Lali Heath Millinery

Lali Heath Millinery Couture millinery in East Africa. Beautiful hand made hats for all occassions.

All the hats are individually designed and are created using traditional couture techniques, including hand blocking straws and felts and hand making delicate flowers, feather and bead trims. Lali learned traditional millinery techniques studying in the UK with couture milliner Jane Corbett, whose clients include Mrs Carole Middleton and HRH The Duchess of Cambridge.

Handmade headband with 1950’s paillettes and silk abaca and crib bows
21/08/2026

Handmade headband with 1950’s paillettes and silk abaca and crib bows

It’s been a pretty productive day in my studio! I have always loved a bit a colour and this corner of my desk brings me ...
29/07/2026

It’s been a pretty productive day in my studio! I have always loved a bit a colour and this corner of my desk brings me so much joy. This is just a small selection of my threads, used in every hat, I tend to use Gutermann as my workhorse. An amazing flower artist introduced me to silk thread and it’s a treat to work with but I save it for my handmade flowers

So much goes into a handmade hat, I had no idea before I became a milliner. Once the hat is blocked, on wooded shapes, u...
29/07/2026

So much goes into a handmade hat, I had no idea before I became a milliner. Once the hat is blocked, on wooded shapes, using heat and steam, it is left to dry. The brim is taken off the block, and the head ribbon is sewn in, by hand. I have always loved the sewing. I very very rarely use a machine. This felt trilby is made for a standard head fit of 22.5”

I did a thing today- it felt pretty monumental! I blocked a hat, the first one in 1.5 years. The first hat I ever made ...
27/07/2026

I did a thing today- it felt pretty monumental! I blocked a hat, the first one in 1.5 years. The first hat I ever made was a felt hat, so it “felt” right today! It’s been a ride getting back to this point, the tears, the uncertainty, the moving, from house to country, to schools for the kids. I couldn’t seem to take the first step, to coming back to hatting. It has always been about a lot more than the hat, it’s been a therapy for me. I need that therapy now, the anchoring in repetition, one stitch at a time

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