millinery supply sources
Millinery / Hat Making Supplies:
- Alfonso Bini — Hat blocks
- Concord Merchandise — Untrimmed hats & trimmings.
- Cyril J. Preston — (Australia)
- Fred's Hat Blocks
- From the Neck Up
— Excellent Book with instructions on hatmaking.
- Hat Shapers — Sells blocks to shape hat blanks. Also instructions on felting.
- Hats by Leko
— Sells fashion hats, finished and unfinished, straw, felt, and hatmaking tools, like steamers, pins, blocks, etc.
- Homegroan.com — Vintage hat blocks & millinery supplies.
- HouseFabric.com — Buckram & horsehair braid.
- How2Hats — Books, hatblocks and more
- Judith M Millinery Supply
— Sells premade hats and millinery supplies: trims, petersham, blanks, blocks, buckram, crinoline, straw cloth, notions, wires, adhesives, sizing, hat pins, wool felt, etc. Also sells hat kits.
- Lynn McMasters
— She sells patterns for late Renaissance head coverings (cauls, coifs, biggins, armings caps, etc), and hat patterns that can be used as the basis for many other hats, like her "Universal Oval Brim Straight Sides" pattern.
- MacCulloch & Wallis — (UK) Hat blocks, millinery fabric & wire, trim, glues, etc.
- Miller's Millinery — Sells women's 19th c. bonnet forms, hoods, headdresses, and hats. Also, millinery supplies, men's hats and children's hats.
- Millinery Suppliers List
- Pattern Studio — Hat blocks, buckram frames, braid, ribbons, fabrics, veiling, flowers, feathers, etc.
- Richard the Thread — Buckram, wire, needles, glue, etc.
- Theatre House — Carries buckram hat frames, hat forms, wigs, etc
- Tressa — (Switzerland) Horsehair, braid, trim, etc.
- Zeeman Corp — Buckram, braid, crinoline, sizing, etc.
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Hat Makers & Retailers:
- Blockade Runner Civil War Sutlery — Carries bonnets & snoods, among other items.
- Clearwater Hats
— Men's reproduction hats: Civil War, Victorian and Old West.
- Designing Maiden hats — Victorian hats and accessories.
- Dirty Billys Hats
— 17th century thru Civil War hats, mostly mens' but some women's.
- Edie Hats — Modern men's & women's hats.
- Fall Creek Sutlery — Men's Civil War hats, top hats, etc.
- Fyne Hats by Felicity — Hats for renaissance fair costumes.
- Hat Crafters — Mostly mens hats. Sells some hat blanks.
- Hats by Leko — Sells modern hats, finished and unfinished.
- Hats in the Belfry — Has a good selection of modern hats.
- Jas. Townsend & Sons — 18th & 19th c. hats
- Judith M Millinery Supply — Sells premade hats, millinery supplies, and sells hat kits.
- Kittys Hats
— (UK) Period hats and woolcrafts for reenactors. Roman through 20th century.
- Magic Wardrobe: Milliners Corner — Sells some bonnets.
- Miller's Millinery — Sells women's 19th c. bonnet forms, hoods, headdresses, and hats. Also, millinery supplies, men's hats and children's hats.
- Mrs. Christen's Miscellenea
— Sells bonnets, among other things.
- Originals by Kay
— Victorian millinery, great prices. Also sells mid-19th century clothing.
- R&K Sutlery
— As of 08/2007, site is gone.
Civil War era bonnets. Carries other items for Civil War reenactors.
- Theatre House — Carries hats, hat forms, wigs, etc
- Thickity Creek Sutlery — Civil War era hats and wigs. Carries other items for Civil War reenactors.
- Top-Hats.com — Besides several different kinds of top hats, also sells bonnets, caps, tricorns, and more.
- US Hist — Victorian hats. Carries other items for Civil War reenactors.
- Victorian Millinery — Hats, reticules, etc. Mostly vintage items.
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