Wide Brim Cream colored hat with interwoven pink stitching and Pink band
UNIQUE HAND MADE BY PARIS KYNE
Size 7 1/4 inches
Unisex
Like new- excellent condition
Hand Made By the late Paris Kyne -legendary Australian Master Milliner
Created by Paris Kyne for the Kentucky Oaks horse race. However this unique and stunning design would be fabulous for any spring or summer social event.
Paris Kyne
Master Milliner
1966-2013
ABOUT Paris Kyne, Director/Milliner
A London trained, award winning, veteran of twenty-two years, Paris received his technical knowledge and sound manufacturing technique working for internationally renowned, celebrity milliner, the late William Beale.
Opening his own Salon in 1994 in Malvern, Paris relocated his Salon and workrooms to the exclusive Toorak Village in 2000, then in 2011 moved them into Little Collins Street, Melbourne. Paris has cemented his position as Australia’s foremost milliner, crafting hats for celebrities, socialites and the international jet set. His reputation as the “bad boy of millinery” has stemmed from his avant-garde approach to design and his outspoken and uncompromising views on the lack of good millinery production, and disregard of basic technique, within the Australian millinery industry.
Paris is a fashion adjudicator, writer and commentator with regular columns in several leading journals. He is also a well-known identity within racing and society circles and is a consultant with several fashion designers including J’Aton, Cinema Haute Couture and Black Rose.
Shopping at the Salon of Paris Kyne - Master Milliner is always an experience, and as Paris himself often sings “I am the very model of a modern master milliner.”
A short profile of Paris Kyne – Master Milliner
When it comes to millinery, Paris Kyne is undoubtedly one of the Australian industry’s finest talents. Having launched his career over 24 years ago, Kyne has come a long way; his most recent successes include an exhibition of 60 pieces at the Kentucky Derby 133 Festival in May 2007 and another American exhibition in 2009.
Kyne always knew he wanted to work in an industry where he could use his creative ability. He looked into visual merchandising then hairdressing before he eventually fell into millinery, starting in mass production.
Having trained in Australia and London, Kyne’s career highlights to date have included being inducted into the City of Stonnington’s Fashion Hall of Fame in 2008 and working with Paris Hilton when she attended the 2003 Melbourne Cup Carnival. Her stylist rang and asked him for a white hat which he whipped up overnight. Her look and presence at the Carnival caused a media frenzy!
Each year he travels to the seven corners of the globe to find new and unusual materials and techniques to use in his work. These trips also provide endless inspiration for millinery applications.
Other clients of Kyne’s have included Tara Moss, Molly Meldrum, Paris Hilton, Marcia Hines, Diane Masters, Anna Mott and various female cast members of Home and Away and Neighbours. His dream client is Grace Jones, who he declares is simply to die for.