Hattember Competition – A Challenge To Remember!
Welcome to the Hatters Millinery Supplies Hattember Competition for 2023! Once again we have two exciting and challenging categories to celebrate the wonderful world of Millinery. This year we have our Millinery Category and our Novice Millinery Category. Keep reading to find out more about each category as well as the theme for this year’s competition in the Millinery and Novice Millinery Categories.
As usual, the Hattember competition is a charitable effort, raising funds for the John Skipper Kelly Fund. The JSK Fund is a cause close to our hearts, which provides leadership opportunities, mentoring and support for young people from a range of backgrounds.
The Hattember Materials Kit:
Entrants in each category will be sent a curated bag of materials (each category will receive different materials) in which to create their entry from. Each of the items in the bag must be used, if only in part, to complete your submission. This year you are able to use any number of additional materials, as long as you still feature the materials provided.
Registration Fees:
Registration, which includes entry, your bag of materials and the postage of the materials, is:
$110 for Category 1: Millinery
$80 for Category 2: Novice Millinery
You may enter up to two times per category.
Postage and return postage of your final submission is at the entrants cost. A return postage label MUST be included in the box with your submission. If you are an international entrant, you may contact us to organise your return postage.
For full details on each category as well as terms and conditions, see below.
A look at this year’s Categories:
Category 1: Millinery
For this year’s competition we are asking entrants to create a hat, headpiece or fascinator. We are looking for an innovative and high quality piece of millinery that will really wow us! The prompt for this year’s competition is “Beyond the Bloom“. There is a huge trend of statement florals taking the runways by storm, but these are not your grandmother’s florals! Think big, bold and beyond the chintzy florals and push the boundaries! You are given free reign to explore the theme as you see fit – your interpretation of the theme!
You will be provided with a curated bag of Millinery materials in which to create your entry from. Each of the items in the bag must be used, if only in part, to complete your submission. This year you are able to use any number of additional materials, as long as you still feature the materials provided.
The piece should be made to fit a head fit of 22.5 inches or 57cm.
Judges will determine the winner of the Millinery category by –
Original Design
Wearability
Quality Workmanship
Use of provided and additional materials
Interpretation of the theme
Category 2: Novice Millinery
This category is open to any current student of millinery at an accredited source (e.g. TAFE students, community college students, online millinery courses, millinery workshops) or beginner who has not been awarded First Prize in Hattember or a similar award class in an equivalent Millinery competition. Those with an established commercial millinery enterprise are also not permitted to enter this category of the competition.
We are asking entrants in the Novice category to create a hat, headpiece or fascinator.
The prompt for this year’s competition is “Happy Hatting!”. This is inspired by the phrase that we write on every order we send out from Hatters Millinery Supplies, but is based around the trend of “Dopamine Dressing” or wearing bright colours to boost your mood! Create a piece that brings you joy, others joy, or generally makes you feel happy!
You will be provided with a curated bag of Millinery materials in which to create your entry from. Each of the items in the bag must be used, if only in part, to complete your submission. This year you are able to use any number of additional materials, as long as you still feature the materials provided.
The piece should be made to fit a head fit of 22.5 inches or 57cm.
Judges will determine the winner of the Novice Millinery Category by –
- Original Design
- Wearability
- Quality Workmanship
- Use of provided and additional materials
- Interpretation of the theme
Registration and Payment:
- Registrations open on Wednesday 17th of May for all categories and close on Friday 2nd of June
- Registration cost is $110 for the Millinery Category and $80 for the Novice Millinery Category – included in this price is your entry fee and a set bag of materials that will be used to create your submission.
- Registration and payment should be made through the Hatters Millinery Supplies Website here
- Competition materials will be sent out collectively on Friday 9th June in the attempt to keep a fair playing field (International entries will be sent out earlier to allow for postage times)
- As this is a fund raising event we are unable to provide a refund once materials have been sent to you.
Submission and Exhibition
When your entry is complete and ready to submit, please ensure that it is well packaged and protected before sending and includes the following:
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- Your entry
- A submission form, which can be downloaded HattemberSubmissionForm
- A return postage label (please note that if you live outside of Australia, you may contact us to arrange a return postage label
All entries must be sent or delivered to this address by Friday 25th August
Hatters Millinery Supplies
128 Victoria Rd
Rozelle NSW 2039
AUSTRALIA
If you would like to deliver or collect your entry in person, please state that on your submission form.