millinery

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Stephen Jones, famed for his millinery, contributed with reinterpretations of new wave beanies that bore “ronghua,” exquisite velvet flowers of Chinese origin dating back to the Tang dynasty.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Poet Maya Angelou wore one of Mrs. Beane’s millinery creations.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022

Here is a selection of some of this year's head-turning millinery.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2022

“Showstoppers!” displays 100-odd costumes, as well as a handful of the tools used to make them, like millinery blocks and a 19th-century crewel machine from the embroiderers Penn & Fletcher.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2021

Staring out to sea, tobacco farmers imagined themselves as race car drivers, silk dyers as Wall Street tycoons, millinery girls as fan dancers in the Ziegftid Follies.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides