PRUDENCE MILLINERY

**Prudence Millinery

Prudence is an exquisite hat designer for Vivienne Westwood since 1989. She makes everything absolutely by hand! She started off as a buyer then became a stylist then switched to designing knit wear but she found her true calling as a milliner and apprenticed for 7 years to learn how to design and make hats with no modern technology. She expresses her passion as a milliner since there's aren't so many out there anymore. This is Prudence holding her very first Italian Vogue featuring her work from 1990.

Q: How do you keep yourself inspired?     

 A: I JUST AM! Prudence answers with such conviction. She says she is always inspired. She appreciates old collections, films, museums, exhibitions, Picasso, Balenciaga, art history, Vaticans... Anything that is beautiful and moving<3

Juicy Couture borrowed one of Prudence's hat for their ad.

Men's hairband made with real hair.

Hand sewn hat designed for her clients in Japan.

This is made for a Japanese Princess with Vivienne Westwood's silk fabric. You can see the intricate design if you look closely. Every hat takes about 8-60 hours depending on how detailed the work is.

 **OLD ROSE**
made with pineapple fibers.

Hand made silk flower petals

Prudence's favorite out of all her collections

Her work on prints

For Yohji Yamamoto- made with ostridge feathers

**Advice from Prudence: "Always try to work for the top, best companies. Be persistant on your dreams."