| In 2004
Felicity Faichney launched
the first 'Hatwalk'. Here's a wee record of that event... |
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| Crooner Craig McMurdo
guided us seamlessly on a journey of the wild, the
wicked, the downright cheeky.........the most
extraordinary hats... |
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This
extravaganza was pure Theatre. The catwalk, far from being the
platform for single models was filled with theatre, dance, with
wild mood swings accentuated by diverse music. |
Photography
(& copyright) Douglas
McBride downloads of images allowed but
please make a donation to MacMillan
Cancer Relief
bordered
photos by Dave
J Ford
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Milliners gave their time & their hats for these awesome
performances. The first set featured here is by Jeanette
Sendler. Mechanical throbbing rhythms accompanied robotic stage
work by the performers |
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Jeanette Sendler's geometric white felt hats are like "walking
art".
She manages to create filigreed feathering and magical lace effects
from her thick handrolled white felt, which she imbues with glass
and rubber and beads. The effect is highly visual and contemporary.
(The Herald 15 June 2004)
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They aren't exactly the sort of hats you'd throw on for a quick
hurl down the high street. They're proper grown-up hats made
of proper milliner's material which has been pinned, pummelled,
steamed, stretched and wired into shape. And that's only for
starters. |
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Felicity
Faichney:
'Oaths & Dreams' |
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Hatwalk
2004 was the
inspiration and work of Felicity. It surely all must happen
again in 2005...watch this space... |
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Catherine Gill:
'Contemporary Tiaras'
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Pam Howlett:
'The Wedding' |
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"The 35 performers gave their own twist to the traditional
catwalk show by abandoning the strutting performances preferred
by supermodels & instead offered a thrilling theatrical display"
Edinburgh
Evening News, June 25 2004 |
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These are hats with a difference, and they are intended to make
heads turn. They were among the 120 star performers in Hatwalk,
a spectacular whose principal purpose was to raise our awareness
of the Scottish millinery trade, while raising funds for local Macmillan
Cancer Relief projects.
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| They performed ballet, flamenco, hip hop and folk
dances in set pieces choreographed by Scottish actor Steven Wren,
who made his directorial debut.
The
Herald 15 June 2004
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Jeanette, in turn,
was introduced to this medium by Jane Smith who also exhibited some
of her hats used in the film Master & Commander (shown right)
Jane Smith: 'Pirates and Commander'
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Ewa
Kuniczak
'Metallica'
"With tickets priced at £30, Hatwalk did not disappoint
with a display of some of the best known hats in the world"
Edinburgh
Herald & Post, 1
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| Choreographer
Steven Wren's ideas for entry & exit from the hat-walk were surprising
& inspirational.... |
....backwards,
running, slithering,
pirouetting...
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Depending on their designer's whim and level of technical
expertise, they'll also have been dyed, distressed, stitched and
starched – then further embellished with feathers or beads
or glass or butterflies. Let's face it, there's no shoving these
highly structured little numbers into your shopping bag between
rain showers.
The Herald
15 June 2004 |
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The
first dance... in hard hats... |
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Yet more inventive
ways of coming onto the hat-walk |
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The wearing
of a hat to Hatwalk 2004 was just about mandatory. Here, some of
Jeanette's students with something they made earlier....during one
of Jeanette's workshops. |
If you came 'without
appropriate headgear', organisers had thoughtfully folded the
programme of events into a rather fetching little number.
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