T9
416-415-2000 or 1-800-265-2002
Instructor: Jeff Pychel
Phone: 416-415-4867
447 Sussex Drive
Ottawa Ontario K1N 6Z4 Canada
613.241.5233
613.241.7676 (fax)
Instructor: Mrs. Robinson
Quality hats and accessories - modern and historic reproductions; custom millinery classes
Ruth Mills, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Australia - New Zealand
P.O. Box 828
Mansfield
Victoria 3722
Australia
Do it yourself Fascinators on DVD. Starter kits available in five different colors. Also a DVD Masterclass, Working with Espartre and alternatives, for Colleges and Milliners. - ebooks also available.
Instructor: Jill Nolan
Beginner to advanced millinery courses
Melbourne Victoria Australia
03 9652 0611
Instructor: Liza Stedman
Fashion headwear, costume work and courses such as trimming and straw sculpting
37 Swanston Street Suite 803
Melbourne, 3000, Australia
phone: 613 9650 1352
Costume and some millinery design schooling.
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School
Te Whaea: National Dance and Drama Centre
11 Hutchison Road
Newtown
Wellington New Zealand
phone: +64 4 381 9251
fax: +64 4 389 4996
Instructor: Kaarin Macaulay
Live Workshops and DVD and Video courses.
Classes at her home studio and abroad in Millinery, beginner's and advanced, French Flowermaking, felting and blockmaking.
101 Poath Road, Murrumbeena, VIC 3163
Australia.
Phone: 03-9568-1166
Instructor: Waltraud Reiner
England
high quality supplies offering a large range of beautiful ribbons, feathers, flowers and other unusual trimmings, along with hand-picked 'ready to wear' hats and fascinators and millinery courses at their shop location in London's Carnaby district
Beth Matthews - UK
One-to-one instruction on hat making.
Bethune Matthews, instructor
Phone: 07766 557736
Region: West Midlands (UK)
1 Gloucester Street
Whitmore Reans
Wolverhampton
WV6 0PT
We offer wooden Hat Blocks for hire and also the use of our facilities at The Millinery Room.
The Millinery Room also offers workshops by different Milliners from the U.K and beyond.
Ono-to-one instruction on making hats. Millinery tutorial, ranging from ‘a hat in a day’ to full week courses
Helen Richardson, instructor.
Telephone - 01746 785140
Mobile - 07977 116 476
Shropshire area
My hat making courses are suitable for beginners and experienced milliners.
Traditional couture millinery instruction. Courses are for a duration of one to four days and consist of mid-week, part weekend or weekend courses.
A comprehensive collection of millinery courses are available throughout the year, as the school is open all year round.
One to one intensives and group bookings are also available.
full range of millinery supplies and classes
Milliner Warehouse Limited
Showroom: 35 Ebury Bridge, Victoria, London, SW1W 8QX, U.K.
Warehouse: 13 Fiddlebridge Industrial Estate, Lemsford Road, Hatfield, AL10
Telephone Number: 0207 730 4918
Fax Number: 0207 730 5774
Layo Ayanbadejo, Director
Shrewbury House
Bushmoor Crescent
London SE18 3EG GBR
020 8856 9190
Short courses on fashion and millinery
West Dean Chichester
West Sussex PO18 0QZ UK
Tel: 01243 818265
Fax: 01243 717280
Contact: Alison Moran
Scotland
Heriot Watt University
Scottish Borders Campus
Netherdale, Galashiels
Selkirkshire SCOTLAND TD13HF
Direct Line: 01896 892193
Fax: 01896 756701
Instructor: Mark Timmins M.A.
Courses available in both undergraduate and postgraduate fashion at the School of Textiles and Design in Galashiels, Scotland. We have been offering courses for over 100 years and provide students with both a creative and commercial environment to develop their own particular skill.
Nigeria
Phomets Millinery
Course: making straw, sinamay and pillbox hats with African fabrics- feather creations - African accessories
5, Ayodele Close, Bamisile Street (off Allen Avenue)
Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria
tel: 2341-4967466, 2341-4961671
cell: 234-0802305871
Instructor: Mrs Funmi Mettle
Switzerland
4 day classes in April and November, from Thursday to Sunday
INSTRUCTORS: Fritz und Vreni Suter Camenzind
ADDRESS:Im Bruenneli 22
CH 8127 Forch / Zurich Switzerland
The Netherlands
Hats and workshops, especially on silk flowermaking
Turfmarkt 51
2801 GW Gouda, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)182 528 790
Fax: +31 (0)182 510 336
Instructor: Berry Rutjes
Instructor: Irene van Vugt
Brigittenstraat 20
3512 KM Utrecht
The Netherlands
030-2145963
special headgear, an exclusive hand-made hat or a practical rainhat;
workshops and lecures
Jackie Habets
The Netherlands
Online Courses
on line costume classes, thousands of images
Ireland
Irish bead store and also the largest millinery supplier to the Irish market. Products include half-drilled beads for hatpin shank toppers. They also offer classes in jewellery, millinery and bead making techniques.
Lina Stein, Westport, Co Mayo, Ireland, will be giving a series of special two and one day workshops from her studio. Courses will range from Beginners to Advanced Couture Millinery.and should be a great experience for all.
Spain
Courses: Millinery, Fascinator, and all courses related to the “Artesania Española” , as a Mantilla Española, Bride’s Gloves, embroidery…etc
Address: Calle Jalon, Num 16 29004 Malaga Spain
Telephone: +34 952 234 739
Contact Person: Leonor Gutierrez or Mayte Vargas
