Costume &Theatrical Headwear

Simon Fisher, the head of the music department at Mackellar Girls High School, asked me to design some costume pieces for a musical he composed, titled "Famous Paintings". He provided me with images of the gorgeous old paintings and this is what I whipped up for him...

I had the great pleasure of being asked to create a Gothic bridal headpiece for the ever beautiful and eccentric, Philamae Gray. The headpiece components she brought to my studio were inspiring and challenging. I was very happy with the final piece & Philamae was a...

Jane came to my studio with a VERY large out of shape vintage, feathered hat. It was designed in the 1990's by designer Christopher Essex for Pat Wilson, a gorgeous, eccentric entertainer from South Australia. Pat had gifted the hat to Jane some years ago. It is really fabulous!...

Tim and Cass arrived with an old top hat  - It was falling apart and in need of some tender loving care. The ribbon around the brim was rotting and falling off and the previous owner had attempted to glue it back on...