HEADDRESS TUTORIAL

I'm sorry this took me so long to do! I'm on another headdress kick at the moment - if you could see my eBay watch list! It's all feathers and 1920's fabric scraps as far as the eye can see.

I think calling this a tutorial is a bit of a stretch - it's just a rough sketch of the most basic way to make these little things. So feel free to improvise and improve on my methods if you choose to make your own headdress.

INGREDIENTS:

• One piece of ribbon or lace trim, cut to desired length of headdress.
• One piece of velvet ribbon, long enough to tie in a bow around your head.
• As many feathers as you want! I prefer to find and collect my own if I can, rather than buying them in packets.
• Sew-on rhinestones (optional)
• Sewing machine, thread, craft glue.




1. First, I put on some decent music. Today it was cLOUDDEAD. Then I arrange the feathers on a flat surface exactly the way I'd like them on the headdress.




2. Then I thread the feather spines through the stitching on the back of the ribbon/lace trim, thus securing them a bit. Then I add a touch of glue at the stitching just to keep them in place. I let it dry.

3. Then I sew the velvet ribbon on the front of the trim, using them same colour thread as the ribbon.




4. Then I hand-sew the rhinestones onto the ribbon.





5. Voilà!

Vintage Headwear

Okay, so, first things first: my Honours painting assessment went very, very well. The night before my assessment I was up until one or two in the morning with my boyfriend and two other painters hanging our work. It was tiring and nerve-wracking, but worth it. I've worked relentlessly this year, and I'm still not finished. Rather than making me sick to death of painting, working so hard for so long just has me keyed up ... and ready to keep going. I want to keep painting forever!

So, there you go. I've been a busy little Pony and an extremely neglectful blogger, but it's paid off tenfold.

How are all of your end-of-years going? Not too stressful I hope.


Onto the title of this post.

For all of my collecting, and wearing, of vintage clothing; for all of my love of vintage shoes and sunglasses and jewellery - I don't own much in the way of vintage headwear. Some beautiful vintage-clad girls can pull it off, but I always feel as though a vintage hat turns my outfits into historical looks, rather than quirky amalgams. But some vintage hats are so beautiful! I would love to be able to wear them without looking as though I'm trying to replicate a period look.

Apart from a veritable rainbow of berets, here is my teeny tiny vintage hat collection:



So many silly faces, so little time. Clockwise from top left: Men's WWII garrison hat (eBay), lipstick red 50's-60's 'Kangol' hat (opshopped in Dubbo, of all places), olive green velvet bow hat (eBay), 1950's gold leaf headband (eBay).

I love the olive green bow that I bought last week. I particularly want more of these headpieces. They're so lovely - and not too severe.



Lastly, thanks for all of your help with styling those new pieces of mine! I'll show you some looks I've pulled together in the next week or so.

AnnaKim Violette

In lieu of my outfit posts, which I will hopefully resume in a week - following my final Honours assessment and subsequent hangover - I thought I'd leave you with a couple of pictures of AnnaKim Violette, a LA-based artist, and her staggering wardrobe. Pictures accessed via TheSelby.






Oh AnnaKim, if I'm ever in your neck of the woods can I please rummage through your wardrobe like a voracious vintage fiendling? THANKS.