The Bespoke Experience
Rachel Skinner Millinery clients commission bespoke millinery for weddings, the Social Season, for personal milestones and events, professional engagements, to expand their bespoke millinery collections, and sometimes because they have never before experienced the attentive luxury of a bespoke millinery experience - and decide that it’s high time they did.
Millinery is hand blocked, shaped and sewn. Pieces can be optically dyed in custom colors, and enhanced with individually cut, colored, shaped and sewn silk petals and adornments, and custom finishes such as hand manicured and dyed feathering, individually embroidered crystal and pearl beads or vintage brooches.
The Bespoke Process
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The Design Consultation
The bespoke process begins with a Design Consultation, where the specific details and requirements of your commission will be discussed. You will be invited to try several styles of millinery to gain further understanding of fit and styling. When a style has been chosen, further aspects can be discussed. You are welcome to bring a friend or family member along for their feedback. Following your design consultation, a Fitting will be scheduled.
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The Fitting
There is usually a space of between four and six weeks from the Design Consultation to the Fitting. When you arrive at your Fitting Appointment your bespoke millinery commission will be almost complete. You will be invited to try on your hat or head piece for any final adjustments in size and detail. Unless your comission requires adjustments and further fittings, a final appointment will now be arranged for the collection of your finished millinery.
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Appointments
The Design Consultation and Fitting are both held at The Rachel Skinner Millinery boutique in the historic county town of Lewes, East Sussex. Easily accessible from London by train, we are just a two minute walk from Lewes station. Appointments are held in an exclusive closed settings at the boutique. We also offer Virtual Appointments to those who are unable to visit the boutique. To make an appointment for Bespoke Rachel Skinner Millinery please submit the form below.
