The Beautiful Kelly Bannister - putting the roses to shame with her radiance and Bonnie Evelyn hat!!

I could not think of a better way to end an amazing Spring Racing Carnival, then a day at Sandown Races with the girls. Mega congrats to Miss Kelly Bannister for coming in the Top 10 in Fashions on the Field in her divine vintage forties lace dress and knock out Bonnie Evelyn hat!

Along with all that excitement we had some lovely bubbles, a dirty souvlaki, an ice cream, won some money on a horse called Maximus (really how could he lose with a name like Maximus?) and met some excellent people. Top day!

Sunday was photo shoot day on the beach with our December model of the month. The weather decided to be perfect and sunny and windy. We have some amazing shots of Bonnie Evelyn hair ornaments making outfits look effortlessly summer chic.

Behind-the-scenes sneeky pic of the glamorous Model of the Month, Miss December....

Monday night was the Annual General Meeting of the Milliners Association of Australia where we talked about hats and ate cheese. Awesome.

Lucy (the administrative extraordinaire) has been working hard to put together the amazing new Media page showing some of the media that Bonnie Evelyn hats, headpieces and head ART  has seen over the past few years. Click here to take a look!

In other news, I have sustained a hat-block-to-the-toe injury (big block of wood used for making hats jumped on my big toe). Suffering for art and all that. Don’t worry, me and my toe are going to be ok.

So next on the agenda will be to have an epic tidy in Hat Making HQ, then get a wiggle on with some headwear for the brides of Summer and some pretty hat-like Chrissy presents. I’m looking forward to a holiday season full of fun and sun and an exciting new year of ground breaking, breath taking, Earth shattering new headwear!

Greetings all! Here I am back to blogging after a few months of intense work/sleep deprivation/minor crises/miracles and some truly FANTASTIC hats!

I am currently very busy having a bit of a rest in the aftershock of what has been a phenomenal Spring Racing Carnival. It has been a big one for Bonnie Evelyn Millinery! As a debutant of the Milliners Association this year, there have been many exciting opportunities to be involved in the hat action, with hats displayed at the Women in Business Lunch 2011, Hatstravagance 2011 and a super-hot entry in the Milliners Award on Oaks day.

Lucy looking SUPER HOT for the Millinery Award at Crown Oaks Day 2011

Black Swirl hat at the 'Women in Business Lunch 2011'

There were also Bonnie Evelyn originals upon the head of the ‘Leiela’ representative in the designer award on Cup day, and on the divine stage goddess from the current production of ‘Love Never Dies’, Sharon Millerchip.

Sara the 'Leiela' entry in the 2011 design awards on cup day with the lovely Leiela girls!

Sharon Millerchip in a Leiela dress and Bonnie Evelyn hat and custom-made shoe clips

The delightful Miss Lucy Farmer and myself represented at the Oaks day Ladies Lunch at Crown, as a part of the lovely prize received from winning the Yellowglen Vintage Hat competition. It was a pleasure to see Yellowglen’s Winemaker Trina Smith sporting the winning hat!

Our favorite fashion fox Alex Foxcroft has again blown us away with her natural cool style and Bonnie Evelyn headwear in the fashions on the field competitions at Flemington. Alex made the final 10 on Derby Day, second runner up at the Melbourne Cup, took first place on Oaks Day, was the overall winner for Victoria and Second runner-up in the Nationals! Woo! Well-done Alex! And EXCELLENT choice in winning headwear!!

Alex goes polka-dot chic on Derby Day

I hope to see you all down at the Betfair Sandown Guineas Day at Sandown Racecourse this Saturday, where I will be enjoying a bit of fashion action and a few drinks and some top racing! A good opportunity to give those hats another workout

Miss Foxcroft in the winning Crown Oaks Day 'Fashions on the Field' outfit (taking her ultra cute Bonnie Evelyn for a second outing)

Alex is striking on Melbourne Cup Day in her pink and orange Bonnie Evelyn creation

Exciting stuff! Miss November is Lucy Farmer; visual artist, performance artist and stunning race goer. Check it out!

MODEL OF THE MONTH