Bridport Hat Festival – UK
Bridport Hat Festival – the first such event of its kind – started in 2010. It is run by volunteers on a not-for-profit basis, raising funds for head-related charities.
Our Festival is a ‘head-y’ mix of gents’ headwear and the finest ladies’ millinery, combined with music, competitions, demonstrations, talks, exhibitions, hatted dogs and more, all ‘topped’ off by a HUGE mass hat-wearing photo-shoot in the town square. Hats ready? Come on down!
ConCappello Association – IT
An organization focused on promoting hat wearing. The website lists events and exhibits, contest and so on.
Dutch Hat Association (NHV)
The Dutch Hat Association (De Nederlandse Hoeden Vereniging) started in 2003,. The Association aims to bring back the hat in the fashion image, promoting professionalism of hatters. They hold a contest every year with a new theme. They also have a monthly hat magazine.
Fashion at the Races – KY
Hats and Fashion from Kentucky Derby race days. Plus a blog, contest, gallery and videos.
Fashion Week Online
Membership required. Become a Fashion Week Online member for only $15 a year, to get advanced information about open-to-the-public events, discount tickets to fashion week, access to giveaways and prizes, model casting call notices, invitation to free members-only events.
The Hatmags
The website for The Hatlines Magazine from the Netherlands and The Hat Magazine from England. Excellent articles and resources contained in both.
Hatatorium Emporium
A place to go to learn about vintage hats. The website gallery now contains over 3,100 pictures, organized in a searchable database. The gallery is growing constantly as more hat collectors join us in exhibiting their collections. The database interfaces with the Hatatorium eBook, creating a seamless, dynamic repository for vintage hat research.
The Millinery Association of Australia – AU
Millinery conferences held annually although the location will vary around the country. Speakers and instructors are imported from around the world.
Milliners Guild – New York
The Milliners Guild is an organization of millinery small business owners, milliners, and millinery students who specialize in the design, production, and promotion of handmade headwear.
Millinery Artisan Guild of Pacific NorthWest – USA
The Millinery Artisan Guild is dedicated to cooperatively preserving and promoting the craft and techniques of millinery. To raise the profile of millinery in the commercial and art worlds by cultivating a better understanding and appreciation of its art and craft. To support our members, industry suppliers and allied artisans, such as block makers, theater artists and historical reconstructionists.
Millinery Meet UP _USA
Held every two years, it brings instructors from around the world for a thrilling conference on a variety of hatmaking topics. Held on the grounds of Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. Join their Facebook group for up to date information.
Mut zum Hut
A Hat Show held annually during September in Neuburg, Germany. Founded in 1998 by Mrs Ute Patel-Mißfeldt. with the aim of getting people to wear hats more and to recognise the power that hats have to complete any style, headwear of every shape, size and description was sported on Mut Zum Hut’s runways.
National Costumer Association – USA
The National Costumers Association was organized on August 24, 1923, bringing together a small group of costumers dedicated to upgrading and promoting the costume industry. Through the years both the association and the industry have grown in size and scope.
Spanish Millinery Society
Milliners and Hatmakers have formed this Non-profit association for the promotion, promotion and dissemination of hat culture.
St. Catherine’s Day
St Catherine’s Day was instituted by the Catholic Church to commemorate Catherine of Alexandria, a first century martyr and the patron saint of milliners. The holiday officially falls on November 25th but milliners around the world now hold celebrations in St Catherine’s honour throughout the month of November.
Many organizations celebrate with a stroll through the city. Major celebrations are held in Madrid, several cities in France, New York, and New Orleans. Check with your nearby hat group about their plans or, get one started for next year.
The Hat Ladies
The Hat Ladies of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, offer a hat show that features hats of many styles—vintage; over-the-top; stylish—with a twist. Both entertaining and educational, The Hat Ladies will show you how to wear hats, restore and store them, and generally have fun with this accessory. They have been having programs to educate people about the stunning hats that women of Johnstown have worn since 1901.
They conduct about 30 to 40 shows a year. The women (Marsha McDowell and Pat Holifield McDowell and Pat Holifield have expanded their program to include vendors, entertainment, tributes and a memorial service to hat ladies who are deceased. At the annual events, The Hat Ladies raise money for the Mattie King and Maggie Segars Scholarship Fund.